WHO AM I ? 

Ho ottenuto il mio dottorato in chimica nel 1997 presso l’Università di Roma “La Sapienza”. Ho insegnato ed effettuato attività di ricerca in diverse università in Italia, Olanda, Germania e ora lavoro nel Regno Unito. Sono affascinato dallo studio della natura con modelli teorici e computazionali. La mia ricerca scientifica è focalizzata sullo studio di sistemi molecolari di interesse biologico utilizzando la tecnica della simulazione di Dinamica Molecolare. Ho anche sviluppato un web server per l’analisi statistica a livello di amminoacidi dell’effetto di mutazioni casuali indotte da metodi casuali di mutagenesi. Ho una lunga esperienza nell’insegnamento in materie che spaziano dalla matematica alla fisica, dalla chimica fisica alla chimica computazionale e alla modellistica molecolare. Sono attivo nella divulgazione scientifica per scopi didattici nell’area della chimica fisica, della chimica computazionale e della modellistica molecolare. Ho conoscenze anche in informatica, elettronica, programmazione, microscopia, entomologia, matematica ricreativa e linguistica computazionale.

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I received my Ph.D. in chemistry in 1997 at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. I have led teaching and research activities at different universities in Italy, The Netherlands, Germany, and now in the UK. I am fascinated by the study of nature with theoretical models and computation. My scientific research is focused on the study of molecular systems of biological interest using the technique of Molecular Dynamics simulation. I have developed a server for the statistical analysis at the amino acid level of the effect of random mutations induced by random mutagenesis methods. I have a long experience in teaching activities in subjects ranging from mathematics, physics, physical chemistry, computational chemistry, and molecular modeling. I am also active in communicating science for didactic purposes in the areas of physical chemistry, computational chemistry, and molecular modeling. I have several other interests and hobbies such as video/photography, robotics, computer vision, electronics, programming, microscopy, entomology, recreational mathematics, and computational linguistics.

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Ich habe 1997 an der Universität “La Sapienza” in Rom promoviert und anschließend an verschiedenen Universitäten in Italien, Holland und Deutschland gelehrt und gearbeitet, bevor ich nun in Großbritannien bin. Ich bin fasziniert von der Erforschung der Natur mit theoretischen Modellen und Molekulardynamik-Simulationstechniken. Meine wissenschaftliche Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Untersuchung molekularer Systeme von biologischem Interesse mithilfe von Molekulardynamik-Simulationen. Zusätzlich habe ich einen Web-Server für die statistische Analyse auf der Aminosäure-Ebene von zufälligen Mutationen entwickelt, die durch Methoden der Mutagenese induziert werden. Ich verfüge über umfangreiche Erfahrung im Unterrichten von verschiedenen Fächern, darunter Mathematik, Physik, Physikalische Chemie, Computerchemie und molekulares Modellieren. Des Weiteren bin ich aktiv in der Vermittlung von Wissenschaft für Bildungszwecke in den Bereichen Physikalische Chemie, Computerchemie, Molekulare Modellierung, Informatik, Elektronik, Programmierung, Mikroskopie, Entomologie, Freizeitmathematik und Computerlinguistik.

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MY RESEARCH  

In my blog you will find also information about my research. More information on my current project can be find here. If you are interested to work on a PhD thesis based on my project, I can only consider, at the moment, applications from self-funded prospective home and international PhD students. In this case, you are welcome to send me a CV to: droccatano (at) lincoln (dot) ac (dot) uk.

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