Luisa RONGA

Associate professor

Research Activities

Research interests of Luisa Ronga are mainly related to the chemistry of biomolecules: design, synthesis, conformation and reactivity. She is actually focused on the use of high-resolution mass spectrometry for the study of biomolecules interactions with toxic and therapeutic metals. In particular, she is working on research lines on selenocysteine containing peptides and proteins in order to elucidate their role in the mechanism of action of metallodrugs and toxicity of environmental relevant metals. The comparative and competitive reactivity of the selenobiomolecules with their Cys-counterparts is also evaluated in her bioanalytical approach.
She is co-author of 56 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 2 chapters in book, 2 patents, 11 Meeting Proceedings, and more that 70 communications in conferences .

Research Areas

Affiliations

• Department of Chemistry – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Artificial Molecular Machinery Laboratory London, Ukraine
• IPREM Pau, France