Organic Materials & Molecular Design

I am a synthetic organic chemist with broad expertise spanning the design of π-conjugated molecular architectures for solar energy conversion, the development of flow chemistry platforms, and the functionalization of carbon nanostructures.

Born: 1959

• University of Padova, Laurea Degree in Chemistry, 1984

• Guest Researcher; U. of Padova, 1984

• Research Associate; The U.of Chicago, 1986

• Research Chemist; Marion-Merrell Dow, Gerenzano, 1989

• CNR Research Chemist, 1990

• Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, U. of Padova, 1998

• Professor of Organic Chemistry, U. of Padova, 2000-

• Director, Department of Chemical Sciences, 2016-2023

• Board of directors chair - U. of Padova, 2020-2023