BUTINI STEFANIA

Prof Stefania Butini is associate professor of medicinal chemistry since 2015. She earned the degree of chemistry and pharmaceutical technology at the University of Siena in 1997 and a PhD in pharmaceutical sciences at the same University in 2000. In 1999-2000 she spent a period of internship at the University of Groningen under the supervision of Prof H.W. Wikström working on Parkinson Disease and the development of dopamine D3 receptor modulators. In 2004 she became permanent senior researcher at the University of Siena.

Her research activity focuses on the development of bioactive compounds with a special emphasis on CNS diseases, antimalarial, and antitumor agents. Exploration of chemistry and biology of synthetic organic molecules with therapeutic potential in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases is a key part her research interests that include target selection, rational design of innovative drugs, discovery of new synthetic methodologies, and general strategies for synthesis, bioinformatics and the study of structure-function relationships. She is experienced as Research Units’ coordinator in National and International polycentric research projects dealing with drug development in various fields.