Valentina has a PhD in Physics; she has nearly 15 years of research experience in biophysics developed between Genoa at the university of Genoa, London at Imperial College and Paris at Institut Curie. Her research interest always focused on the design and development of biophysical tools, in particular microscopy and fluorescence techniques, aimed at the studying of cell functioning and cell mechanics. The interdisciplinary environment she encountered made her a scientist at the edge of physics, biology and chemistry.

She joined abbelight in May 2018 to help further develop nanoscopy and other imaging tools at the need of the scientific community. Since June 2021 she has become Head of the R&D Imaging to coordinate and manage abbelight research developments. The synergy of different domains, optics, mechanics, software development, physics and biochemistry put the base for abbelight future imaging advances. The strong academic collaborations within the SMLM community ensure rapid traslation into product excellence: research to develop solutions that best fit client needs, research for robust, efficient, user-friendly products.

Cataldo has a PhD in Biology and several years of experience in scientific research across diverse fields. After a post-doctoral position at UCLA, in the Departments of Molecular & Medical Pharmacology and Neurobiology, he moved to the Institut Pasteur and Institut de la Vision, Paris, where he studied the physiopathology of retinal photoreceptors implementing diverse microscopic techniques. He has expertise in histological and immunohistochemical preparation methods, advanced light and electron microscopy techniques, and image analysis.

Graduated with a Master’s Degree in Cell Imaging from Rouen University, she’s double-skilled in Cell Biology and Optics, with particular experience in Single Molecule Localization Microscopy techniques, related sample preparation and image analysis. She decided to join abbelight appliation team in February 2018.