Dr. Michele Crotti

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Michele Crotti obtained a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2018. During his doctoral studies, he worked under the supervision of Prof. Francesco G. Gatti and Prof. Brenna, focusing on the development of chemo- multi-enzymatic cascade processes for the stereoselective synthesis of chemicals and drugs. He had the opportunity to join the research group of Prof. Rudi Fasan as a visiting PhD student at the University of Rochester, where he studied direct evolution of proteins and biocatalysts. After completing his PhD, he moved to the University of Groningen in the Netherlands as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Gerrit Poelarends, focusing on directed evolution of enzymes to enhance promiscuous enzymatic activities for sustainable production of pharmaceutical ingredients. In January 2022, he joined University College London as a lecturer in Chemical Sustainability, funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, to work on directed evolution of methyltransferase enzymes. In December 2023, he started his independent career as a lecturer and principal investigator of the new interdepartmental entity "Manufacturing Futures Lab" at UCL.

Research Interests

Experience

Lecturer

2023-12-01 — Present

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Joined the Department of Chemistry focusing on Chemical Sustainability.

Postdoctoral Researcher

2018-04-01 — 2021-12-31

University of Groningen • Netherlands

Conducted research on directed evolution of enzymes.

Visiting PhD Student

2016-11-01 — 2016-11-01

University of Rochester • Rochester, NY, United States

Studied directed evolution of proteins and biocatalysts.