Francesca Cella Zanacchi

PERSONAL INFORMATION Francesca Cella Zanacchi
Department of Physics E. Fermi, University of Pisa
Largo B. Pontecorvo 3, 56126, Pisa, Italy
+39- 050 2214317 +39-347-5349925

francesca.cella@unipi.it
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701650111
| Date of birth 05/04/1980 | Nationality Italian

BIOGRAPHY

Francesca Cella Zanacchi works in the Physics Department at University of Pisa in the field of biophysics. Her
research is mainly focused on the design and application of optical imaging techniques to study intracellular
biological processes. In particular, the research activity involves advanced fluorescence imaging techniques,
super-resolution microscopy and computational approaches oriented to single molecule studies of cells, tissues
and organoids.
Previously she worked as a researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and as a Postdoc at the
Institute de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) in Spain. She graduated in Physics at the University of Genoa (Italy)
in 2006 and in 2010 she accomplished her PhD studies in Physics (University of Genoa). She was a visitor
scientist at the European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL, Heidelberg) in 2008, at University of Maine (USA) in
2009 and at the University of Frankfurt in 2013.

WORK EXPERIENCE


2023 - CURRENT Associate Professor
Department of Physics E. Fermi, University of Pisa, Italy
Research activity in biophysics

2020 - 2023 Senior Researcher (Tenure-track Assistant Professor)
Department of Physics E. Fermi, University of Pisa, Italy
▪ Research activity in biophysics and nanotechnologies applied to biomedicine

2019-2020 Researcher (permanent position)
Istituto di Biosfisica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Research activity in biophysics

2016-2018 Researcher
Nanophysics Dept., Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Research activity in nano-biophysics

2015-2016 Post doctoral Researcher
The Institute of photonics sciences (ICFO), Castelldefels, Spain
Research activity in nanotechnologies and super-resolution fluorescence imaging

2010-2015 Post-doc fellowship
Nanophysics Dept., Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy
Research activity in nanotechnologies applied to biomedicine and neuroscience

2008 Visiting scientist
European molecular biology Lab (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
Research activity in optical microscopy applied to developmental biology

2009 Visiting scientist
Maine University, Orono, Maine (USA)
Research activity in biophysics and super-resolution microscopy

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2007-2010 PhD in Physics
Physics Department (DIFI), Università di Genova, Italy
1991-1997 MSc in Physics (110/110)
Physics Department (DIFI), Università di Genova, Italy