Expertise
Alessandra Pinna graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of Sassari in Italy. She completed her PhD in Nanochemistry, Nanomaterials and Functional Materials in 2016 at University of Sassari. During this time, she was also part of exchange projects at the University Hospital of Zurich and at CSIRO in Melbourne. She joined the Department of Materials at Imperial College London as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (2016-2018).
In 2019 She was appointed as a Research Associate at the Department of Materials, Imperial College London and Visiting Professor at University of Sassari, Italy. She began her independent research career as an Imperial College Research Fellow (2019-2023) during which she was awarded the prestigious June Wilson award (2021) and Finalist of STEM for Britain (Biological and Biomedical Sciences area, 2022).Her research interest focus on the design, synthesis and characterisation of inorganic nanoparticles and nanocomposites (Silica, Ceria, SPION and Gold) for biomedical applications with particular interest in drug delivery, antioxidant system and their interaction with cell environment. The nanocomposite particles are used for the treatment of neuro-degenerative diseases, osteoporosis, cancer and tuberculous meningitis.