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Sara Sajied

PhD Student

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Brief Curriculum Vitae
since 01/2026 Liebig PhD Candidate in Polymer Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. Azra Kocaarslan at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
11/2024 – 12/2025 Research Scholar at the University of Camerino, Italy. Research activity focused on sustainable polymeric materials with industry partners. Experience in core-shell particle synthesis, electrospinning of bio-based fibres for controlled release and polysaccharide structural and thermal analysis.
03/2024 – 09/2024 Trainee in Regulatory Chemistry, Chemistry Unit (B1) at European Chemical Agency (ECHA), Helsinki, Finland. Assessment of substance identification data under REACH for inquiry, substance evaluation, and CLH processes. Support provided to expert groups (ARNs) and stakeholder meetings related to PetCo substances. Contribution to the review of the REACH database on oligomers in collaboration with the polymer team. Worked with IUCLID and REACH-IT software platforms.
09/2021 – 04/2024 Double Master of Science in Chemistry and Advanced Chemical Methodologies at the University of Camerino, Italy
09/2022 – 04/2024 Double Master of Science in Molecular Science and Engineering at Instituto Superio Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal. Thesis: Multifunctional hybrid polymer-silica nanoparticles for controlled release
09/2016 – 06/2021 Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry at the University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy. Thesis: Zinc Oxide nanoparticles: a comprehensive review on its synthesis [focusing on green synthesis], anticancer and drug delivery applications, as well as cytotoxicity risks.

Research Interests
  • Unconventional fluorescence in polymers
  • Click chemistry
  • Step-growth polymerisations
  • RAFT polymerisation
  • Bio-based polymeric materials
  • Polymeric nanoparticles
  • Electrospinning technique

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