Silvia obtained her Master degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at Federico II, University of Naples. Hes thesis project aimed at the DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NEW ANALOGS OF UROTENSIN-II (hU-II). Currently, she is a PhD student at Federico II, University of Naples, in Computational and Quantitative Biology, working in the laboratories of Prof. Nastri and Prof. De Simone. Here, she works for the design and synthesis of peptides with antimicrobial activity.