Academic Career
- 1972 "Laurea" degree in Chimica Industriale,
University of Bologna,
Italy (110/110 and honours and M. Betti Prize). Supervisor: Prof.
G.F. Pedulli.
- 1975 Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of
Southampton (U.K.). Thesis: On the molecular theories of liquid
crystals. Supervisor: Prof. G.R. Luckhurst.
- 1975-1982 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Industrial
Chemistry, University of Bologna
- 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82 Visiting
Lecturer, ``Liquid Crystals and Liquids" course, Department of
Chemistry, University of Southampton,
UK
- 1982-1987 Associate Professor of Physical
Chemistry, University of Bologna
- 1987- Full Professor of Physical
Chemistry, Dipartimento di Chimica
Fisica ed Inorganica, Faculty of Industrial
Chemistry, University of
Bologna
- November-December 1998; February-April, 2003;
November-December 2010. Invited Professor:
Modellizzazione al Calcolatore: dalle Molecole ai Sistemi Complessi
course, Scuola
Universitaria Superiore, IUSS, University of Pavia
- November 2004-October 2010 - Department
Director, Dipartimento di Chimica
Fisica ed Inorganica , University of Bologna
- 1998- Founder and Director, of the International School
of Liquid Crystals (ISLC), Erice, IT
- November-December 1998, February-April, 2003,
November-December 2010, Invited Professor: Scuola Universitaria Superiore,
IUSS, University of Pavia
- 2009-2010 nominated Adjunt Professor;
2012-2014, nominated Chair Professor, Centre for Modelling,
Simulation and Design (CMSD), University of Hyderabad, India.
- November 2004-October 2010 - Department
Director, Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed
Inorganica, University
of Bologna
- September 2010. Awarded G.B. Bonino medal of the Italian
Chemical Society- Physical Chemistry Division.
- November 2010-October 2012 - Department Deputy
Director (Vicedirettore), Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed
Inorganica, University
of Bologna
- January 2012- September 2012 - Chairman (Presidente)
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Chimica Industriale, Faculty of
Industrial Chemistry, University of Bologna
- August 2012- July 2016 - President of the International Liquid Crystal
Society (ILCS), Kent, OH, USA
- October 2012- September 2015 - Chairman (Coordinatore),
Master Course in Industrial Chemistry, School of Science (
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Chimica Industriale, Scuola di
Scienze), University of Bologna
- December 2012 -Chairman of EU-PRACE Supercomputing
Access Panel
- March 2013-April 2013 - Visiting Fellow, Isaac Newton
Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI), University of Cambridge,
UK.
- January 2014, February 2017, Academic Visitor, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK
- August 2015, "Academic Icon" Visiting Professor, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- February 2018, Solvay Colloquium Lecturer, ULB, Bruxelles.
- Nov. 2018-Oct. 2020 Alma Mater Professor, University of Bologna
- Jul. 2018, Corresponding member of Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna.
- Jan.2019-Jun-.2019 Invited Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute (INI), University of Cambridge, UK. Attività Scientifica
- May 2020 - Emeritus Professor, University of Bologna
- April 2022 Awarded G.W. Gray medal of the British Liquid Crystal Society
Scientific Activity:
- Author of around 300 papers on international
Journals or in edited volumes on Molecular Modelling,
Computer Simulations (Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics),
Spectroscopic (Fluorescence, ESR, NMR) investigations of
Liquid Crystals, Polymers, Membranes, Proteins and other
Soft Materials in the bulk or nanoconfined (over 10000
citations, Hirsch index H=46 (ISI-WoS), H=53 (Google
Scholar).).
- Co-editor of 3 books (Kluwer)
- Supervising Activity:
- over 46 “Tesi di Laurea” (1 year master-like thesis)
completed,
- 20 PhD thesis completed.
- Has supervised over 25 international predoctoral and
30 postdoctoral fellows (from BE, BR, DE, FI, FR, GR, IN, IR, IT,
JP, LT, NL, SE, SI, TR, UK).
- Has given over 300 invited talks in a number of
Universities and International Laboratories and has
been Invited or Plenary Lecturer at many International meeting
in Europe, Brasil, Canada, Korea,
Japan, US.
Editorial Board
- Advisory Editorial Board of Chemical
Society Reviews, RSC, UK (2011-2020)
- Editorial Advisory Board of ChemPhysChem,
Wiley, DE (2000-2014 )
- Editorial Advisory Board of Molecular
Crystals Liquid Crystals, USA (1996- ).
- Editorial Board of Liquid Crystal
Today, UK (2001-)
- Associate Editors Board of Electronic - Liquid Crystal
Communications, USA (2002-)
- Editorial Board of Chemical
Society Reviews, RSC, UK (2005-2010)
- International Advisory Board of Physical Chemistry Chemical
Physics , UK (1999-2002 )
- Section Editors Board of Chemistry
Central Journal, Biomed Central, UK (2007-2010)
- Editorial Board of Journal of
Fluorescence, USA (1992- 2001)
- Editorial Advisory Board of Liquid Crystals Interactive
Online, USA (1998-2000)
- International Advisory Board of J. Chem. Soc.
Faraday Transactions, UK(1993-1998 )
- Editorial Board of Molecular
Physics, UK (1984-1992 and 1998-2000 )
- International Advisory Board of Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiopia,
Eth. (1989-1996; 2001-2010)
- Editorial Board of Liquid
Crystals, UK (1986-1990)
Other Activities and
Services
Current
- Director of the International School of Liquid Crystals, at
the Centro Ettore Majorana, Erice since 1998. 19 courses have
already been completed.
- Member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI), of the Italian
Liquid Crystal Society (SICL)
- Chairman of the International Liquid Crystal
Society (ILCS), on the Board of ILCS as regional
representative for Italy (July 2000-).
- Member of the European Science Foundation (ESF) Pool of
Reviewers (2006-), of the EPSRC Peer Review College, UK (2006-) and
reviewer for a number of Institutions, including EU, Belgian
BELSPO, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, NSF.
- Coordinator of CRIMSON the INSTM reference Center for
Modelling and Simulation of Molecular Organizations and Nanosystems
(2007-)
- Chairman of CINECA Scientific Committee (July
2012-).
- Member of EU PRACE High Performance Computing Scientific
Steering Committee (December 2012-)
- Chairman of EU PRACE Supercomputing Access Panel (December
2012-)
- ---- Past
- Member of the Chemistry Panel of Experts of the European
Community, Human Capital and Mobility project (1992-1994). Member
of the Fellowships and of the Networks Chemistry Review Panels for
the Training and Mobility of Researchers Program (1995,
2001).
- Member of the MCT International Chemistry Panel of
Evaluation ( Avaliação das Unidades de Investigação), Portugal
(1996)
- Member of the Scientific Board of the "Istituto dei composti
del carbonio contenenti eteroatomi e loro applicazioni" (ICOCEA)
CNR, Bologna (1997-2000) and of the "Centro Studi CNR sugli Stati
Molecolari Radicalici ed Eccitati" (CSSMRE), Padova
(1997-2000).
- Member of the INFM Evaluation Panel (2000).
- Member of the International Advisory Board of the
Southampton Liquid Crystal Institute (1996-2003).
- External Member of the INFM (National Institute for the
Physics of Matter) Directors Board ("Consiglio Direttivo")
(2001-2003).
- Member of the Physical Chemistry Division Board (Direttivo
Divisione di Chimica Fisica) of SCI, the Italian Chemical Society
(2004-2006)
- Director of the Theory Section of INSTM, the Italian
Consortium for Science and Technology of Materials (Florence)
(formerly INCM 1993-1996) and member of its Scientific Council
(1996-March 2009).
- Coordinator of the National "Virtual" Computational
Laboratory of INSTM at CINECA computing centre providing
supercomputer and general computing resources and access to
selected scientific software to INSTM members (1997-
2009).
- Director with Dr. P. Pasini (INFN, Bologna) of the NATO ASI:
Advances in the Computer Simulation of Liquid Crystals, Erice,
Italy, 11-21 June 1998 and with P. Pasini and S. Zumer of the NATO
ARW "Computer simulations of defects in liquid crystals including
their relation to theory and experiment", Erice 19-23 September
2000.
- Member of the Scientific Panel (Comitato Scientifico) of the
Science Festival (Festival della Scienza), Genova
(2006-2012)
- Member of CINECA Scientific Advisory Board for the
allocation of Supercomputer Resources . ISCRA (2010-2012)
- Chairman of the Scientific Users Selection Panel (SUSP)
panel for the High Performance Computing Centres Access programme:
HPC-Europa (2004-2012) .