ALESSANDRO GIUFFRE'

A) Current position
Director, CNR Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology - Rome

B) Education
1997: PhD in Biochemistry at the Sapienza University of Rome
1993: Degree cum laude in Biology at the Sapienza University of Rome

C) Appointments at CNR
Since Apr 2020: Director, CNR Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology - Rome
Since Feb 2020: Research Manager, CNR Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology - Rome
Jul 2001 - Feb 2020: Senior Researcher, CNR Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology - Rome
Dec 1998 - Jul 2001: Research Fellow, CNR Center of Molecular Biology - Rome

D) Author identifiers
Orcid ID: 0000-0001-5301-0681
Scopus Author ID: 7003270357
WoS Researcher ID: K-4341-2015
Research Gate: Alessandro_Giuffre
Google Scholar: tQwJTEAAAAJ&h

E) Funded Research Projects
2017-2020: PRIN 2015, MIUR of Italy
2012-2018: PNR-CNR Aging program, MIUR of Italy
2015-2016: CNR-FCT (Portugal) bilateral project
2013-2014: CNR-FCT (Portugal) bilateral project
2011-2013: FIRB 2008 ‘Futuro in Ricerca’, MIUR of Italy
2011-2012: CNR-FCT (Portugal) bilateral project
2009-2011: Research grant 2009 - European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
2005-2008: CNR-FCT (Portugal) bilateral project
2005: Curiosity-driven research project – CNR
2002-2003: Giovani Ricercatori 2002 - MIUR of Italy

F) Academic Appointments
Board member of the PhD program in Biochemistry – Sapienza University of Rome (2012-to date)
PhD External Examiner - New University of Lisbon, Portugal (2007, 2008, 2012) and Stockholm University, Sweden (2017)
Evaluator in mid-term PhD exam: University of Aarhus, Denmark (2018)
Lecturer in charge in Molecular Biology at the Course of Farmacy - Faculty of Farmacy and Medicine – Sapienza University of Rome (since 2018)
Visiting Professor at ITQB, New University of Lisbon, Portugal (since 2005)
Lecturer in charge in General Chemistry at the Course of Biomedical Laboratory Techniques - Faculty of Medicine and Psychology – Sapienza University of Rome (2000-2017)

G) Awards, Fellowships and Honors
Member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Group of Biomembranes and Bioenergetics (2005-2009, 2014-2018)
Academician of the Medical Academy of Rome (since 2015)
CNR award - ‘Incentivazioni al personale 2005’ (2009)
‘Maria Teresa Messori Roncaglia e Eugenio Mari’ award, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2004)
‘Mc. Graw-Hill’ award, Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2002)
Fellowship from Centro Interdiciplinare Linceo, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (1997-1998)
PhD thesis award, Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti (1997)
‘Luca Barone’ award, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (1991)

H) Editorial and Review work
Member of the Editorial Board of PloS One (since 2013)

Reviewer for several International Journals, including: Nature Chemical Biology, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, Free Radical in Biology & Medicine, Scientific Reports, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, FEBS Letters, Molecular Microbiology, ntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Microbiology, Jorunal of Bacteriology, Journal of Parasitology, Experimental Parasitology, Tropical Biomedicine, Parasitology Open, Biochimie, International Journal of Parasitology, Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Molecular Pharmacology, Trends in Parasitology.

Reviewer of grant proposals for: MIUR - Italy (since 2013); MRC - United Kingdom (2014); NWO - The Netherlands (2010); Trent University - Canada (2017); University of Padua - Italy (2016); University of Bordeaux - France (2015)

I) Selected/invited speaker at the following International meetings:
2018: XV Congress of the Italian Federation of Life Sciences , Rome (I)
2018: Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, Saint-Tropez (F)
2016: XIX International Conference on Oxygen Binding and Sensing Proteins, Hamburg (D)
2016: XIV Congress of the Italian Federation of Life Sciences , Rome (I)
2016: 19th European Bioenergetics Conference, Riva del Garda (I)
2016: 4th International Conference on the Biology of Hydrogen Sulfide, Napoli (I)
2015: Bacterial Electron Transfer Processes and their Regulation, Vimeiro (P)
2015: Conference of the European Network on Gasotransmitters, Athens, (GRE)
2014: 13th International Conference of Parasitology, Mexico City (MEX)
2014: 18th European Bioenergetics Conference, Lisbon (P)
2014: 18th International Conference on Oxygen-Binding and Sensing Proteins, Sheffield(UK)
2012: IV International Giardia and Cryptosporidium Conference, Wellington (NZ)
2011: 9th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, New Delhi (IND)
2008: 19th Annual Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Woods Hole (USA)
2007: 1st Summer School on Mitochondrial Respiratory Physiology, Schroecken (A)
2006: Young Researchers Forum, 8th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Aveiro (P)
2005: International Conference on Mitochondria, Bari (I)
2004: 13th European Bioenergetics Conference, Pisa (I)
2002: 4th Course of the Portuguese Biophysical Society, Santarem (P)
2000: Villa Vigoni Conference, Loveno di Menaggio (I)
2000: 18th Sigrid Juselius International Symposium, Helsinki (FIN)

L) Publications (April 2020)

Published articles: 92

Scopus metrics: Sum of citations > 3150, H-index = 33
ISI metrics: Sum of citations > 2900, H-index = 32
Google scholar metrics: Sum of citations > 4000, H-index = 37