2001,11 full professor of Chemistry, Politecnico di Milano
1998,11 associate professor of Chemstry, Politecnico di Milano
1982,12 team leader, National Research Council (CNR), Milano
1981,07 researcher, Pierrel LtD, Milano
1980,06 researcher, Farmitalia Carlo Erba LtD, Milano
2011 onwards University associate at Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)
2006 onward University Associate at National Research Council (CNR)
2000 NATO senior fellow, University of Clemson, SC, USA
1990 lecturer, University of Padova, Italy
1988 lecturer, University of Padova, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
Crystal engineering
Electrophilic fluorination
Fluorous chemistry
Recognition phenomena
Self-assembly
Molecular materials
Structure control
Halogen bonding
Fluoroorganic compounds
Honours and Awards
2012 Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Crystal Growth and Design (ACS)
2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 20th International Symp. on Fluorine Chem. (Kyoto, JP)
2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the First Indian International Symp. on Fluorine Chem. (New Dehli, IN)
2011 onwards Member of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), Commission on Structural Chemistry
2011 Chairman of the Satellite Meeting on “Categorizing Halogen Bonding and other Noncovalent Interactions Involving Halogen Atoms“ of the XXII Congress and General Assembly of IUCr (Madrid, 2011).
The Event was highlighted in Crystal Growth & Design 2011, 11(11), 4721–4722 by Robin D. Rogers: ”Halogen Bonding: Weak Interactions Result in Strong Opinions”
2010-2012 Chairman of the IUPAC project “Categorizing Halogen Bonding ...“
2010 European Lecturship in Chemical Sciences Award, RSC, UK
2010 co-chairman of a symposium at the 26th European Crystallography Meeting (Darmstadt, DE)
2010 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 16th European Symposium on Fluorine Chem. (Bled, SI)
2009 chairman of a symposium on halogen bonding at 238th ACS National Meeting (Washington, DC, USA)
The Event was highlighted on Chemical & Engineering News 2009, 87(38), 39-42 by S. Ritter: “Halogen bonding begins to fly“
2009 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 19th International Symp. on Fluorine Chem. (Jackson Hole, USA)
2009 Co-chairman of a symposium at the 25th European Crystallography Meeting (Istanbul, TR)
2008 Award “Intermolecular Interactions”, Italian Chemical Society
2008 Book editor “Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications” (Springer)
2007 Chair of a symposium on nanostructured fluoroorganics at 234th ACS National Meeting (Boston, MA, USA)
2007 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 15th European Symposium on Fluorine Chem. (Prague, CZ)
2006 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of 18th International Symp. on Fluorine Chem. (Bremen, DE)
2004 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board oft he 14th European Symposium on Fluorine Chem. (Poznan, PL)
2001 onwards Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Elsevier)
1990 - 2000 Member of the Editorial Board of Il Farmaco (Elsevier)