Anna Moroni

Anna Moroni is a Professor at the University of Milano since 2009, with prior roles including Associate Professor (2002-2008), Researcher (1999-2002), and Postdoctoral Fellow (1992-1998). She has held visiting scientist positions at Columbia University (2016-2017) and the University of Toronto (1988-1989).

Her research focuses on

• Plant physiology
• Ion channels biophysics
• Structural biology of membrane proteins
• Cell electrophysiology
• Synthetic biology
• Cardiac pacemaker mechanisms

Her recent work trends include molecular-level studies of ion channel gating principles in voltage-gated and ligand-gated systems, as evidenced by her authorship in Nature Methods (2018).

Scientific awards include

• Baccarini Melandri award (2006)
• IUPAB recognition (2013)
• Schaefer award (2016)
• ERC-Advanced grant (2016)
• Biophysical Society Council membership (2018)
• Profiles in Biophysics feature (2020)