Date and place of birth: 07 September 1987; Parma, Italy
Nationality: Italy
Languages: Italian, English (U.S.)
e-mail: marco.morselli@unipr.it
Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A)
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
University of Parma
Parco Area delle Scienze, 23/a,
43124 Parma (PR), Italia
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-5791
Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/3237853/marco-morselli/
Scopus Author Identifier: 55795632100
Web of Science ResearcherID: AAF-3182-2019
EDUCATION
June 2017
Ph.D. in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Dissertation: “5-methylcytosine: from deposition to detection of the 5th base in mammalian genomes”
Advisors: Matteo Pellegrini; Steven E. Jacobsen
November 2011
Molecular Biotechnology - Master of Science
110/110 cum laude
University of Parma, Parma, Italia
Dissertation – Experimental Thesis (Sept. 2010 - Sept 2011)
DNA methylation in Tuber melanosporum: a symbiotic filamentous fungus with a genome rich in transposable elements
Advisors: Barbara Montanini; Simone Ottonello
October 2009
Biotechnology - Bachelor of Science
110/110 cum laude
Dissertation – Experimental Thesis (March 2009 - Sept. 2009)
Validation of genome-wide protein-protein interactions using yeast two-hybrid technology in the symbiotic ascomycetes Tuber melanosporum
Advisors: Barbara Montanini; Simone Ottonello
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2025 - present: Researcher Tenure Track (RTT)
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
University of Parma
2021 - 2025: Junior Assistant Professor (RTD-A)
Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
University of Parma
2017 – 2021: Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology & Institute for Genomics and Proteomics
Development of methods to detect DNA methylation levels in biological fluids (blood, plasma, saliva, stool, CSF…) for disease prediction using Next Generation Sequencing and Oxford Nanopore Sequencing.
P.I: Matteo Pellegrini
Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences – The Collaboratory:
∙ Instructor: Workshop Introduction to Library Preparation for Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)
∙ Co-Instructor: Using NGS Analysis Tools; Intro to Unix
∙ NGS Experiment Design and Library Preparation - collaborative projects
Web: https://qcb.ucla.edu/collaboratory-2/workshops/w16-library-prep-for-ngs/
2012 – 2017: Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
Study of the molecular mechanisms between chromatin and DNA methylation.
Advisors: Steven E. Jacobsen; Matteo Pellegrini
Gennaio 2012 – Settembre 2012: Staff Research Associate
Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles, CA, USA
Improvement of the Reduced Representation Bisulfite Treatment technique for the detection of DNA methylation in large-scale projects.
Supervisori: Liudmilla Rubbi; Matteo Pellegrini
Scientific Publications (source: Scopus.com – January 2026)
Numero totale di pubblicazioni su riviste scientifiche (peer-reviewed): 82
H-index: 26
Numero totale di citazioni: 2595
