Lucia Sivilotti

Professor Lucia G. Sivilotti
Born	1957 (age 66–67) Ferrara, Italy
Citizenship	Italian
Alma mater	University of Ferrara University of Milan
Known for	The binding/gating problem Single ion channel analysis
Scientific career
Fields	Pharmacology Ion channels Single ion channels
Institutions	Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry PhD UCL School of Pharmacy University College London
Thesis	Pharmacological actions of neutral amino acids on synaptic transmission in the frog optic tectum (1988)
Doctoral advisor	Andrea Nistri
Website	https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/departments/npp/people/ls [dead link] http://www.onemol.org.uk

Lucia Giulia Sivilotti holds the A.J. Clark Chair of Pharmacology at University College London.^[1] Her work is aimed at understanding the functioning of receptors that mediate fast synaptic transmission, and focuses on two classes of ion channels in the nicotinic superfamily, nicotinic and glycine receptors.