Prof. Andrea Biffis

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Andrea Biffis graduated in Chemistry (honors) at the University of Padova (with Prof. Benedetto Corain) and received his PhD in 1998 from the University of Düsseldorf, Germany (with Prof. Günter Wulff). After a postdoctoral stay at the University of Essen, Germany (with Prof. Günter Schmid), he returned to Padova, where he was appointed assistant professor in 2001 and associate professor in 2011. Prof. Biffis has at present coauthored more than 110 ISI publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 6 chapters in monographs, with a Hirsch index h of Prof. Biffis equal to 34 (source: Scopus). The research interests of Prof. Biffis deal mainly with the development of late transition metal catalysts (metal nanoparticles, metal complexes) for the synthesis of fine chemicals, as well as with the implementation of strategies for catalyst recovery and recycling, employing biphasic systems or soluble crosslinked polymers (microgels) as catalyst support.

Prof. Cristina Tubaro

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Cristina Tubaro obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences in 2005 at the University of Padova with a thesis on NHC transition metal complexes. In 2006 she became Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Padova, where she is currently Associate Professor (since 2016). Her main research interests involve the design, synthesis and characterization of new N-heterocyclic carbene complexes of late transition metals. Depending on the studied metal, the new complexes can find application in homogeneous catalysis, bioinorganic chemistry or material science.

Prof. Alessandro Aliprandi

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Alessandro Aliprandi is Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences. He completed his Master degree in Chemistry at the University of Ferrara. He obtained the PhD in Chemistry in 2015 at the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (Strasbourg, France) under the supervision of Prof. Luisa De Cola studying the self-assembly of luminescent Pt(II) complexes. Then, he joined the group of Prof. Paolo Samorì at the same institute, where he studied 2D materials for (opto)electronic applications. In 2018 he was appointed Ingénieur De Recherche (CNRS) in the group of Prof. Luisa De Cola. In 2020 he received an ERC starting Grant (Bright and biologically powered chemiluminescent labels for cell and tissue imaging). In 2021, he moved to the university of Padova to start his own research group. Since the beginning of his career, Aliprandi Alessandro has been fascinated by light and his research activities focus on luminescent molecules not only for bioanalytical applications such as electrochemiluminescence, but also to “see” in real-time complex process such as molecular self-assembly.

Dr. Marco Baron

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Marco Baron graduated in Padova in 2014 (with prof. Marino Basato) with a European Doctorate obtained by working at the University of Padova and at the IPCMS-CNRS (Strasbourg) (with dr. Stéphane Bellemin-Laponnaz). He then worked as postdoc researcher at the University of Padova and at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (with dr. Alexander Pöthig). Since 2019 he is assistant professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Padova. In 2020 he received the Flavio Bonati award by the Organometallic Group of the Italian Chemical Society. His research interests are on the synthesis of early transition and main group metals organometallics and on the chemical valorization of CO₂.

Dr. Thomas Scattolin

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Thomas Scattolin was born in Padua (Italy) in 1990 and studied chemistry at the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (BSc 2012 and MSc 2014, summa cum laude). He completed his PhD in 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Fabiano Visentin in the same university (inter-university programme with University of Trieste).In 2018 he was a visiting scientist in the laboratories of Prof. Antonio Togni at the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2020, he joined the laboratory of Prof. Steven P. Nolan at the Ghent University. In 2021, he worked as postdoc researcher at CRO Aviano, Italy, within the CaTHENa project (Cancer THErapy by Nanomedicine). Since 2022 he is assistant professor in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Padova. His research activity is primarily focused on the synthesis and reactivity of late transition metal complexes with applications in homogeneous catalysis and medicinal chemistry.