CURTI Claudio

Dr. Claudio Curti was born in Correggio (Reggio Emilia, Italy) in 1975. He received an \\"Honorary Hi-School Diploma\\" at the St. Joseph Hi-School of Victoria-Tx (USA) in 1993, at the end of a one year Exchange student program fellowship. In 1994 he graduated from Liceo Scientifico Statale Anldo Moro in Reggio Emilia. Since the beginning of March 2001, he is attending the Organic Chemistry laboratory at the Pharmaceutical Department of the University of Parma under the supervision of Professor Giovanni Casiraghi. In 2002 he graduated in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Parma, presenting an experimental thesis entitled \\"Asymmetric Synthesis of Pyranosidic Carbasugars\\", with the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Casiraghi and Prof. Franca Zanardi. In April 2002 he received a one-year post-graduate fellowship in Organic Chemistry (Feliciani-Ferretti fellowship) for a research programme on \\"Asymmetric Synthesis of Bioactive Glycopeptidomimetics\\" During this period he improved his skills in the field of asymmetric multistep organic synthesis, working on the development of new synthetic strategies toward biologically and pharmaceutically relevant multifunctional molecules, such as carbasugars, amino sugars, structurally modified amino acids, and acyclic nucleoside analogues.
In October 2003 he received a second one-year post-graduate fellowship in Organic Chemistry (Feliciani-Ferretti fellowship) for a research on the \\"Development of New Stereoselective Synthetic Methodologies toward Biologically and Pharmaceutically Relevant Molecular Targets'
In March 2005 he graduated (110/110 e lode) from the postgraduate School of Chemical Synthesis at the 'Universit Statale of Milan, directed by Prof. Luisa Garanti, attending courses about: synthetic methodologies, analitical methodologies, patent applications and bibliographical data, biological systems in Organic Chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationship and Drug Design.
In January 2005 he was appointed \\"Ricercatore Universitario\\" (CHIM/06-Organic Chemistry, D.R. n.365 del 19.01.2005), at the University of Parma at the Faculty of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Department).

His scientific work resulted in 49 scientific pubblications on international journals, 2 patents and many Poster and Oral comunications to national and international congresses