Dr. Daniela De Lucia is currently conducting post-doctoral research at IFF – Lucas Meyer Cosmetics. She obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2015, spending half of her tenure at University of Cambridge (UK) in the group of Professor Steven. V. Ley. Her research focused on the design and synthesis of new multi-target drug candidates. Her thesis resulted in several scientific publications, and she was recently recognized for the best Ph.D. thesis of the year by University of Ferrara, where she was also awarded the additional title of Dr. Europeaus.
Previously, Daniela obtained a Master’s degree in Pharmacy from University of Padua in Italy. Her final year research project on the study of polymeric emulsifiers was recognized as the best Italian Master’s research work in the field of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacy through the Paolo Borsellino National Award. Daniela presented this work as a poster at the 2012 IFSCC Congress.