- Date/Place of Birth: August 1984, Italy
- 1997-2002 Scientific Diploma, Liceo Scientifico Archimede (Messina, Italy)
- 2002-2005 Degree in Physics, Dep. of Physics, University of Messina (Messina, Italy)
- 2005-2007 Master Degree in Physics, Dep. of Physics, University of Messina (Messina, Italy)
- 2008-2011 Ph.D. in Physics, Dep. of Physics, University of Messina, and Institut Laue-Langevin, France
- 2011 European Doctorate HERCULES Fellow
- 2011-2012 Physics Chair Assistant "Cultore della Materia", Medicine and Science Faculties, University of Messina
- 03-08/2012 Research Fellow, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (Sydney)
- 04/2012 - 03/2013 Honorary Research Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia
- 09/2012 - 08/2014 Marie-Curie Research Fellow, School of Physics, UCD, Dublin, Ireland
- 01/2015 - 12/2016 Marie-Curie PSI Fellow, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Switzerland 
- 09/2014 - 12/2016 Adjunct Research Fellow, and Visiting Lecturer, School of Physics, UCD, Dublin, Ireland 
- 01/2017 - ... SIRG Senior Research Manager, School of Physics, UCD, Dublin, Ireland 
- 01/2017 - ... Visiting Research Fellow, Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Switzerland

Honours and Awards

Year: 2012. Title: "Borsellino-Menestrina Prize" awarded by the Pure and Applied Italian Biophysical Society (SIBPA)

Year: 2011. Title: "Giovanni Semerano Prize" awarded by the Italian Chemical Society (SCI)

Year: 2008. Title: "Gilberto Bernardini Prize" awarded by the Italian Physical Society (SIF)

Year: 2007. Title: "Galluzzi Prize for Physics" awarded by the University of Roma Tre (Roma, Italy)

Year: 2002. Title: Luigi Freddara Italian National Fellowship (2002-2007)

Associations

Association: School of Physics, University College Dublin, Function/Role: Marie-Curie Research Fellow

Association: School of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Function/Role: Honorary Research Fellow

Association: Bragg Institut, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Function/Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Association: Department of Physics, University of Messina (Italy), Function/Role: Chair Assistant and Cultore della Materia for the Discipline of Physics, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science

Association: Department of Physics, Messina University (Italy), Function/Role: PhD Student

                       

                                                                                                                             

Research Interests

Dr. Antonio Benedetto is a dedicated scientist whose activity has until now been devoted mainly to the application of neutron scattering techniques and molecular dynamics simulations to characterize both structural and dynamical properties of systems of biological interest. The conceptual focus of the scientific interests of Dr. A. Benedetto has been represented by the investigation of hydrogen-bonding networks at the interface between water and organic molecules. He is interested, in particular, in understanding both the structure-dynamics-function relationship and the role of hydrogen bonds in bio-systems, and how they affect their dynamics and self-assembly properties. The results of his research have been published in different papers, and have been presented in different conferences and meetings. Dr. Antonio Benedetto, recently, becomes a senior researcher manager at the School of Physics at the University College Dublin under the prestigious SIRG program supporter by Science Foundation Ireland.

Research Projects

Sponsor : Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Title : Breathing Life into Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids: a Comprehensive Experimental and Computational Study of their Interaction with Biomolecules Start Date / End Date : 01-JAN-17 / 31-DEC-20

Sponsor : Irish Research Council (IRC) Title : UCD Lindau Nomination - Antonio Benedetto Start Date / End Date : 14-MAR-16 / 01-JUL-16

Sponsor : EC Framework (FP7) Title : The role of hydrogen bonding and water dynamics in the self-assembly of proteins and lipids: a comprehensive experimental and computational investigation (HYDRA) Start Date / End Date : 01-SEP-12 / 31-AUG-14