ERC: Alessandra Zanut

Dr. Alessandra Zanut is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences (DiSC) of the University of Padova in the Analytical Chemistry group and co-founder of the start-up NanoPhoenix Srl, which develops micro- and nanostructured devices for life science applications. She worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bologna (Italy) and after that she was granted the NYU Provost postdoctoral fellowship to work at the Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (New York, USA). Her research focuses on the fabrication and characterization of nanostructured materials for advanced electrochemical (EC) and electrochemiluminescent (ECL) biosensors applied to health, environmental, and biochemical monitoring. A key aspect of her work is investigating ECL mechanisms underlying excited-state generation, utilizing both standard analytical devices and diverse molecular and micro/nanostructured components.