Dr. Francesco Aprile

Associate Professor

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Biography

Francesco Aprile is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. He is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and has a research focus on developing biomolecular research tools to understand disease mechanisms with clinical applications. His work particularly involves using innovative high-throughput discovery methods to generate antibodies and peptides, which help study how the complex environment of the nervous system chemically modifies and modulates protein aggregates known as amyloids, which are hallmark forms of dementia. Aprile has a PhD from the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and has previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the Alzheimer’s Society in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. He is active in inviting talented individuals to join his research team.

Research Interests

Requirements for Imperial College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:125
Overall
Required:125
Prerequisites
Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Civil Engineering Chemical Engineering Physics Chemistry
Application Checklist
  • Personal statement
  • CV/resume
  • Official university transcripts
  • Two academic or professional references
  • Application fee (£90)
Specialization Notes

Specialisms available in Materials for the Energy Transition or Theory and Simulation of Materials.