Daniela Wilson received her higher education in Iași, completing her BSc degree in Chemistry and Physics with distinction at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University in 2001 and an MSc in Environmental Chemistry with distinction at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in 2003. She subsequently obtained her PhD in macro-molecular chemistry from Gheorghe Asachi in 2007 under the supervision of Dan Scutaru. Her doctoral thesis on “research into the relationship between structure and properties in mesogenic systems” was awarded summa cum laude.[1]
Her early career focused on studying the effects of shape on the self-assembly of liquid crystalline materials,[2] and methodology in organic synthesis utilising nickel mediated cross-coupling reactions.[3] Wilson's research into the development of self-assembled nanomotors involves the design of tiny motors that can move autonomously in specific environments,[4][5] and on developing nanocarriers that respond to various stimuli such as pH, temperature, or light.[6] A 2017 article in the Irish Times talked about how these nano-devises could be used to deliver drugs in the human body.[7]
Wilson received the 2015 NWO Science Athena award for outstanding female researchers.[8] In 2016 she received the NML Researcher Award from Nano-Micro Letters.[9]
^Holden, John (2 Feb 2017). "Nanorockets could change the way drugs are delivered: Dutch chemists have demonstrated the remote- controlled movement of nanorockets inside the human body". Irish Times; Dublin. p. 8 – via Proquest.
