Cecilia Clementi
NationalityItalian
American
Alma materUniversity of Florence
International School for Advanced Studies
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Rice University
Free University of Berlin

Cecilia Clementi is an Italian-American scientist who specialises in the simulation of biomolecules. She is a Professor of Computational Biophysics at the Free University of Berlin. She was previously a Professor of Chemistry at the Rice University and co-director of the National Science Foundation Molecular Sciences Software Institute. From 2017 to 2019 she held an Einstein Foundation fellowship.

Early life and education

Clementi is from Italy. She studied physics at the University of Florence, where she earned her Laurea in 1995. After graduating in physics, Clementi moved to the International School for Advanced Studies for her doctoral degree.[1][2] Clementi was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, San Diego, where she was part of the La Jolla Interfaces in Science programme.[1][3] After completing her postdoctoral research Clementi was appointed as an assistant professor at Rice University.[1]

Research and career

In 2009 Clementi was made a Professor of Chemistry at Rice University.[4] Her research considers the simulation of complex biophysical processes using large-scale data sets.[5] She specialises in coarse-grain modeling of macromolecular systems. In 2016 Clementi was made co-director of the National Science Foundation Molecular Sciences Software Institute.[6]

Clementi joined the Free University of Berlin in 2017 as an Einstein Foundation fellow,[4] during which she focussed on the multi-scale modelling of biophysical systems in an effort to better understand cellular functions.[4][7] She was the first Einstein Foundation fellow to be appointed to their Strategic Professorships Program.[8]

Clementi was made a Professor of Physics at the Free University of Berlin in June 2020.[6][9]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

Underwater photography

Clementi is also a scuba divemaster and underwater photographer. Some of her photographs are shown in her Instagram page[15]

References

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  2. "Cecilia Clementi - AMLD EPFL 2020". appliedmldays.org. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  3. "» Congratulations to physicist Cecilia Clementi SISSA Alumni Society". Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  4. 1 2 3 "Cecilia Clementi, Einstein Foundation Berlin". einsteinfoundation.de (in English and German). Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  5. "Clementi Research Group". clementiresearch.rice.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  6. 1 2 "Prof. Dr. Cecilia Clementi | SFB TRR186 Heidelberg - Berlin". trr186.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  7. "Multiscale Modeling of Biophysical Systems". www.mi.fu-berlin.de. 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  8. "Freie Universität Berlin Appoints Prominent Physicist Cecilia Clementi as Part of the Einstein Strategic Professorships Program". www.fu-berlin.de. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  9. "Professor Cecilia Clementi starts her work at Freie Universität". www.physik.fu-berlin.de. 2020-06-05. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  10. "NSF Award Search: Award#0349303 - CAREER: Holistic Approach to the Study of Protein Mechanisms". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  11. "Hamill Awards Since 2005". Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering | Rice University. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  12. "Cecilia Clementi Wins Hackerman Award". Chemical & Engineering News. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  13. "Seven collaborative projects win IBB innovation awards". news.rice.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  14. "Cecilia Clementi Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  15. "Instagram Cecilia Clementi". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
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