Curriculum Vitae
Here you can find my CV, which can also be downloaded as a pdf file.
Research experience
Mar 1st 2021 - Present day  |
Postdoctoral fellow University of California, San Diego Department of Physics Supervisor: Terence Hwa Research supported by the Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Marine Microbial Ecology from March 1st, 2022 to February 28th, 2025 
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Apr 1st - Sep 30th 2019  |
Fellow of the Department of Physics Harvard University Department of Physics Supervisors: Andrea Giometto, Andrew Murray, David Nelson I have worked as a visiting graduate student in the groups of Andrew Murray and David Nelson, supervised by Andrea Giometto
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Education
Oct 1st 2017 - Dec 16th 2020  |
Ph.D in Physics, University of Padua Thesis title: Two improved approaches to the study of competition in microbial communities Supervisor: Amos Maritan Co-supervisor: Samir Suweis Tutor: Flavio Seno Research supported by Fondazione Cariparo |
Oct 1st 2015 - Sep 26th 2017 |
M.Sc. in Physics, University of Padua Thesis title: A physics approach to ecosystem dynamics Advisor: Amos Maritan Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
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Oct 1st 2012 - Jul 22nd 2015 |
B.Sc. in Physics, University of Padua Thesis title: Curvature effect on patterning dynamics on spherical membranes Advisor: Enzo Orlandini Final grade: 108/110 |
Publications
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Rachel Gregor, Julie Johnston, Lisa Shu Yang Coe, Natalya Evans, Desiree Forsythe, Robert Jones, Daniel Muratore, Bruno Francesco Rodrigues de Oliveira, Rachel Szabo, Yu Wan, Jelani Williams, Callie R Chappell, Shayle B Matsuda, Melanie Ortiz Alvarez de la Campa, Queer and Trans in Microbiology Consortium, JL Weissman, Building a Queer-and Trans-Inclusive Microbiology Conference, mSystems (2023). DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00433-23.
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Leonardo Pacciani-Mori, Samir Suweis, Amos Maritan, Andrea Giometto, Constrained proteome allocation affects coexistence in models of competitive microbial communities, The ISME Journal (2021). DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00863-0.
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Leonardo Pacciani-Mori, Andrea Giometto, Samir Suweis, Amos Maritan, Dynamic metabolic adaptation can promote species coexistence in competitive microbial communities, PLOS Computational Biology (2020). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007896.
Funding
Mar 1st 2022 - Feb 28th 2025  |
Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Marine Microbial Ecology Total amount awarded: $ 270,000.00 Project title: Effects of cross-feeding and aggregation on particulate organic matter degradation by marine bacteria |
Oct 1st 2017 - Sep 30th 2020  |
Fondazione Cariparo Total amount awarded: approximately € 75,000.00 Doctoral fellowship awarded to the candidate who ranks first in the selection process of the PhD School in Physics of the University of Padua |
Other honors and awards
Jan 19th 2023 |
Poster award at the Gordon Research Conference Stochastic Physics in Biology |
Nov 24th 2021 |
Membership nomination at the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honors Society |
Mar 10th 2019 |
Best poster presented at the 5th Italian Conference of Physics Students |
Apr 23rd 2018 |
Best contributed talk at the 4th Italian Conference of Physics Students |
Journals for which I’ve acted as reviewer
- PLoS Computational Biology
- Physical Review E
- Nature Communications
- Integrative and Comparative Biology
Teaching experience
Service
- Collaborator of the UCSD Grad oSTEM Executive Board: December 8th, 2022 - Present day
- US West Coast regional representative for the PriME collaboration: September 1st, 2022 - August 31st, 2023
- Steering Committee member for the PriME collaboration: September 1st, 2022 - August 31st, 2023
- Vicepresident of the Italian Association of Physics Students: October 20th, 2018 - September 30th, 2019
- Secretary of the Italian Association of Physics Students: October 1st, 2017 - September 30th, 2019
- President of the Padua Local Committee of the Italian Association of Physics Students: May 2nd, 2016 - September 30th, 2017
Memberships
- Member of the Pride in Microbiology network: June 6th, 2023 - Present day
- Member of Sigma Xi: January 1st, 2022 - Present day
- Member of the National Postdoctoral Association: January 1st, 2022 - Present day
- Member of oSTEM: January 1st, 2022 - Present day
- Member of Out to Innovate: January 1st, 2022 - Present day
- Member of the American Physical Society: October 21st, 2021 - Present day
- Member of the Association of PhD students and graduates in Italy: October 22nd, 2019 - Oct 21st, 2020
- Member of the Complex Systems Society: September 23rd, 2018 - September 22nd, 2019
- Member of the Italian Association of Physics Students: February 26th, 2016 - September 30th, 2020
Talks
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of growing too fast
Poster at International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
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Effect on chitin degradation by scavenger species
Poster at Simons Foundation, New York, NY (USA)
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of fast growth
Poster at Simons Postdoctoral Fellows in Marine Microbial Ecology annual meeting, New York (NY), USA
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of fast growth
Contributed talk at APS March meeting, Las Vegas (NV), USA
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of fast growth
Poster at Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura (CA), USA
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of fast growth
Contributed talk at Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura (CA), USA
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On the physiology of Vibrio natriegens and the possible costs of fast growth
Poster at Gordon Research Seminar, Ventura (CA), USA
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Interaction between aggregation and chitin degradation: a study of Vibrio sp. 1A01 and Alteromonas sp. 4B03
Invited talk (online meeting) at PriME collaboration, Zurich, Switzerland
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On the physiology of marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens
Poster at Simons Foundation, New York, NY (USA)
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Constrained proteome allocation affects coexistence in models of competitive microbial communities
Contributed talk at APS March meeting, Chicago, IL (USA)
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Species coexistence and proteome allocation in competitive microbial communities
Invited talk (online meeting) at Italian Society of Statistical Physics, Parma, Italy
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Species coexistence and proteome allocation in competitive microbial communities
Invited talk (online meeting) at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Constrained proteome allocation affects coexistence in models of competitive microbial communities
Contributed talk (online meeting) at ENS Paris, Institut Curie, and Université Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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Adaptive consumer-resource models can explain diauxic shifts and the violation of the Competitive Exclusion Principle
Poster at University of Milan, Department of Physics, Milan, Italy
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Strategie metaboliche adattive: una risposta (apparentemente) semplice ed efficace a molti problemi in ecologia e microbiologia
Contributed talk at University of Milan, Department of Physics, Milan, Italy
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Adaptive metabolic strategies: an (apparently) simple and effective answer to many challenging problems in ecology and microbiology
Invited talk at Department of Physics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Adaptive metabolic strategies explain diauxic shifts and promote species coexistence
Contributed talk at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Fisica ed ecosistemi: il dilemma del rapporto stabilità-biodiversità
Invited talk at University of Calabria, Arcavacata (Cosenza), Italy
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Fisica ed ecosistemi: il dilemma del rapporto stabilità-biodiversità
Contributed talk at University of Pisa, Department of Physics, Pisa, Italy
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The role of metabolic trade-offs in the establishment of biodiversity
Contributed talk at Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venice, Italy
Other attended events
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PriME mentorship workshop, University of Georgia, Oct 21st - Dec 9th, 2022.
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Stochastic Models in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, European Center for Living Technology, June 22nd - 25th, 2021.
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Workshop on Limits to Diversity Assembly, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, January 19th - 21st, 2021.
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Forum on Microbial Metabolism, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, January 14th - March 18th, 2021.
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Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology: Quantitative Approaches in Ecosystem Ecology, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, November 30th - December 18th, 2020.
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English for Academic Writing, University of Bologna, Forlì campus, January 7th - 10th, 2020.
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Spring College on the Physics of Complex Systems, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, February 19th - March 16th, 2018.
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32nd International Conference of Physics Students, University of Turin, Department of Physics, August 7th - 13th, 2017.
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3rd Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Bari, Department of Physics, May 11th - 13th, 2017.
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Venice meeting on fluctuations in small complex systems III, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, October 3rd - 6th, 2016.
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2nd Italian Conference of Physics Students, University of Turin, Department of Physics, April 22nd - 24th, 2016.
Organized events
Jan - Jun 2024 |
SQUAD seminar series University of California, San Diego Online seminar series focused on increasing visibility and sharing stories of queer scientists. I have collaborated with the Executive Board of the UCSD Grad oSTEM association for the organization of this seminar series. |
Dec 2022 - May 2023 |
SQUAD seminar series University of California, San Diego |
Feb 26th - 28th 2023 |
PriME collaboration US regional meeting Scripps Institution of Oceanography, J. Craig Venter Institute and University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA (USA) Meeting of all the US-based research groups of the PriME collaboration |
June 22nd - 25th 2021 |
Stochastic Models and Experiments in Ecology and Biology European Center for Living Technology, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Hybrid online/in person conference |
October 2016 - May 2017 |
Sei Spritz Facili University of Padua, Department of Physics Series of six lectures covering the areas over which research is carried out in the Department. Activity of the Padua Local Committee of the Italian Association of Physics Students |