The IASTED International Conference on
Nanotechnology and Applications
~NANA 2008~

September 29 – October 1, 2008
Crete, Greece

PANEL SESSION

Protein Nanocrystallography

Dr. Eugenia Pechkova
Protein Nanocrystallography Team Leader
Nanoworld Institute, Italy
epechkova@nwi.unige.it

Biography of the Organizer

Panel Session Portrait

Eugenia Pechkova, born in Moscow, Russia, 24 May 1976, received her Doctoral degree in Chemistry from Moscow State University in 1998. She received her PhD in Biophysics from the University of Genova in 2003. Dr. Pechkova currently lives and works in Italy, where she is the Protein Nanocrystallography Team Leader at the Nanoworld Institute in Genova, and the Scientific Director of Fondazione EL.B.A. in Rome.

Dr. Pechkova has authored the book Proteomics and Nanocrystallography as well as numerous papers in worldwide scientific journals and chapters in several books. She also edited a special issue of the Journal of Synchrotron Radiation called "Synchrotron Radiation and Nanobiosciences." Her achievements include the development of a protein crystallization method based on nanotechnology. Her main research interests are in the fields of biophysics and nanocrystallography.