Melissa Rinaldin

Melissa Rinaldin

Incoming tenure-track group leader at Hubrecht Institute

Physics of Life Excellence Cluster, TU Dresden

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics

Postdoctoral training

 
 
 
 
 
Physics of Life Excellence Cluster (TU Dresden) and MPI-CBG
Postdoctoral fellow
Physics of Life Excellence Cluster (TU Dresden) and MPI-CBG
October 2020 – Present Dresden
 
 
 
 
 
Martin A. Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University
Postdoctoral fellow
Martin A. Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University
January 2020 – September 2020 Waltham

Education

 
 
 
 
 
Leiden University
Ph.D. in Soft and Biological Matter Physics
Leiden University
October 2015 – October 2019 Leiden
 
 
 
 
 
University of Padua
Bachelor and Master in Physics
University of Padua
September 2009 – September 2015 Padua

Publications

Quickly discover relevant content by filtering publications.
Melissa Rinaldin, Alison Kickuth, Adam Lamson, Benjamin Dalton, Yitong Xu, Pavel Mejstřík, Stefano Di Talia, Jan Brugués (2026). Robust cytoplasmic partitioning by solving a cytoskeletal instability. Nature.

PDF DOI

Melissa Rinaldin, Sebastiaan L. D. ten Haaf, Ernst J. Vegter, Casper van der Wel, Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi, Daniela J. Kraft (2024). Lipid membranes supported by polydimethylsiloxane substrates with designed geometry. Soft Matter.

PDF DOI

Stefania Ketzetzi, Melissa Rinaldin, Pim Dröge, Joost de Graaf, Daniela J. Kraft (2020). Activity-induced microswimmer interactions and cooperation in one-dimensional environments. Nature Communications.

PDF Cite DOI

Melissa Rinaldin, Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi, Daniela J. Kraft (2020). Geometric pinning and antimixing in scaffolded lipid vesicles. Nature Communications.

PDF Cite DOI

Melissa Rinaldin, Piermarco Fonda, Luca Giomi, Daniela J. Kraft (2020). Lipid exchange enhances geometric pinning in multicomponent membranes on patterned substrates. Soft Mat..

PDF Cite DOI

See all publications

Contact