Gianluca Sbardella

Director of the Dept. of Pharmacy, University of Salerno; Full professor of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology; President Elect of the EFMC; Chair of the Editorial Board of ChemMedChem

Fisciano, Campania, Italy

About

Experience

  • Università degli Studi di Salerno (25 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director of the Department of Pharmacy
      Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Full professor
      May 2016 - Present · 10 yrs 2 mos

    • Head of Epigenetic Med Chem Lab
      Sep 2005 - Present · 20 yrs 10 mos

      The Epigenetic Med Chem Lab (EMCL) is a multi-disciplinary research team whose mission is the study of protein targets responsible (directly or indirectly) of epigenetic modifications (KATs, KMTs, DNMTs, PRMTs, KDMs, bromodomain, MBT, Tudor) or of proteins regulated by epigenetic processes (e.g. LINE-1 RT). We lead multiple drug discovery projects aimed to developing chemical probes (inhibitors and/or activators) for different epi-enzymes as well as modulators of protein-protein interactions, taking advantage of a multiple approach combining synthetic organic chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, chemical biology, biochemistry and biophysics (surface plasmon resonance, differential scanning fluorimetry, isothermal titration calorimetry, microscale thermophoresis, microfluidic mobility shift assays).

  • EFMC - European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • President Elect
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Executive Committee Member
      Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

    • Executive Committee Secretary
      Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs

  • Chemistry Europe (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Editorial Board Chair, ChemMedChem
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Chair of the Editorial Board of ChemMedChem (www.chemmedchem.org)

    • Editorial Board Member, ChemMedChem
      Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 6 mos

      Member of the Editorial Board of ChemMedChem (www.chemmedchem.org)

    • International Advisory Board Member, ChemMedChem
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Member of the International Advisory Board of ChemMedChem (www.chemmedchem.org)

  • Editorial Board Member, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters at American Chemical Society
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Member of the Editorial Board of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters (https://pubs.acs.org/journal/amclct)

  • Scientific Board (Struttura Operativa Permanente Scientifica) member at Società Chimica Italiana
    Jan 2023 - Dec 2025 · 3 yrs