Full Professor
Andrea Pinto is Full Professor in Food Chemistry at the Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milan.
His research mainly focus on the development of innovative and environmentally sustainable synthetic methodologies (biocatalysis, flow chemistry) for the synthesis of natural and nature-inspired bioactive compounds for food, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications.
In 2006 he received the PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Milan within international Doctoral School in Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology (University of Milan-Semmelweis-University of Budapest). As a post-doctoral fellow, he joined in 2007 the research group directed by Prof. Steven V. Ley at Cambridge University (U.K). In 2009 he obtained the Level II Master in Drug Design and Development from the University of Pavia.
Since 2005, Andrea Pinto has published more than 130 publications in international peer-reviewed and indexed journals, 1 international patent, 1 Italian patent, a book chapter, and over 100 conference presentations. Since 2013, he is a member of the Board of Teachers of the Doctorate course in Chemistry, University of Milan.