Xenia Simeone

Xenia Simeone is affiliated with the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Faculty of Life Sciences. She specializes in neuropharmacology and medicinal chemistry with a focus on GABA-A receptors and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit functions. Her work spans ligand design, synaptic transmission mechanisms, and synthetic methodologies for drug development.

Research interests include neurotransmitter receptor pharmacology, anion channel regulation, and electrophile-based synthetic strategies. Recent studies have explored novel GABA-A receptor ligands and heteroatom-centered difluoromethylated entities.

She has contributed to 4 peer-reviewed articles (2016-2022) focusing on receptor pharmacology and synthetic chemistry. Notable projects include the GABAA receptor subtype selective loreclezole analogues research funded project. Her work has been presented through poster sessions at scientific conferences (2004, 2013).