Prof. Dr. Ivano Amelio

Prof. Dr. Ivano Amelio
Professor for Systems Toxicology

Biography
Ivano Amelio holds the Carl Zeiss Endowed Chair for Systems Toxicology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. He received his training at the MRC Toxicology Unit of the University of Cambridge, where he was first awarded (in 2011) a Career Developmental Postdoctoral Fellowship and was later promoted (in 2015) to a Senior Scientist position. Originally, he received his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2011) from the University of Rome TorVergata (Italy). In 2020 Ivano was awarded the prestigious AIRC Start-Up program, which led him to a tenure-track professorship with a joint appointment between the TOR Centre of Excellence in Rome (Italy) and University of Nottingham (UK) until 2022, when he joined the University of Konstanz.
Ivano is the President elect of of the European Cell Death Organisation (ECDO) and a member of the board of directors. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Cell Death Discovery and as an Editor of Cell Death & Differentiation. 

Academic & Research Positions
Since 2022   Full (W3) Professor and Chair for Systems Toxicology,
                             University of Konstanz, Germany
2020-2022   Assistant (Junior) Professor,
                             University of Nottingham, UK
2020-2022   Tenure-track Professor & AIRC Start-Up Group Leader,
                             University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
2015-2019   Senior Investigator, MRC Toxicology Unit,
                            University of Cambridge, UK
2011-2015     Career Developmental Fellow (Postdoc),
                            MRC Toxicology Unit, UK
2007-2011     PhD in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 
                            University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Awards and Professional Recognitions
since 2024     President Elect, European Cell Death Organisation
2020                AIRC Start-Up Award, Italy
since 2018      Editor-in-Chief, Cell Death Discovery Springer-Nature, UK
since 2018      Board of Directors, European Cell Death Organisation
since 2017      Career Advancement Initiative, JMB, USA
2016                 F1000 Prize, p63/p73 Meeting, Boston, USA.
2011                  MRC Career Developmental Fellowship, UK.

Memberships
Member of the German Society of Toxicology (Gesellschaft für Toxikologie)
Member of the German Society of DNA Repair (Gesellschaft für DNA-Reparaturforschung)
Member of the European Cell Death Organisation (ECDO)