Alberto Diaspro

Alberto Diaspro was born in Genoa, Italy, on April 7, 1959. He received is doctoral degree in electronic engineering from the University of Genoa, Italy, in 1983. He is University Professor in applied physics. He is Head of the Nanophysics Department of the Italian Institute of Technology - Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, www.iit.it. AD is member of the University advisory Committee for PhD Courses in Biotechnology (University of Genoa) and Medical Nanotechnology (University of Milan). AD has collaborations with IFOM - FIRC Oncology Institute, Milan, the Institute of Biophysics of the National Research Council (CNR) and NBT-IIT, Italian Institute of Technology. AD founded LAMBS (Laboratory for Advanced Microscopy, Bioimaging and Spectroscopy, www.lambs.it). AD is author of more than 170 international ISI publications. He is the President of OWLS (Optics With Life Sciences) and ICO (International Commission of Optics) representative. AD was the President Elect of EBSA (European Biophysical Societies\' Association, www.ebsa.org) and founder of the Biophysical Society Nanoscale Biophysics subgroup, www.biophyscs.org. AD is active member of OSA, SPIE, SIF (Italian Physical Society, www.sif.it). AD has been invited as speaker to more than 200 international conferences. Recently he was the co-organizer of a World Conference on Microscopy, FOM2003, SIF 2008 (Italian Physical Society) and of EBSA 2009 (www.ebsa2009.org). He was visiting scientist at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic, Polytechnich University of Bucharest, Romania, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Contents

• Alberto diaspro iaac lecture series 2015
• Alberto diaspro comments on receiving the emily m gray award
• References