Short Curriculum Vitae
Alessandro Porchetta
Associate Professor
University of Rome, Tor Vergata
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1,
00133, Rome, Italy
Email: alessandro.porchetta@uniroma2.it
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
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 Sk?odowska-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
44papers in ISI peer-reviewed journals
9 papers as first-author 13 papers as corrisponding author
H-index: 25 (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.)