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Simona RANALLO

Ricercatore TDa SSD: CHIM/01 Chimica AnaliticaStanza: F0 – 9
Telefono: (+39) 06 7259 4421
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Biographical Info

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Simona Ranallo is a researcher at the Department of Chemical Science and Technology at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She received her PhD in Chemical Sciences with full marks under the supervision of Prof. Francesco Ricci at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in 2018. During her PhD she has been a visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA) and at the University of Montréal (Canada). During her post-doc period at the University of Rome Tor Vergata she obtained her own funding through competitive individual fellowships: 2019 Umberto Veronesi Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) Individual Global Fellowship. In the frame of her MSCA she spent two years as post-doc researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara, working in the group headed by Prof. Kevin Plaxco. Currently, her main research activity is focused on the development of novel optical and electrochemical DNA-based sensors for diagnostic applications. Her trajectory has been recognized by several awards, including: “2014 Best Thesis” (Analytical Division, Italian Chemical Society), “2019 Primo Levi Award, post-doc category” (Italian Chemical Society) and “Premio Cristina Giovannoli 2023” (Analytical Division, Italian Chemical Society).