Soft Matter in Life Core Group member, LINXS Fellow

Senior Researcher, CNR Institute of Complex Systems c/o Department of Physics,Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Yuri is a physicist specializing in scattering techniques for softmatter science and biophysics. His research focuses on the structure and dynamics of lipid-based andsoft matter systems. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Parma (Italy) in 2010. After a short postdoctoral position in Parma, he moved to the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, where he worked as a postdoc (2011–2013) on new models and methods for biomembrane research. He then became a staff scientist and Coordinator of the Partnership for SoftCondensed Matter initiative. During this time, he contributed to advancements in surface-sensitive techniques for the structural characterization of soft matter at interfaces, with a particular emphasis on lipid-based systems. In 2020, Yuri returned to Italy as an Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche. Since 2023, he has been a Senior Researcher at the CNR Institute for Complex Systems, affiliated with the Department of Physics at Sapienza University of Rome. Since 2024, he coordinates the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network CLIMB: Complex Lipid Membranes for Science and Technology.