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Education:Degree, in Biological Sciences, 110/110 cum laude, 14 December 1999. Sapienza, University of RomePhD in Biochemistry, 27 March 2003. Title: Snapshots of Protein folding. The folding pathway of cytochrome c551 from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Appointments: Full Professor, (1 November 2016-date), Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza”Head of the PhD School of Biochemistry (April 2017-date) University of Rome “La Sapienza” Associate Professor, (from 27 December 2012-31 October 2016), Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza”Visiting Professor (from 30 May 2013-July 2016), Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UKResearcher, (from 30 December 2005) Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, CNR, Rome, Italy.Postdoctoral fellow, (1 June 2005 - 28 December 2005) Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti. Research Assistant, (1 March 2004 - 31 May 2005), University of Rome “La Sapienza”.Visiting Scientist, (1 October 2001 – 31 December 2003) Centre for Protein Engineering, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, UK, with Professor Alan Fersht. Editorial activities: Editorial Board Member of Biophysical Chemistry (Elsevier), Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), Protein Engineering Design & Selection (Oxford Journals), Protein and Peptide Letter (Bentham Science), International Journal of Molecular Sceinces (MDPI) Awards and Prizes: -May 2009 Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze, detta dei XL, e Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. “Vincenzo Caglioti" International Prize for Chemistry.-May 2013 EMBO fellowship Invited Talks and seminars: Prof. Gianni has contributed over 30 talks and seminars in international conferences (Including the FEBS annual meeting and two annual Protein Society meetings) PUBLICATIONS: Prof. Gianni is author of over 120 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, with over 2500 citations and an H index of 32.