Personal details

Title, first name, surname

Prof. Dr. Roberta Croce

 

Torino (Italy) 21st August 1968

 

Date and place of birth

 

Address (lab):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bachelor/Master (Laurea)

 

Doctorate

 

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Faculty of Sciences                
VU University Amsterdam

De Boelelaan 1081
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Tel : +31 20 59 86310

Fax: +31 20 5987999
E-mail: r.croce@vu.nl 

 

03.1993 Laurea in Chemistry - University di Padova (Italy)

 

11.1998 PhD in Plant Biology – University of Milano (Italy).

Thesis: Biochemical and Biophysical studies of higher plant Photosystem I

 

 

 

Work experience since graduating

 

From 09.2011-                     Head of the Biophysics Group at VU University Amsterdam

From 03.2011-                     Full professor in Biophysics of Photosynthesis/Energy at the VU University Amsterdam (Faculty of Sciences, Dep. Physics), NL

                                                                Honorary Professor in Molecular Photobiology at the University of Groningen (Faculty of Sciences, GBB), NL

07.2008- 02.2011                Associate professor with ius promovendi (Adjunct-Hoogleraar) in Molecular Photobiology at the University of Groningen (FWN, GBB), NL

03.2006- 06.2008                Assistant Professor (Rosalind Franklin fellow - UD) at the University of Groningen (FWN, Biophysical Chemistry/GBB)- NL

03.2005- 02.2006                Visiting scientist - Laboratory of Biophysics – Wageningen University, NL.

12.2001- 02.2006                Researcher (tenure), Institute of Biophysics of the National Research Council (CNR), Milano/Trento, IT

01.2001- 12.2001                Post-doc, Laboratory of Photosynthesis, University of Verona, IT

07.1998- 12.2000                Post-doc Marie Curie Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute für Strahlenchemie (now Bioinorganic Chemistry), Mulheim a.d. Ruhr, DE

 

Major Grants

2013                       ALW - MMM

2011                       ERC starting/consolidator grant

                                                Vici NWO/ALW

                                                TBCS FOM/ALW program

                                                FOM program

2010                       Towards biosolar Cells – FES core program

                                                ECHO – NWO/CW

2009                       FP7-RTN “Harvest” Network (Marie Curie EU)

2006                       Vidi NWO/ALW

                                                Rosalind Franklin fellowship

2004                       Grant from the Province of Trento

                                                FP6-RTN “Intro2” Network (Marie Curie EU)

1998                       Marie Curie Individual Fellowship