BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Place of birth: Mazzarrà S. Andrea (ME)
Date of birth: July 10, 1959
Degree: Italian Laurea in Chemistry, summa cum laude, University of Messina, 1983
1985-1987: "Fondazione Lauro Chiazzese" fellowship at the Photochemistry laboratory of the Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician", University of Bologna, supervisor: Prof. Vincenzo Balzani.
1988-1998: Funzionario Tecnico at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Messina.
Since 1998 he is Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Messina.
MAIN RESEARCH INTERESTS
Supramolecular photochemistry and electrochemistry; Electron and energy transfer processes in multicomponent assemblies; Luminescent and redox-active dendrimers; Artificial antenna systems; Photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds; Chemical sensors based on luminescence; Solar energy conversion and light information processing and storage.
PLENARY AND INVITED LECTURES
Photophysics of Metal-based Dendrimers, XXX International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC), Firenze, 1998. Assembling Chromophores, Scientia Europaea Conference N.0, Annecy, France, 1996. Dendrimeri come antenne artificiali, Secondo Convegno Nazionale Congiunto di Fotobiologia e Fotochimica, Maratea, 1996. Artificial antennae for light harvesting. Metal-based luminescent dendrimers of nanometer size, XVIII Congresso Nazionale della Società Chimica Italiana: Formazione, Ricerca, Innovazione, Milano, 1995. Dendrimers based on polypyridine and cyclometalated complexes. Supermolecules with predetermined photophysical and photochemical properties. 11th International Symposium on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds (ISPPCC), Krakow, 1995. Dendritic Polynuclear Metal Complexes for Light Harvesting, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1995. Luminescent and Redox-active Polynuclear Metal Complexes, Institut Le Bel, Facultè de Chimie, Universitè Luis Pasteur, Strasbourg, 1994. Supramolecular Photochemistry, Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Inorganiche e Metallorganiche, Università di Cagliari, 1994. Photochemistry of Polynuclear Metal Complexes, Congresso di Chimica Inorganica e Materiali Innovativi, Bressanone, 1991.
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATIONS
Gruppo Italiano di Fotochimica (GIF); European Photochemistry Association (EPA); Società Chimica Italiana; American Association for the Advancement of Science; The New York Academy of Sciences; Scientia Europaea.
AWARDS
Raffaello Nasini Prize, Società Chimica Italiana, 1995.
NATO Collaborative Research Grant on Supramolecular Chemistry, 1992.
Research Grant from "Fondazione Lauro Chiazzese", 1986.
OTHERS
- Coordinator of the European TMR Network on Nanometer Size Metal Complexes, 1998-2002.
- Participant (partner/team leader) at the European TMR Network on Artificial Photosynthesis, 1997-2001.
- Member of the Direction Council of the GIF (1989-1994)
- Chairman of the XIII International Symposium on Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds, Lipari, 1999.
- Member of the Organizing Commettee in several national and international conferences.