Silvana A. Rocco is a graduate in Chemistry from the State University of Maringá. She got her Master’s degree (1998) and PhD (2002) on Synthetic Organic Chemistry at the State University of Campinas. From 2000 to 2001, she had a valuable experience at University College London and GlaxoSmithKline Medicine Research Centre (Stevenage) when she joined Dr. Michael H. Abraham´s Group. During her trainee, she worked on experimental and calculated partition coefficient (logP) determinations, using a library of quinazoline compounds. She has post-doc experience at Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine at the State University of Campinas. Currently she is a researcher in the NMR Group at the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory. Dr. Silvana´s research interests are focused in organic chemistry, with emphasis on the synthesis of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, mainly in the following topics: quinazoline derivatives; NMR studies; validation of HPLC methods (HPLC-UV or HPLC/MS/MS) for measuring compounds in biological fluids; pharmacokinetic studies and drug discovery.
