Elena Petricci is the director of the Master in Drug Design and Synthesis since 2019. She is Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy University of Siena, from 2019. Since 2019 she is the coordinator of the Faculty Community of Learning of the University of Siena, working in active learning and teaching methodologies.

After her five-year degree Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology  and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, she worked as Research associate at University of Siena Her scientific activity has been mainly focused in analytical methods in medicinal chemistry, in the optimisation of small molecules as antiviral and anticancer drugs and in the detection and analysis of compounds and metabolites in biological samples and food. Elena worked in different laboratories both in Europe and US (EPFL in Lausanne [CH], University of Graz [AU], The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego [US]). Her scientific activity has been mainly focused in Green and Medicinal Chemistry. She is an expert in microwave assisted organic synthesis as well as in the development of small molecules and bioconjugates including Antibody Drug Conjugates as anticancer, antiviral and antimicrobial agents.