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Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Vi G. Campi 183, 41125, Modena
Phone: +39 0592055091
Email: menziani@unimore.it ;
Education & Training
EDUCATION:
1983, Degree in Chemistry, Modena University (Italy).
1985-1988, Ph.D Modena University (Italy).
1987-1988, Post-Doctoral fellowship: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University (U.K.)
1990, Fellowship: Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University (U.K.)
ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
1992 -2002, Researcher of Physical-Chemistry Chemistry Department, Modena and Reggio Emilia University.
2002 - present, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Chemistry Department, Modena and Reggio Emilia University.
2005 - present, Director of the School of Graduated Studies Multiscale Modelling, Computational Simulations and Characterization in Material and Life Sciences (http://www.multiscale-school.unimore.it)
ACTIVITIES:
2000-2005, Associate Director of the Virtual Centre for rational drug Design (NFCR Foundation)
2003 – 2009, Secretary of the Physical Chemistry Division of Italian Chemical Society (SCI)
2001- present, member of the "Centre of Excellence in New Functional Materials, their Design, Diagnostics and Exploition” Istitute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia
Referee of grant proposals for l’ Academy of Finland and Wellcome Trust from 1998 – present.
2000 - present Erasmus Coordinator
2007-2010 Member of the National University Council (Area 03-Chemistry)
Research Experience
My research is aimed at rationalising and interpreting experimental observed behaviour of biomolecular systems and biomaterials, at a molecular level, by using computational techniques.
Many projects are carried out in close collaboration with experimentalists and emphasisis given to new material design, lead discovery and theranostic development.
Life Sciences
Ligand-receptor interactions. Substrate specificity. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR). Protein recognition. Protein assembly and communication. Interface between bio- and inorganic materials
Material Sciences
Determination and characterization of the 3D structure of Crystals, Glasses, and materials for the nanomedicine. Computational simulations of their important physical, spectroscopic, thermal, mechanical, chemical and biological properties.
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