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Emilio Tagliavini

Full Professor

Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician"

Academic discipline: CHIM/06 Organic Chemistry

Curriculum vitae

Professor Emilio Tagliavini belongs to the Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician" of the University of Bologna as full professor of Organic Chemistry (SSD CHIM/06). He also belongs to the Campus of Ravenna of the Univesity of Bologna. He is Director of the Interdipartimental Center of Industrial Research for Energy and Environment, now Renewable Sources Environment, Marine and Energy (CIRI FRAME). From 2018 he is memebr of the Academic Senae of the university of Bologna.

He was born in Reggio Emilia on november, 9th 1954. He graduated cum laude in Chemistry at the University of Bologna with Prof. Achille Umani-Ronchi.

He became university Researcher in 1983 at the University of Bologna, than in 1992 Associated Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University . "Federico II" of Naples after winning of a public competition. Later he moved again to the University of Bologna.

In 2005 he was appointed by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bologna as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry .

He taught Organic Chemistry laboratory, Chemistry of Natural Products, Sustainable Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Bio-organic chemistry  in different courses of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bologna and Organic Chemistry in the course of Chemical Engineering at the University of Naples. He has been member of many exam boards.

He has been member of the Teaching Board of the PhD in Chemistry and in Environmental Sciences. He has been supervisor of many BS, MS and PhD thesis in Chemistry and in Environmental Sciences.

Professor Tagliavini has been President of the Degree Courses in Environmental Sciences (1st level and 2nd level). From 2007 to 2012 he has been part of the Council Board of the Campus of Ravenna.

He is Programme Director of the Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Chemical Innovation and Regulation - ChIR. 

Professor Tagliavini is co-author of about 110 scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals (h index = 36).

He is peer-reviewer of important Chemistry journals (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Org. Lett., Chem Eur. J., etc.)

He has been Principal investigator of the EU project SMOCC within FPV from 2001-2004. He has leaded from 2006 to 2010 one research unit of the Project AEROCLOUDS" of the italian MiUR. He has leaded collaborative projects with many industries. He is involved in Regional POR-FESR Projects funded by Regione Emilia Romagna. He hs been PI in the Project VALSOVIT.

The research activity of Emilio Tagliavini has focused on various aspects of Organi Chemistry and of the complementary disciplines: organometallic chemistry, regio- and stereoselective synthetic chemistry, asymmetric catalysis, chemistry of the atmospheric particulates, renewable sources and biomasses, marine organic substances, innovative solvents, recycling of organic waste material.