Marco Nardini

Education

• 2002 European doctorate in Biotechnology, European Association for Higher Education in Biotechnology.
• 2000 PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (Supervisor: prof. Bauke Dijkstra)
• 1993 Laurea in Physics (4 years), University of Genoa, Italy (Supervisor: prof. Martino Bolognesi)

Current position

• 2017 – present: Full Professor of Biochemistry, Dept of Biosciences, University of Milan, Italy

Previous positions

• 2010 – 2017: Associate Professor in Biochemistry, Dept. of Biosciences, University of Milan, Italy
• 2005 – 2010: Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, Dept of Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Milan, Italy
• 2002 – 2005: Research Associate, National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM), Dept. of Physics, University of Genoa, Italy

Fellowship

• 2000 – 2002: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Dept. of Physics, University of Genoa, Italy

Research activity

Marco Nardini has been working in the field of structural biology and biophysics since 1993. Over the years,
the Nardini’s lab has been deeply involved in the development of research networks with research groups in
Italy and abroad to integrate synergistically structural biology with other more functional approaches. X-ray
crystallography and biophysics, together with simulative methods (dynamics, modeling, and docking) and,
more recently, cryo-EM, build the core of all Nardini lab’s projects, which are based on medium-throughput
approaches to protein production, biochemical and biophysical characterization, and crystallographic, SAXS,
and cryo-EM analyses. Current research activities are focused on proteins and enzymes (flavoenzymes,
hemoproteins, cold-adapted proteins), and DNA-protein complexes (transcription factors) related to basic
questions in biology and to biomed/biotech applications, including protein function, inhibition, and drug
development.

Bibliographic parameters

• Marco Nardini’s research activity is documented by 115 publications (16 first author, 22 corresponding author) on peer reviewed international scientific journals, 1 European patent, 1 Italian patent request,
• 55 poster communications and 13 invited oral presentations at national and international meetings, and
• 93 protein structure depositions at the Protein Data Bank (http://www.rcsb.org/pdb).
• Total citations: 5283 (SCOPUS, January 2026)

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