Paola Chimenti

Paola Chimenti is an Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on medicinal chemistry, neurodegenerative diseases, and enzyme inhibition, particularly targeting monoamine oxidase (MAO) and carbonic anhydrase systems. She has lectured on courses like Analysis of Drugs and Their Metabolites and Chemical-Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Analysis.

Research Interests

• Selective MAO-A and MAO-B inhibition for neurodegenerative disorders
• Chiral molecule separation via HPLC
• Antimicrobial agents against Helicobacter pylori, Candida, and Toxoplasma
• HAT inhibitors for epigenetic applications
• Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors for anticancer therapies

Publications

Recent works include dual-target inhibitors for MAO and cholinesterase enzymes (2015-2025), carbonic anhydrase studies (2020-2025), and natural compound screenings (2016-2019). Themes span drug design, molecular modeling, and neurodegenerative disease therapies.

Teaching

She has taught courses on pharmaceutical analysis and drug metabolism at various branches of Sapienza University, including Latina. Her lectures emphasize analytical methods in biological fluids and toxicological applications.