Alessia Fantoni successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
On Monday January 20th, in Rome, Alessia brilliantly passed the second round of the exam and was awarded a doctoral degree for her original dissertation entitled "Towards the Development of Novel Supramolecular Receptor-based Plasmonic Nanosensors".
Alessia completed her PhD thesis under the joint supervision of Professors Gilles Bruylants at ULB and Antonella Dalla Cort at La Sapienza.
She studied the integration of supramolecular receptors and gold nanoparticles, focusing on Zn(II)-salophen complexes and a calix[5]arene derivative as recognition units to develop water-compatible sensors and paper-based assays for targeted detection.
Alessia, who had been awarded a FRIA-FNRS grant for her research until September 2025, will continue in the next few months to explore lateral flow assays based on supramolecular receptors, aiming to improve the versatility and performance of these innovative diagnostic tools.
