Presenters
Attilio Vargiu, University of Cagliari
After a Master’s degree in Physics at the same University in 2003, Attilio obtained his Ph.D. in Statistical and Biological Physics at the International School for Advanced Studies (ISAS/SISSA, Trieste, Italy) in 2008. Between 2008 and 2019 he traveled to Italy (University of Cagliari), Germany (Jacobs University, Bremen), The Netherlands (Utrecht University), and the U.S.A. (University of California, Berkeley). In 2019 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Cagliari, where he is now an Associate Professor.
His research is focused on simulating biological macromolecules, peptides, small molecules, membranes, and their assemblies using a plethora of advanced computational methods, from quantum-based to coarse-grained to machine-learning-based approaches. The main research lines focus on: bacterial resistance to antibiotics mediated by multi-drug transporters; self-assembly of chiral peptides for technological and biomedical applications; development of methods and protocols to accurately predict the structures of challenging protein-ligand complexes.
Attilio represents Italy on the BioExcel Ambassador Program Council