Title                            Associate Professor of Industrial Chemistry

Date of birth               October 8th, 1963

Nationality                  Italian

Degree in Chemistry (1988, University of Sassari, Italy)

PhD in Chemistry (1993, University of Sassari, Italy)

 Qualifications obtained

• Degree in Chemistry (110/110 cum laude) (Università di Sassari).
• PhD in Chemical Science (Università di Sassari).
• 2013                National Qualification for the Full Professor position in Industrial Chemistry
• 2013                National Qualification for the Full Professor position in Organic Chemistry
• 2013                National Qualification for the Full Professor position in Chemical basis for technologies

 Positions

1993-2010     Assistant Professor of Macromolecular and Industrial Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari, Italy

1994 Two months at the University of Mainz, Germany, after the supervision of Prof. Helmut Ringsdorf

1996 Two months at the DuPont de Nemours, Geneva, Switzerland.

1999 Two months at the University of Southern Mississippi, USA; invited by Prof. John A. Pojman.

2010 to date   Associate Professor of Macromolecular and Industrial Chemistry, University of Sassari, Italy

2013 Director of the International Master on Green Chemistry, University of Sassari

Main Research Activities

• Frontal Polymerization: development and applications
• Synthesis and characterization of polymer nanocomposites
• Synthesis and characterization of Stimuli-responsive polymer materials
• Obtainment of graphene and its analogues, and their use for the preparation of polymeric nanocomposites
• Advanced elastomers materials and their modifications
• Polymer materials from renewable sources
• Green Polymerization Chemistry

Teaching Activity

1996-2005    Macromolecular Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari, Italy

1998-             Polymer Chemistry, PhD School of Chemical Sciences, University of Sassari, Italy

2004-2009    Biocompatible Polymer Materials, School of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Sassari, Italy

2005-             Macromolecular and Industrial Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari, Italy

1991-             Supervisor and tutor of various macromolecular Thesis at the degree course in Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Sassari. Tutor of some PhD students in Chemical Sciences (Profile: Industrial Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

1991-1995    Lessons about Polymer Synthesis in Macromolecular Chemistry course, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari, Italy.

2004-2005    Teacher of Introduction of Macromolecular Science, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2005-2009    Teacher of Polymer Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2010-             Teacher of Industrial and Polymer Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2011-             Teacher of Industrial and Polymer Chemistry: Advanced Course, School of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2012-2013    Teacher of Macromolecular Synthesis in the International Master on Green Chemistry, University of Sassari

2014-to date Teacher of Organic Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, University of Sassari

Scientific affiliations

• Italian Association of Macromolecular Science and Technology (AIM)
• Italian Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)
• European Centre for Nanostructured Polymers (ECNP).
• American Chemical Society