Silvia Giordani (born 1973) is an Italian chemist who is Professor of Nanomaterials at

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. Her research considers carbon-based functional materials for biotechnology. She was awarded a L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellowship in 2012.

Early life and education

Giordani was born in

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. She was an undergraduate student at the University of Milan, where she completed a Laura in pharmaceutical chemistry. Whilst studying Giordani worked as a chemical health analyst in the Public Health Laboratory of

. Whilst visiting her uncle in the

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for a study vacation she was awarded a doctoral scholarship, and eventually ended up a graduate student at the

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. Her doctoral research considered digital processing at the molecular level. She moved to Trinity College Dublin for her first postdoctoral research position. Giordani moved to the University of Trieste for a scientific fellowship.

Research and career

Giordani was awarded the President of Ireland Young Researcher Award to start her independent scientific career at Trinity College Dublin. She worked an assistant professor at TCD for six years, before launching her own research laboratory at the

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) (in English: Italian Institute of Technology) is a scientific research centre based in Genoa (Italy, EU). Its main goal is the advancement of science, in Italy and worldwide, through projects and discoveri ...

. Her research group considered nano-carbon materials. She moved to the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...

as an associate professor in 2016. Soon after she was appointed a full Professor Chair of Nanomaterials within the School of Chemical Sciences at Dublin City University. Her research considers nanomaterials and the design of personalised drug delivery systems.

Awards and honours

* 2012

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, created in 1998, aim to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a result of a partnersh ...

Fellowship * 2014

Royal Irish Academy The Royal Irish Academy (RIA; ga, Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann), based in Dublin, is an academic body that promotes study in the sciences, humanities and social sciences. It is Ireland's premier List of Irish learned societies, learned socie ...

Women in Science * 2018 University of Otago William Evans Fellowship * 2020 High Level Scientific Mobility Grant

Selected publications

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References

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