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Eric di Luccio, Ph.D.
Kyungpook National University (KNU)
School of Applied Biosciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, bld.3, room 309
1370, Sangyeok-dong, Buk-gu
Daegu, 702-701
South-Korea
Tel: +82-53-950-5756 (office) ; +82-10-5045-3895 (cellphone)
Email: diluccio@knu.ac.kr ; eric.diluccio@gmail.com ; download my CV in PDF
Check out the the di Luccio lab website: http://webbuild.knu.ac.kr/~diluccio/
Summary
- Assistant Professor with background in structural biology, biochemistry, genetic and protein engineering, bioinformatics, computational biology, drug-design, epigenetic therapy of cancers.
- Extensive experience in interdisciplinary scientific collaborations.
Research & Teaching
- 01/2010 - present : Assistant-Professor (tenure-track) - Kyungpook National University (KNU), Korea
- 06/2008 – 12/2009 : Postdoc in computational biology. University of California at Davis (UC Davis), USA
- 11/2003-05/2008 : Postdoc in structural biology, protein X-Ray crystallography. UC Davis, USA
Research funds
- 2010-2013: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant 2010-010837 – di Luccio (PI)
- 2011-2012: Faculty Resources Grant, Kyungpook National University – di Luccio (PI)
- 2010-2012: Faculty Resources Grant, Kyungpook National University – di Luccio (PI)
Education
- 2003 : Ph.D. in Neuroscience/Structural biology. Thesis defended with outstanding honors. University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II, France.
- 2000 : Master of Science in Neuroscience/Structural biology. Thesis defended with honors. University of the Mediterranean Aix-Marseille II, France.
- 1999 : Bachelor of Science, major in Biochemistry and structural biology. University of Limoges. France.
Special achievement
- June 2008-September 2008: Astronaut selection program class of 2009 - European Space Agency (ESA). I was one of the few selectee out of 10,000 applicants. I was selected based on excellence criteria: education, scientific skills, research achievements, airplane pilot license and fitness criteria. I underwent astronaut tests at one of the German Aerospace Center (DLR Germany).
- FAA certified private pilot airplane single engine land on Cessna 152 & 172 skyhawk
Awards and Fellowships
- 2011: Art of science Contest of the annual meeting (2nd place) awarded by the Biophysical Society – USA
- 2009 : Art in crystallography price awarded by the American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
- 2005 : Best Poster prize: 17th West Coast Protein Crystallography Workshop - Assilomar, CA- USA
- 2003 : PhD Thesis defended and awarded with outstanding honors – France
- 2003 : First Poster prize: 5th Scientific days of the Jean Roche research Institut - Marseille – France
- 2001-2003 : 3 years Ph.D. Fellowship (2001-2003) awarded by Conseil Régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur- France
- 1999 : Master’s Thesis defended and awarded with honors – France
- 1999-2000 : 1 Year pre-doctoral fellowship (1999-2000) awarded by Conseil Régional de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – France
Activities, Personal activities
- Sport: Surfing, avid bicycle rider, mountain biking, skiing, hiking, running
- Flying airplanes, US FAA-certified private pilot
- Reading and novel writing
- Avid enthusiast of the human space exploration
- Languages: French, English
- Born March 1st, 1974 in Bastia (France)
- Married to Masayo Morishita, PhD
- Citizenship: French. USA permanent resident (green card )
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