Born 1957 in Firenze.

M.S. University of Firenze, April 1983;

 

POST DOCTORAL STAGES:

1984 – 1985: University of Siena – Post doctoral grant

1986 – 1988: CNR Post Doctoral Grant - Firenze - Centro di Studio per la Chimica e Struttura dei Composti Eterociclici e loro Applicazioni

1991-1992: CNR - Post Doctoral Fellowship

Institut fur Organische Chemie Basel Universitet, Basel CH (supervisor Prof. Bernd Giese):

Radical Mediated Stereoselective Synthesis

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

1989 – 2001 Ricercatore CNR 

2001 - 2022 Senior Researcher

from June 2022 Research Director

Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organometallici (ICCOM-CNR)

Polo Scientifico - Sesto Fiorentino -

Department of Chemical Sciences and Material Technologies DSTCM

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SELECTED INVITED LECTURES

Summer School of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society

XXI Corso “A.Corbella” - Villa Feltrinelli Gargnano (BS), June 1996

XXXI Corso “A.Corbella” - Villa Feltrinelli Gargnano (BS), June 2006

Budapest, Technical Institut of the University, Novembre 1997

Sassari, Dipartimento di Chimica dell’Università, Maggio1998

Parigi, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie Maggio 1999

Rouen, IRCOF-CNRS, Novembre 2004 

Caen, ISMRA-CNRS, Novembre 2004

Mexico City – CONACIT – January 2007

Doctoral School of the University of Torino - XXII Ciclo di Dottorato in Scienze Chimiche - April 2007

Terra Futura – Firenze 2011

Energethica – Firenze 2012

IX International School of Organometallic Chemistry – Università di Camerino – September 2013

6th International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry – September 2016 - Venice

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RESEARCH Projects

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2010-2013 FOTOSENSORG – POR CREO Regione Toscana: Design and synthesis of new organic sensitizers for the production of non-conventional solar cells

2013-2016 IRIS (coloranti per l' energia e l'ambiente) - Ente Cassa di Risparmio Firenze

2016 - ENERGYLAB - LABORATORIO INTEGRATO PER LA SOSTENIBILITÀ  ENERGETICA -Ente Cassa di Risparmio Firenze

2016 - SELFIE - POR CREO Regione Toscana

2018 - FOTOSER - Nuovi coloranti organici per pannelli fotovoltaici innovativi finalizzati alla costruzione di serre a risparmio energetico - Fondazione Cassa di Risparmi di Pistoia e Pescia

2020 ARIADNE - Sistema di Misurazione Integrato per il fotovoltaico ibrido e organico - Regione Toscana

2019-2021 - CANVAS - Nnuovi Concetti, mAteriali e tecnologie per l’iNtegrazione del fotoVoltAico negli edifici in uno scenario di generazione diffuSa -  Ricerca di Sistema Elettrico

2021 - VERTIGROW Vertical Farming: Development of a prototype to produce high value horticultural crops enriched by bioactive molecules - Progetti@CNR

2022 - VINCI Fotovoltaico innovativo per applicazione indoor - Regione Toscana – Bando “Assegni di Ricerca anno 2021” Fondo per lo Sviluppo e la Coesione

PRIN 2022 - Perovskiti ibride organiche-inorganiche bidimensionali a base di alogenuri e cationi organici coniugati per celle e moduli solari stabili

PNRR 2022 - “Ricerca e sviluppo sull’ idrogeno” Accordo di Programma MASE-ENEA/CNR – AdP POR H2

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BILATERAL PROJECTS

CNR e RAS (Russia); CNR/CNRS (France); CNR-MTA (Hungaria); CNR/RAS (Russia); 

CNR/CONACYT  (Mexico)

COST Action

D40: Working group II  (2006-2011) Hydrogenation - Innovative Catalysis: new Processes and Selectivities

D24: Working Group D24 (2002-06) Catalysis as the Key to Highly Selective and Ecologically Benign Processes

D17 - Working Group D17 (2000-06) C-C Bond Formation Mediated by Transition Metal Complexes: Fundamental Studies and Mechanistic Aspects

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TEACHING:

University of Florence – Agronomy Faculty “Polyfunctional Compounds” - CHIMICA ORGANICA - Corso di aurea:Tecnica Vivaistica 2001-2006

University of Florence – Metodologies in organic synthesis: Master (II Level) Metal Mediated Synthesis. 2002-03.

University of Florence – Metodologies in organic synthesis: Master (II Level) Special Tecniques in Organic Synthesis. 2003-04

University of Siena - Master in Drug Design and Synthesis – Synthetic Methodologies in Medicinal Chemistry - (8 ore, 1 cfu) 2002-2015

University of Siena – Chemistry of Heterocycles – (6 CFU) – 2015-2016

Supervisor of under graduate and PhD thesis in Organic Chemistry

Supervisor of students stages from ENSCP (Parigi)

Supervisor of students stages from Universitè de Rouen

 

MEETINGS ORGANIZATION

2005 - NATO School, Advanced Study Institut “New Methodologies and techniques in Organic Chemistry: Sustainable Development in a Secure Environment (NeMeTOC)”  Decreto PDD(CP)-(PST.MEM.ASI 980850), Siena October 2005 – Scientific secretariat

2010 - 9th Conference of the Interdivisional Group of Organometallic Chemistry (9th COGICO)  (Societa' Chimica Italiana) - June 8-11, 2010, Florence, Italy - Scientific secretariat

9th Internationa Symposium on Carbanion Chemistry (ISCC-9) - July 20-24, 2010, Florence, Italy - Scientific secretariat

2013 - TUMA 2013 Convegno Interregionale della Società Chimica Italiana Florence, Italy Luly 1-2 2013 - Chairman

2014 - SISOC X - 10th Spanish Italian Symposium of Organic Chemistry Florence, 17-20 July 2014 – Chairman

2018 - XIIIth Conference of the Interdivisional Group of Organometallic Chemistry (13th COGICO)  (Societa' Chimica Italiana) - July 18-20, 2018, Florence, Italy - Chairman

2016 - Enerchem-1 -1st Congress of the Interdivisional Group of the Italian Chemical Society on Chemistry of Renewable Energies, Firenze, 18-20 Febbraio  2016

2019 - EnerchemSchool -1 Firenze, 20-24 Febbraio  2018

2023 - EnerchemSchool - 2 Firenze, 13-17 Febbraio 2023

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Member of the Coordination Group of Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), Divisione di Chimica Organica

2019 - 2021Coordinator of the Gruppo Interdivisionale di Chimica Organometallica (SCI-GICO) 

Member of the Gruppo Interdivisionale di Energie Rinnovabili (SCI-ENERCHEM)

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SCIENCE DISSEMINATION

Responsible for ICCOM of the Area Committee for Science Comunication

Member of the Directive group of Associazione Culturale Caffescienza-Firenze

 

PUBLICATIONS

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Bibliometric parameters (December, 2020):

h-index: 29 Scopus)

Books and Articles: 150 publications on peer reviewed journals and 6 chapters of books.