Dr Serena Ambrosini
	ER - CNRS Serena Ambrosini was born in 1983 in Novara (NO), a small town closed to the enchanting Lago Maggiore, northern Italy. She graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technologies (CTF) in 2007 at the University of Pavia (Italy). She carried out her master’s degree thesis in a laboratory of analytical pharmaceutical chemistry under the supervision of Prof. E. De Lorenzi. The thesis project involved the use of analytical techniques to study amyloidogenic proteins, in particular the use of capillary electrophoresis to follow their aggregation processes. Serena kept on working with Prof. E. De Lorenzi and in November 2007 she started her PhD. The PhD project was carried out in close collaboration with the research group of Dr. B. Sellergren (Technical University of Dortmund, Germany), where Serena spent part of her doctoral studies. The phD project was focused on the synthesis, characterization and application of molecularly imprinted polymers against  glucuronated metabolites. Therefore, she had the opportunity to gain expertise with organic and polymeric synthesis, liquid chromatography and solid phase extraction. In 2012 she won a one-year postdoc fellowship in the research group of Prof. G. Massolini (University of Pavia). During that year, she was involved in the development of biocatalytic processes (e.g. enzymatic hydrolysis) to enrich vegetable oils in essential fatty acids. In February 2012, Serena joined Prof. K. Haupt’s Lab at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (France) as Experienced Researcher to work on the IRMED project.