GIUSEPPE CHIRICO:
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born date: 14/08/1963
Citizenship: Italian
Univ. degree in Physics: 1986 , Milano University
phD degree in BioPhysics: 1990 Milano University
Research experience:
1990-1 Postdoc
position at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble (F) Outstation;
1994 Visiting
researcher at the Deutches KrebsForschung
Zentrum of the Heidelberg
University;
1991-99 Research
fellow in Matter Structure Physics; Phisics
Department, Milano university;
2000- Associate
professor in Applied Physics (FIS07) at the Milano-Bicocca
University.
2004- Full
professor in applied Physics (FIS07) at the Milano-Bicocca
University.
Additional duties: G.C is in
the editorial board of the
Biomedical Optical Engineering (IEEE) and of the Cell Biology and Biophysics
journals and PLOSONE; G.C. has been in organizing committee of congresses
(Focus on Microscopy, Genova 2003; EBSA congress
2009, Genova) and national and international schools
and workshops; G.C is in the teaching committee of the Doctorate School of the
University of Milano Bicocca. G.C. acts as a referee for international journals
such as Nature Photonics, Biophys.J., J.Chem.Phys., ChemPhysChem, Biophys.Chem.
Research activity and recent
grants:
2006-2009. Nanotechnology
project of the ?Cariplo Foundation?
(www.fondazionecariplo.it, Milano, I): ?Development and reading of lattices of
fluorescent molecules by means of AFM microscopy and fluorescence microscopy?.
2008-2012:
European Commission Project, Seventh Framework Programme;
Cooperation Health-2007-1.2-4: ?In vivo image-guidance for cell therapy? ENCITE.
2003-2005: Italian Ministry for the University
and Research (MIUR) on ?Polyelectrolyte Nanocapsules as biomimetic systems for fluorescence microscopy?.
2003-2005: Italian Ministry for the University
and Research (MIUR): Fondo Integrativo
per la Ricerca di Base (FIRB): Nanotechnology applied to biology and medicine.
Collaborations with:
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Istituto
Superiore di Sanit? (National Health
Insitute Italy), Roma;
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Universit? di
Parma, Biochem. Dep. (prof. A. Mozzarelli);
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IIT; GEnova;
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Universit? della Tuscia, Natural Science Dep.;
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Ospedale
San Raffaele di Milano (DIBIT);
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Deutches KrebsForschung Zentrum and
University of Heidelberg (Biochemistry Dep);
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Marie Curie Institute, Paris (F);
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University of Illinois at Urbana champaign;
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University of Washington at Seattle (USA);
Teaching activity:
Optics, Biophysics and Medical
Physics and Nano-biotechnology for the Physics degree.
Publications: