Yuri Gerelli
Primo Ricercatore
Physicist, expert of scattering techniques for soft matter science and biophysics.
My research activity is focused on the study of structure and dynamics of bio-based and soft matter systems. My work is mostly based on the use of scattering techniques (of neutrons, X-rays and visible light) at large-scale facilities.
Professional Journey
I obtained the Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Parma (Italy) in 2010. After a short postdoctoral position in Parma, I moved to the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, where I worked as a postdoc (2011-2013) on new models and methods for biomembrane research. I then became a staff scientist and Coordinator of the Partnership for Soft Condensed Matter (PSCM) initiative. During this time, I contributed to advancements in surface-sensitive techniques for the structural characterization of soft matter at interfaces, with a particular emphasis on lipid-based systems. My work on structural rearrangements in lipid bilayers culminated in a single-author Physical Review Letters paper in 2019, detailing phase transitions in supported planar lipid bilayers.
In 2020, I returned to Italy as an Assistant Professor (RTD-B) at the Polytechnic University of Marche. In 2021, my work on lipid flip-flop featured in the Soft Matter Emerging Investigators Issue of the Soft Matter Journal (Royal Society of Chemistry).
Since 2023, I am a Senior Researcher at the CNR Institute for Complex Systems, affiliated with the Department of Physics at Sapienza University of Rome and since 2024 I am the Coordinator of the MSCA Doctoral Network CLIMB – ”Complex lipid membranes for science and technology”
(MSCA-DN, grant ID: 101169269).
