LANZANO' LUCA

Professore Associato

Curriculum

EMPLOYMENT
2020 – present Associate Professor - Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana", University of Catania, Italy
2018 – 2020 Researcher - Nanoscopy and NIC, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
2013 – 2018 Post-doctoral fellow - Nanoscopy and NIC, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
2008 – 2013 Post-doctoral fellow - Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics, University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA

EDUCATION
2008 PhD in Physics, summa cum laude. Department of Physics, University of Catania, Italy.
2007 Visiting PhD Student. Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics - University of California, Irvine, USA
2004 M.S. Physics, 110/110 summa cum laude. Department of Physics, University of Catania, Italy.

GRANTS
2019 - 2023 AIRC - My First AIRC Grant - Optical nanoscopy to investigate the origin and evolution of oncogene-induced genomic damage (PI)
2016 - 2018 AIRC-CARIPLO TRIDEO - Super-resolution imaging of the organization of transcription and replication during oncogene-induced replicative stress (PI)

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2016 TRIDEO Award by Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC), the main non-profit association funding cancer research in Italy. “The aim of TRIDEO (TRansforming IDEas in Oncological research) is to encourage creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to pursue exceptionally innovative ideas in cancer research. Exceptional innovation and originality, and a solid scientific approach are three features that should stand out in any TRIDEO’s successful application”
2016 American Biophysical Society (BPS) Travel Award
2015 Italian Society for Pure and Applied Biophysics (SIBPA) Travel Award
2012 Epithelial Transport Group Young Investigator Travel Award (American Physiological Society Meeting, san Diego)
2005 – 2008 PhD Fellowship, University of Catania, Italy