Damiano Andreghetti

Ph.D. candidate in Fisica , 39th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Out-of-equilibrium processes and fluctuations generate molecular aggregation on cellular lipid membranes, enriching and expanding the phenomenology of traditional phase separation.

Tutors

Research interests

Fisica dei Sistemi Complessi / Physics of Complex Systems
Meccanica Statistica / Statistical Mechanics
Biofisica Statistica / Statistical Biophysics

Biography

I earned my Bachelor's degree in Physics in 2020 at the University of Milan, with a thesis on the evolution of interaction networks within proteins under the supervision of Prof. Guido Tiana.
In 2023, I completed my Master's degree in Complex Systems Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin, with a thesis on the role of thermal fluctuations of lipid membranes in molecular ordering processes, supervised by Prof. Andrea Gamba and Prof. Luca Dall’Asta.
Since 2023, I am a PhD student in Physics at the Polytechnic University of Turin, under the supervision of Prof. Gamba and Prof. Dall’Asta. My research focuses on molecular ordering processes on lipid membranes, with particular attention to fluctuations and active, out-of-equilibrium phenomena, while also deepening theoretical and computational techniques.
I am having the opportunity to explore different areas of physics through research work, courses, and valuable exchanges of ideas at conferences, studying topics ranging from phase separation to elasticity theory, from reaction-diffusion systems to active matter, and discovering connections between different fields of physics.

Publications

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