Daniela Iannazzo

Editorial Board Member - JAHI

University Researcher
Department of Electronic Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Engineering
University of Messina
Italy

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Daniela Iannazzo is currently working at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Industrial Chemistry and Engineering of the University of Messina, as University Researcher in Organic Chemistry. She obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1999 and the postgraduate qualification in “Applied Microbiology” in 2001, at the University of Messina. In 2003 she worked as Visiting Professor at the “Departamento de Quimica Asimmetrica” of the Faculty of Science at the University of Zaragoza. She is an author of international patents and many international publications on highly qualified international journals.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Daniela Iannazzo research work is mainly focused on the synthetic methodologies for organic synthesis, the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, pericyclic reactions, the chemistry of reactive intermediates and reaction mechanisms with particular attention to the development of antiviral and anticancer compounds. The scientific activity regarded the design and synthesis of nucleoside analogues, inhibitors of reverse transcriptase with isoxazolidine structure and to the development of Diketo acids (DKAs) with 3-ammino-2(5H) furanone structure as HCV NS5b RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase and HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. The recent research activity is focused on the organic functionalization of nanostructured materials for biomedical and materials engineering applications. Great interest is devoted to the development of carbon nanomaterials as drug delivery system for anticancer and antiviral drugs.