Full Professor
Office: 5.2.19
Tel: +39-02-23993041
Fax: +39-02-23993180
E-mail: pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it
CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of birth:
April 16, 1972
Education:
- Ph.D. in Industrial Chemistry (3 years), University of Milan, 2001
- Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology (5 years), University of Milan, 1997
Employments:
2011-?: Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering ?Giulio Natta?, Politecnico di Milano2005-2011: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering ?Giulio Natta?, Politecnico di Milano
2002-2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Materials, and Chemical Engineering ?Giulio Natta?, Politecnico di Milano
Other Professional Activities and Awards
-2012- ...: European Research Council (ERC) awardee, Starting Grant (Consolidator), project "Folding with Halogen Bonding (FoldHalo)"- 2010-...: Visiting Professor of Molecular Recognition at the VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland
- Recipient of the ?G. Ciamician? Medal of the Organic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society (2005)
- Recipient of the Journals Grant Award for International Authors 2005 of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2005)
- Best Poster Award of the Institut de Science et d?Ingénierie Supramoléculaires and Université Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg (Director: J. M. Lehn) at the ESF Research Conference on Supramolecular Chemistry, Strasbourg, France (2005)
- Visiting Professor Nanoscience Center (Center fellow), University of Jyväskylä, Finland (2006)
- Visiting Professor (RSC fellow), University of York, UK (2005)
- Visiting Professor (EU fellow), University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France (2001)
- Guest editor of the special issue of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry dedicated to Fluorine Chemistry in Italy (2003)
- Young Researchers Project on Innovative Materials, MIUR-Politecnico di Milano (1999)
Research Interests
Supramolecular ChemistryUse of halogen bonding in the self-assembly of functional materials
Crystal Engineering
Fluorine Chemistry
Halogen bonding driven self-assembly between perfluorocarbons and hydrocarbons or organic and inorganic salts. Synthesis and properties of nanostructured fluorinated materials.
Chemistry of Materials
NLO-active materials via self-assembly. Supramolecular liquid crystals.
Publications
- papers in referred international journals: 170- communications to scientific meetings: more than 200
- chapters in international books: 10
- patent applications: 6