Scientist at NANO-CNR since 2017. PhD in Chemistry (2006) at the University of Florence. Specialised in classical and ab-initio Molecular Dynamics simulations (, GROMACS, NAMD, LAMMPS, Quantum Espresso and CP2K) of biological and organic/inorganic systems. Expert in material/molecular modelling and in the use of advanced sampling techniques ( Metadynamics, Temperature/Hamiltonian Replica Exchange MD,, Nudge Elastic Band and Dimer Method) to study rare events (e.g., chemical reactions) and extensive conformational sampling of complex molecular systems. Expert in programming and High-Performance Computing (HPC). LB is author of > 30 publications (h=16, GS).
Senior Scientist at NANO-CNR since 2010; previously research scientist since 2000 and Post-Doc Fellow in 1997-2000. She holds a PhD in Physics-Condensed matter (1997) and an MSc Physics (1993) obtained at the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa) and University of Pisa. Visiting scholar at the University of California, San Diego, Dept of Chemistry in 2003-2004 and at the University of Nijmegen, Dept of Physics, in 1999-2000. Expert in multi-scale modelling (DFT, classical molecular dynamics, Coarse-Grained models) and design of advanced materials and bio-molecular systems. Habilitated as Full Professor of Condensed Matter and Applied Physics, adjunct professor of Biophysics, Numerical Methods for Physics and Structure of Matter at the Physics Dept, University of Pisa, VT is author of >100 publications (h=32, GS).
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 952068.
H2020-FETPROACT-2019-2020 / H2020-EIC-FETPROACT-2019
