Dr. Michele Cerminara
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Institute of Complex Systems
ICS-5: Molecular Biophysics
52425 Jülich
Germany
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+49 2461 61-9499
+49 2461 61-1448
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Education
15/01/2004: Ph.D. defense. Thesis title: “Intrinsic exciton emission and superradiant behaviour in
solid state oligothiophenes”.
2000-2004:
Ph.D. student at the Department of Material Science of the Università degli Studi di
Milano-Bicocca. (Supervisor: Prof. R. Tubino)
10/10/2000: Laurea degree (duration of the course: 5 years) in Material Science at the Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. Title of the thesis: “Excitation and radiative
recombination in oligothiophenes thin films” (Supervisor: Prof. A. Borghesi).
Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
1995-2000:
Student at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, course of Material Science
Employements
From 01/2015
Researcher at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH in Jülich (Germany).
04/2013 – 12/2014
Researcher (Investigador contratado) at CNB, Centro Nacional de
Biotecnologia (National Center for Biotechnology), of the Consejo Superior di
Investigaciones Cientìficas (Spanish National Research Council) in Madrid
(Spain) and Associate Researcher at IMDEA Nanoscience (Madrid Institute of
Andanced Studies in Nanoscience) in Madrid (Spain).
03/2011 - 03/2013
Researcher (Investigador contratado) at CIB, Centro de Investigaciones
Biológicas (Center for Biological Research), of the Consejo Superior di
Investigaciones Cientìficas (Spanish National Research Council) in Madrid
(Spain).
11/2007 - 02/2011
Marie Curie Fellow at CIB, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (Center for
Biological Research), of the Consejo Superior di Investigaciones Cientìficas
(Spanish National Research Council) in Madrid (Spain).
01/2005 – 10/2007
Post-Doc position at the Department of Material Science of the Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
01/2004 – 12/2004
Post-Doc position at the Department of Material Science of the Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
11/2000 – 10/2003
Ph.D. scholarship at the Department of Material Science of the Università
degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca.
Research Fields
Protein Biophysics; Protein Folding; Protein Interactions; Molecular Semiconductors; Plastic
Electronics; Excitation Transfer; Microscopy; Single Molecule Spectroscopy; Time Resolved
Spectroscopy.
Selected Publications
"Probing the free energy landscape of the fast folding gpW protein by relaxation dispersion NMR “
C. Sanchez-Medina, A. Sekhar, P. Vallurupalli, M. Cerminara, V. Muñoz and L. Kay
JACS, 136 7444 (2014).
"Slow Proton transfer coupled to Unfolding Explains the Puzzling Results on Single-Molecule
Experiments on BBL, a Paradigmatic Downhill Folding Protein"
M. Cerminara, L.A. Campos, R. Ramanathan and V. Muñoz
PLoS One, 8(10) e78044 (2013).
“Downhill Protein Folding Modules as Scaffolds for Broad-Range Ultrafast Biosensors”
M. Cerminara, T.M. Desai, M. Sadqi and V. Muñoz,
JACS, 134 8010 (2012).
" Exploring one-state downhill protein folding in single molecules"
J. Liu, L.A. Campos, M. Cerminara, X. Wang, R. Ramanathan, D.S. English and V. Muñoz
PNAS 109 179 (2012)
“The effect of electrostatics on the marginal cooperativity of an ultrafast folding protein”
T.M. Desai, M. Cerminara, M. Sadqi and V. Muñoz
J. Biol. Chem. 285 34549 (2010)
“Oligophenylenevinylenes in spatially confined nanochannels: monitoring intermolecular interactions
by UV/Vis and Raman spectroscopy”
M. Aloshyna, B.M. Medina, L. Poulsen, J. Moreau, D. Beljonne, J. Cornil, G. Di Silvestro, M. Cerminara,
F. Meinardi, R. Tubino, H. Detert, S. Schrader, H.-J. Egelhaaf, C. Botta and J. Gierschner
Adv. Funct. Mater., 18 915 (2008).
“Superradiance in molecular H-Aggregates”
F. Meinardi, M. Cerminara, A. Sassella, and R. Tubino.
Phys Rev Lett. 91 247401 (2003).
“Intrinsic excitonic luminescence in odd and even numbered oligothiophenes“
F. Meinardi, M. Cerminara, A. Sassella, A. Borghesi, P. Spearman, G. Bongiovanni, A. Mura and R.
Tubino
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 157403 (2002)