Francesco Vanzi

Biography

Education Jun. 1989: High School Diploma in Classical Studies: Liceo Classico Michelangiolo, Florence, Italy. Oct. 1994: MS magna cum laude in Biology, University of Florence, Italy. Mentor: Prof. Vincenzo Lombardi. Thesis on: "Kinetics of the elementary process of force generation in a muscle fiber after rapid stretch". Dec. 2002: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. Mentor: Dr. Yale E. Goldman. Thesis on: "Mechanical studies of single ribosome / mRNA complexes". Training and professional activities 1994-1995: University of Florence, Italy. Department of Physiology (Prof. V. Lombardi). 1995-1996: Jr. Research Specialist, Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Dr. YE Goldman). 1996: Visiting Researcher, NIMR, Mill Hill, London, UK (Dr. Trentham). 1996-2002: Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (Advisor Dr. YE Goldman). 2001: Visiting Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden (Dr. M. Ehrenberg). 2002-2004: Research staff member, INFM (National Institute of Physics of Matter). In service at the Biophysics group, Lens (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy), University of Florence, Italy (Prof. FS Pavone). 2004-2011: Research staff member, Department of Animal Biology and Genetics "Leo Pardi", University of Florence. In service at the Biofysics group, Lens, University of Florence, Italy (Prof. FS Pavone). 2007: Visiting Researcher, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (Dr. KS Matthews). 2012: Research contract European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy 2012 - 2016: Tenure researcher at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence. 2017 - today: Associate professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence.

Research Interest

Comparative anatomy and cytology