Ali Makky, PhD
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CV

Mar. 2012 - present Postdoc at Heidelberg University, Germany
Feb. 2011 - Jan. 2013 Postdoc at CEA Saclay, France
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010 PhD in Biopharmacy, Pharmacotechnology and Physical chemistry at the University of Paris Sud 11, France
Oct. 2006 - Sep. 2007 Master degree in Biopharmacy,
Pharmacotechnology at the University of Paris Sud 11, France
Sep. 2001 - July 2006 Doctorate degree in Pharmacy (Pharm D) at Saint Joseph University, Lebanon

Awards and Fellowships
- GERLI Thesis Prize in the Lipidomics field (Oct. 2011)
- National Academy of Pharmacy (ANP) Thesis Prize in Pharmaceutical Sciences field (Dec. 2011)
- Postdoc scholarship: Alexander Von Humboldt Felowship (AVH 2013-2015)
- Postdoc scholarship: RBC-DGA (2012-2013)
- Postdoc scholarship: C'ano IDF (2011-2012)
- PhD scholarship: Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer (ARC 2008-2010)


Research interest
1. Investigation of nanomechanical properties of cell membranes and artificial cell membrane models.
2. The construction and characterization of cell membrane models to study drugs-cell membrane interaction.
3. Ligands and receptors interaction by force spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy.
4. The development of new chemistry for surface biofunctionalization for biosensor applications.