PhD in CHEMICAL SCIENCES

email: sara.nardis@uniroma2.it
phone: 0672594734
building: Sogene Inorganica A
room: 9

Sara Nardis graduated in Chemistry at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 1999, and began her research activity at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” with a fellowship. In 2003 she obtained a PhD in Chemical Science from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, under the supervision of Professor R. Paolesse; in 2001, during her PhD, she spent eight months in the US, at the University of California, in Davis, with Professor M. G. H. Vicente and K. M. Smith. Since 2005 she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and since 2019 she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

The research activity of Dr. Nardis, documented by several papers on international journals and several congress presentations, is focused on the synthesis and characterization of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles and on their application both as sensors and as photosensitizers. In particular, her research interests include:

a) Synthesis of dyads and heterodyads of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles.

b) Synthesis, characterization and functionalization of 5,10,15-triphenylcorroles.

c) Synthesis of water soluble macrocycles for PDT applications.

d) Synthesis and characterization of metalloporphyrins to be exploited as new sensing materials in the development of chemical sensors.