M. Gessica Ciulla

M. Gessica Ciulla obtained her PhD (2017) from the University of Urbino (Italy) in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences for her work on carbohydrate chemistry and for the design and synthesis of novel cannabinoid receptor ligands.

As a guest researcher in Prof. Waldmann’s and Dr. Kumar’s group at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology (Germany), she was extensively involved in the development of asymmetric synthesis of polycyclic and biologically active indoles.

In 2021 she moved to Dr. Gelain lab (Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy) where she participated as a postdoc in several projects mainly focused on the synthesis and characterization of peptides and peptide nucleic acids.

Gessica joined the SattinLab in January 2023 as a postdoc researcher working on the design and synthesis of small molecules with the aim to eradicate chronic infections.

Her research interests include natural product synthesis and drug discovery.