Michele Vendruscolo - Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- 1992, Laurea (BSc) in Physics (with honors), University of Trieste, Italy
- 1993, MSc in Condensed Matter Physics, Intern. School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
- 1996, PhD in Condensed Matter Physics (with honors), Intern. School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
Academic Appointments:
- 1996 – 1998: Weizmann Institute, (Israel), Sir Charles Clore Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1999 – 2001: University of Oxford, EMBO Long-Term Fellow
- 2001 – 2009: University of Cambridge, Royal Society University Research Fellow
- 2006 – 2008: University of Cambridge, Lecturer in Theoretical Chemical Biology
- 2008 – 2010: University of Cambridge, Reader in Theoretical Chemical Biology
- 2010 – present: University of Cambridge, Professor of Biophysics
Other Appointments:
- 2003 – 2006: Research Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge
- 2003 – 2010: Associate Editor, Molecular Biology and Evolution
- 2007 – 2010: EMBO Young Investigator
- 2009 – 2015: European Physical Society, Division of Physics of Life Sciences, Executive Board
- 2010 – 2016 : Faculty of 1000, Faculty Member, Protein Folding
- 2011: European Research Council, PE3 Panel Member – Condensed Matter Physics
- 2015: Director, Centre for Protein Misfolding Diseases, Cambridge
- 2016: Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Wren Therapeutics, Cambridge.
Academic Honours include:
- 2007 – EMBO Young Investigator.
- 2007 – Jean-Francois Levefre Lecture, Strasbourg (France).
- 2012 – Giorgio Careri Memorial Lecture, Rome (Italy).
- 2013 – Soft Matter & Biophysical Chemistry Award, Royal Society of Chemistry.
- 2013 – Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Invited Talks:
Over 300 lectures at international meetings, schools and universities.
Other information:
- Grants with over £38,000,000 received so far (€ 44,500,000)
- Organisation of over 20 international meetings
- 8 patents related to methodologies for controlling protein aggregation, protein solubility and antibody design.
