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Luca Valgimigli

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician"

Academic discipline: CHIM/06 Organic Chemistry

Curriculum vitae

Luca Valgimigli – CV

Born in Forlimpopoli (FC) on May 29th 1969 he obtained his laurea degree (M.Sci.) in Medicinal Chemistry with final mark of 110/110 summa cum laude, at the University of Bologna (Italy) on Feb. 2nd 1994. He was awarded 3 prizes for the best CV of the faculty and the best experimental thesis in Medicinal Chemistry, which he did under the tutorship of Prof. Carlo Melchiorre.

After a few years of research activity in Italy (University of Bologna) and in Canada at the National Research Council (NRC) in Ottawa joining the group of Dr. Keith U. Ingold, he got his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1998 under the advisorship of Prof. Gian Franco Pedulli.

In 1999 he joined the Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Bologna) as Research Associate obtaining the permanent research-teaching position in 2002. In 2014 He was appointed Assocciate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry "G. Ciamician". He received the National Habilitation as Full Professor (sector 03/C1) in December 2013 and in July 2020

He has been in charge of the courses of “Chemistry” (Degree in Biotechnology), “Organic Stereochemistry” and “ Structural Characterization of Organic Compounds" (Degree in Medicinal Chemistry), "Organic Chemistry" and "Structural Characterization of Organic Compounds" within the Specialist Degree in Pharmacy, “Organic Chemistry” and "Food and Antioxidants Chemistry" within the 1st Level Degree in “Quality Control of Health Products (QCHP)”, "Chemistry of Natural Organic Products" within the Degree in "Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences". He is currently (since 2018) in charge of the course of "Chemistry of Cosmetics and Toiletries" and of "Chemistry of Antioxidants" for the Master Degree in Advanced Cosmetic Sciences (ACS), and of the module 2 "Organic Chemistry" for the Degree in Pharmacy.

He has given several seminars and lectures at Masters and Doctoral Schools at the Universities of Bologna and Ferrara.

He has been member of the Dean's Council of the Faculty of Pharmacy (2003-2013), and is currently (since 2018) member of the "Third Mission" commette for the Department of Chemistry "G. CIAMICIAN".

President of the Traineeship Committee of the QCHP Degree Course since 2005, member of the Orienteering Committee (since 2008) and of the Quality Assurance group (since 2012) for the same Course. In 2019-2020 President of the Traineeship Committee for the Master Degree in Advanced Cosmetic Sciences (ACS) and from 2019 member of the Quality Assurance group for the same Degree Course.

He is currently board member of the Doctoral Degree in Chemistry, University of Bologna

He has tutored or co-tutored over 70 experimental theses of graduate or undergraduate students.

From 1992 he is member of GIRSE (Gruppo Italiano di Risonanza di Spin Elettronico), from 1993 member of Società Chimica Italiana (SCI), and from 1996 member of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

His main research interests are: rational design and  synthesis of radical scavengers; spectroscopic, thermochemical and kinetic investigations on the homolytic reactivity of natural and synthetic antioxidants; Industrial application of antioxidant and radical-chain inhibitors. He is also interested in the detection of oxidative stress in biological systems and the development of diagnostic methods, as well as in the study of natural active molecules and their application in cosmetics and human nutrition.

His research has been presented in over 60 international conferences and has originated over 150 international publications, including articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, book chapters and international granted patents and applications. He has edited an international scientific volume.

H Index = 44 (ISI WOS), 45 (Scopus), 51 (Google Scholar) at December 2020

ResearcherID: ABI-4161-2020 [https://publons.com/researcher/ABI-4161-2020/]; P-5473-2015; ORCID: 0000-0003-2229-1075; Google scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=v3hgUmEAAAAJ&hl=it&oi=ao