Biography
Simona Ionita, PhD Student, Assistant Researcher Simona Ionita is a PhD student at National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest and an assistant researcher at Institute of Physical Chemistry "Ilie Murgulescu", in Bucharest, Romania. After graduating from Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, in 2020, she attended a MSc program at the same University (2020-2022). The main research topics covered during PhD program and as an assistant researcher include drug delivery systems based on mesoporous silica, functionalized inorganic carriers for targeted cancer therapy, the use of natural compounds in drug delivery systems, developing polyphenol-based nutraceuticals and studying nanoconfinement effects in mesoporous systems.