PhD in CHEMICAL SCIENCES

email: alessandro.porchetta@uniroma2.it
phone: +39 06 72595143
building: pp1
room: 15

CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Birth 06/10/1984
Sex Male
Nationality Italian

EDUCATION
Ph.D. – Chemical Sciences Jan 2014, Chemistry Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Supervisor: Prof. F. Ricci Final mark: Excellent

Master degree – Chemistry
(Physical Chemistry) May 2010, Chemistry Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Supervisor: Prof. M. Venanzi Final score: 110/110 cum laude


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Apr 2022 - Associate Professor
Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy
Apr 2019 – Apr 2022 Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy
Apr 2016 – April 2019 Senior Researcher
Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy
Feb 2014 - Mar 2016

Post-doctoral Researcher
Chemistry Department, University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy
Laboratory of Prof. Giuseppe Palleschi

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTES
CRISPR-Cas technology, DNA Nanotechnology, biomolecular sensors, DNA-based hybrid materials, Molecular switch


AWARDS

June 2018

May 2014

May 2013 "The European Young Chemist Awards (EYCA)" (post-doc level) recognized at the EuChemES Conference 2018 (sponsored by SCI,1600 €).
"Primo Levi Award" by the Italian Chemical Society for the best publication of 2014 (Young Chemistry Researchers Award, $ 500).
"Primo Levi Award" by the Italian Chemical Society - special mention by the Italian Chemical Society.

VISITING PERIODS

Dic 2019 – Jan 2020 Visiting Researcher (as PI). Marie Curie Fellow (RISE project “NanoOligoMed”). ICMAB, Barcelona (Spain). Prof. Nora Ventosa.
Jun 2018 - Aug 2018 Visiting Researcher (as PI). Marie Curie Fellow (RISE project “NanoOligoMed”). University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Prof. Mike Sailor.
Jan 2018 – Feb 2018 Visiting Researcher. IBEC Institute (Barcelona). Prof. Samuel Sanchez
Dic 2014 - Feb 2015
Visiting PhD student. Marie Curie Fellow (Int. Res. Staff Exc. Scheme, IRSES). Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, China. Prof. Chunai Fan.
Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 Visiting PhD student. Marie Curie Fellow (Int. Res. Staff Exc. Scheme, IRSES), Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, University of California, Santa Barbara. Prof. Kevin W. Plaxco.
RESEARCH GRANT

Year Budget Role Funding Body/Title
2024 188 keuro Coordinator EU Marie Curie-Sklowdoska Fellowship “CRINOVA” (dr. A. Shana).
2023 105 kEuro Coordinator PRIN grant, Italian Ministry of Research and Education. “Ab-CRISPR”
End date: 2025.
2023 500 kEuro P.I. “My First Airc Grant” - Cancer Research Foundation. “REPAIR-NANO”.
End date 2028
2023 115 kEuro P.I. EU Marie Curie-Sklowdoska Staff Exchange “Nano-ImmunoEra”. End date 2027
2018 20 kEuro P.I. University of Tor Vergata grant – “MIRA”. Start date March
2017 135kEuro P.I. EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie RISE “Nano-OligoMed”.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

Sep 2019 - current Applied Analytical Chemistry. Master degree in Chemistry, University of Rome, Tor Vergata (average enrolment: 25 students). 6 CFU
Jan 2017 – current Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. Bachelor degree in Chemistry, University of Rome, Tor Vergata (average enrolment: 75 students). 6 CFU

PUBLICATIONS

44 papers in ISI peer-reviewed journals
9 papers as first-author 13 papers as corrisponding author
H-index: 26 (Scholar)
1,605 total citations (Scopus 12 April 2024)
23 papers in journals with impact factor (IF) > 10 (8 JACS + 3 Nano Letters + 1 Acc. Chem. Res. + 7 Ang. Chem. Int. Ed. + 1 Adv. Funct. Mater. etc.)


LECTURES AND INVITED TALKS (LAST 5 YEARS)

Nov 2022
Oct 2022
Sep 2022
Sep 2021
Aug 2018 Invited Talk at CNR - Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (Napoli)
Invited Speaker (Biosensor School) Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference (TNT2022)
XXIX Congresso della Divisione di Chimica Analitica della Società Chimica Italiana (SCI)
Key note - XXVIII Congresso della Divisione di Chimica Analitica della Società Chimica Italiana (SCI)
7h EUChemES, Liverpool, UK (Invited Speaker, European Young Chemists Award Competition Sessions)


ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Mar 2023 Organization Committee: Giornate di Bioanalitica 2023, Florence, Italy
Jul 2016 Organization Committee: 2th Functional DNA Nanotechnology 2016, Rome, Italy
Jul 2014 Organization Committee: 1th Functional DNA Nanotechnology 2014, Rome, Italy

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Sep 2022 - present Board member of the divisional group “Bioanalytical Chemistry” (SCI)
Jan 2012 - present Member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI)

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