Prof. Alessandro Desideri
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +39 06 72594376
Receiving Hours: Monday from 14.00 to 16.00
Curriculum Vitae
Education:
University of Roma La Sapienza (IT) 1975
Degree in Physics
Leicester University (U.K.)
1982
PhD Chemistry
Positions:
1975-1976 LeverHulme Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Leicester University (UK)
1977-1979 Assistant in Pysics, University of Calabria (IT)
1979-1985 Assistant Professor of Spectroscopy, University of Calabria (IT)
1985-1990 Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
1990-1995 Full Professor of Biochemistry, University of Messina (IT)
1995- present Full Professor of Molecular Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
Main research interests during the last years:
- DNA nanoarchitectures
- Structure-dynamics- function relationship in topoisomerase I
- Interaction of topoisomerase I with anticancer drugs
- Molecular dynamics simulation of proteins in different environments
- Principles of molecular recognition
Grants:
Since 1982 he has obtained funds from several agencies such as National Research Council (CNR), European
Community (EC), National Institute of Physics of Matter (INFM), the Ministry of Italian Research ( MIUR),
the Ministery of Health, the Italian Research Association for Cancer (AIRC) and Italian Space Agency (ASI).
Publications: He is author of more than 300 papers published in international peer reviewed journals with a
total impact factor greater than 1000 and with more than 3500 citations. The h-index from 1990 of
Alessandro Desideri is 34, as evaluated from ISI Web of Science
WEB SITE
http://structuralbiology.bio.uniroma2.it