Luca Prodi

Luca Prodi is Professor of General Chemistry at the University of Bologna. His research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of luminescent sensors and labels and on the design of biosensors for the detection of pathogens. On the latter theme he coordinates a European project, ECLIPSE (https://eclipse-project.eu/) funded for 3.1 M € within the framework program Horizon Europe. He is the inventor of several patents both in the field of biosensors, also for the detection of SARS-CoV-2, and of synthesis of silica nanoparticles. His research activity is documented by more than 230 articles in international journals (index h = 65).

In 2003 he was one of the founders of a company active in the field of markers for genomics and proteomics and in 2012 of Personal Genomics, a company spin off of the University of Bologna and Verona active in the field of personalized genomics.

He was Director of the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician" for three years (2015-2018).