Matteo obtained an MSc in Computer Science and a PhD in computational biophysics in Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. While working under the supervision of Prof Matteo Dal Peraro, he focused on the development of POW, a flexible parallel optimization environment. POW was applied to the structural study of several macromolecular assemblies, including the pore-forming toxin Aerolysin and the basal body of type-III secretion system. While in our group, Matteo was developing new methods for the prediction of protein assembly using ion mobility, cross-linking, SAXS and electron microscopy data. Matteo has recently started his own research group at the University of Durham.
(Feb 2013 - June 2017)