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Scientific Career
Professor Angela Casini completed her PhD in Chemistry at the University of Florence (Italy) in 2004, and, afterwards, moved to EPFL (Switzerland) as principal investigator funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Between 2011-2015 she was assistant professor at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), holding a Rosalind Franklin Fellowship. Between 2015-2019, she was also Chair and Director of Postgraduate Taught Masters at Cardiff University (UK), before taking up her current position at TUM in 2019. At TUM, Angela is also Liesel Beckmann Distinguished Professor and Core member of the Munich Institute of Data Science (MDSI), as well as Associated Researcher of the Catalysis Research Center (CRC). Since December 2021, Angela is ad interim manager (kommissarischen Leiterin) of the Chair of Pharmaceutical Radiochemistry at TUM.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, “Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors with possible pharmacological applications, University of Florence
Award Date: 23 Nov 2004
Master, DNA as a target for Ruthenium(III) complexes acting as anticancer agents, University of Florence
Award Date: 19 Dec 1998
Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
- Bioinorganic Chemistry
- Supramolecular Chemistry
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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UbiQancer: Functionalizing the Ubiquitin System against Cancer
Casini, A. (PI)
1/10/24 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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SMARTdrugs: Supramolecular Agents as Radiotheranostic Drugs
Casini, A. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Organogold compounds as “smart” residue specific chemical modifiers: towards new generation Gold-PROTACs (B03)
Casini, A. (PI)
1/01/24 → …
Project: Research
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SOCoMED: Supramolecular Organometallic and Coordination Complexes for Medical Applications
Casini, A. (PI)
1/03/23 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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MiAMI: Machine Learning for Medicine: Accelerating Metadynamics of Supramolecular Host-Guest Complexes for Therapy and Imaging
Casini, A. (PI)
1/03/24 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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A Gold-PROTAC Degrades the Oncogenic Tyrosine Kinase MERTK: Insights into the Degradome from a Steady-State System
Thomas, S. R., Iellici, T., Park, M., Klaus, E., Bileck, A., Gerner, C., Meier-Menches, S. M. & Casini, A., 16 Jan 2026, In: ACS Chemical Biology. 21, 1, p. 170-186 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A photocleavable peptidic Ru(ii) mass-tag enabling targeted DESI and MALDI mass spectrometry imaging in cancer tissues
Park, M., Gonçalves, J. P. L., Deiser, S., Fenzl, S., Böhm, F. A., Steiger, K., Kossatz, S., Strittmatter, N. & Casini, A., 3 Jun 2026, In: Chemical Science. 17, 21, p. 10504-10510 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A sstR2-targeted radiohybrid theranostic agent for PET imaging and β- therapy with excellent preclinical performance
Deiser, S., Fenzl, S., König, V., Inoue, S. & Casini, A., Dec 2026, In: NPJ Imaging. 4, 1, 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chimeric peptide-based radiopharmaceuticals for glioblastoma imaging and therapy by targeting mHsp70 and enhancing BBB penetration
Schuderer, F., Silva, R. D. M., Pinto, C. I. G., Koller, L., Stangl, S., Gano, L., Cavaco, M., Castanho, M. A. R., Mendes, F., Kossatz, S., Correia, J. D. G. & Casini, A., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Chemical Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Corrigendum to “The molecular mechanisms of antimetastatic ruthenium compounds explored through DIGE proteomics” J Inorg Biochem 2013 Jan:118:94–9. doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2012.10.003. Epub 2012 Oct 14
Guidi, F., Modesti, A., Landini, I., Nobili, S., Mini, E., Bini, L., Puglia, M., Casini, A., Dyson, P. J., Gabbiani, C. & Messori, L., Jul 2026, In: Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 280, 113308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate