RESEARCH EXPERTISE
- Bottom-up Synthetic Biology;
- Artificial Cell Mimics;
- Polymeric and Lipid Membranes;
- Drug Delivery Systems;
- Protocells Design.
FUNDING
- L’Oréal and UNESCO UK Women in Science Engineering Fellowship // 2021. The Fellowship is designed to provide flexible and practical financial support, alongside tools and support, for early-career women scientists to pursue their research.
- TUM Global Incentive Fund, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany // 2021. Fund to deepen TUM’s international relationships worldwide, and especially with ICL.
- Seed for Success Fund, Imperial College London // 2021. Research grant in support of career progression. The fund aims to provide postdocs with funds to work on preliminary data for a Fellowship application.
- Researcher Mobility Grant, Royal Society of Chemistry // 2020. Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry to support early-career researchers to undertake multiple visits to collaborators at international organisations.
- Brian Vincent UK/Australia Exchange Bursary // 2019. Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry finalised to strengthening links between UK/Australia research community by attending the Australian Colloid and Surface conference in Gippsland and visiting research group in Melbourne.
- Runner up Science Photo Competition // 2019. Assigned during the Chemistry Career Day 2019 in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London with the TEM photo of a swimming bacteria.
- Erasmus Staff Training Mobility Grant // 2019. Fully funded travel grant from the European Commission’s Erasmus Programme for training visit at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (iBEC) in Spain.
- IUPAC Young Observer bursary // 2019. Fully funded travel grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry to attend the 2019 IUPAC World Chemistry Congress and General Assembly in Paris.
- Post-doc Mobility Travel Grant, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany // 2019. Fully funded travel grant from the TUM to attend Research Opportunities Week. Funding enables eligibility for TUM Foundation Fellowship.
- 665. WE-Heraeus Travel Grant // 2018. Travel grant from WE-Heraeus association to attend the 665. WE-Heraeus seminar.
- 4th NanoToday Student Travel Award // 2015. Assigned to the best student conference abstract participating at the 4th NanoToday conference.
- Leonardo Da Vinci studentship // 2012. Funded by the European Commission and given to the top 5 applicants at the University of Padua to study abroad for a period of 3 months.
PRESS RELEASES
- La Regina Elisabetta II, primo modello di donna indipendente // 2022, La Nuova Sardegna;
- International Women's Day; In Conversation with Dr. Claudia Contini // 2022, AZoNano;
- Agents of Change; The Impact of Women in STEM // 2022, AZoNano;
- L'Oréal-UNESCO UK Rising Talent Fellow // 2021, Imperial College London Science news;
- 2021 Rising Talent Fellows // 2021, Fondation L'Oréal;
- Claudia, regina della scienza: «Vinco per tutte le donne» // 2021, La Nuova Sardegna;
- COVID-safe swimming and artificial cells: News from the College // 2021, Imperial College London Science news;
- Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes // 2020, nanowerk;
- Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes // 2020, Phys.org;
- Size determines how nanoparticles affect biological membranes // 2020, Imperial College London Science news;
- Awarded researchers // 2019, Rai Tg1 news;
- "Italy Made Me" awards the best Italian researchers in London // 2019, LondonONEradio;
- 5th Edition of Italy Made Me // 2019, Italian Embassy in London news;
- Londra, giovane scienziata sarda crea nanoparticelle per trasportare i farmaci nel corpo umano // 2019, La Nuova Sardegna;
- Intervista a Claudia Contini, la ricercatrice di Carbonia premiata a Londra per il suo progetto di ricerca // 2019, Vistanet.it
- Chemotactic movement used to carry drugs through blood-brain barrier // 2017, Phys.org;
- Self-driving vesicles penetrate blood-brain barrier // 2017, c&en;
- Drug-Carrying “Nanoswimmers” Could Slither Past the Brain’s Cellular Defenses // 2017, Scientific American;
- "Nanoswimmers" to Carry Drugs Through Blood Brain Barrier // 2017, Azonano;
- Elastic Spherical Shell Can Swim // 2017, American Physics Society.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
- Association of the Italian Scientists in the UK (AISUK) - Director
- Institute Of Physics (IOP) - Member
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) - Member