Enrico Gratton

Ph.D., University of Rome (1969)
Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Physics
University of California, Irvine

Research (Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics)
Dr. Gratton is a professor of biomedical engineering and physics in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His laboratory works to promote and share knowledge of fluorescence spectroscopic principles, instrumentation, and applications to the scientific community. Dr. Gratton's research interests include the design of new fluorescence instruments, protein dynamics, hydration of proteins, and I.R. spectroscopy of biological substances. He has over 400 publications in refereed scientific journals.

Education and experience
Dr. Gratton received his doctorate degree in Physics from the University of Rome. He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1976, and began as a research associate in the Department of Biochemistry under the direction of Professor Gregorio Weber. In 1986, he was awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish the first national facility dedicated to fluorescence spectroscopy - the Laboratory for Fluorescence Dynamics (LFD). From 1989 to 2006, Dr. Gratton has held joint appointments as a professor of physics and biophysics at UIUC.