Lorenzo Albertazzi
Department / Institute
RESEARCH PROFILE
Lorenzo Albertazzi is an associate professor at the TU/e department of Biomedical Engineering leading the research group "Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine". For most of his career he has been jumping between Chemistry and Biophysics; in his research he now aims to combine both to achieve a molecular understanding of synthetic materials and their interactions with the biological environment, using optical microscopy and nanoscopy.
I use big microscopes to look at small objects.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Lorenzo Albertazzi obtained a MSc in Chemistry (2007) and a PhD in Biophysics (2011) from Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy). He then joined Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands) as postdoctoral researcher. In 2013, he was awarded a fellowship of the Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS) at TU/e, and in 2014 he became a NWO/VENI fellow (2014). In 2015, he moved to Barcelona (Spain) to the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) to start the 'Nanoscopy for Nanomedicine' group. He received an ERC starting grant in 2017 and a VIDI grant on 2019. In 2018 he was appointed Associate Professor at the TU/e department of Biomedical Engineering.
Recent Publications
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Unveiling protein corona formation around self-propelled enzyme nanomotors by nanoscopy
Nanoscale (2024) -
Advanced optical imaging for the rational design of nanomedicines
Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2024) -
Hapten/Myristoyl Functionalized Poly(propyleneimine) Dendrimers as Potent Cell Surface Recruiters of Antibodies for Mediating Innate Immune Killing
Advanced Materials (2023) -
Real-Time Optical Tracking of Protein Corona Formation on Single Nanoparticles in Serum
ACS Nano (2023) -
A super-resolution and transmission electron microscopy correlative approach to study intracellular trafficking of nanoparticles
Nanoscale (2023)
Current Educational Activities
Ancillary Activities
- Junior group Leader and Ramon y Cajal Fellow, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Barcelona