Prof. Lidia Armelao, Ph. D.

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Department of Chemical Sciences,

University of Padova

Director of the Department of

Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies

of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

lidia.armelao@unipd.it

+39 0498275236

Degree in Chemistry cum laude (1990), Master in Glass Engineering (1991), PhD in Chemical Sciences (1994) from Padova University (Italy). Post-doc fellow in Paris (UPMC, 1995), visiting scientist in Canada (University of Western Ontario, 2005 – 2008, 2011). Full professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at Padova University since 2016. Director of the CNR Institute of Condensed Matter Chemistry and Energy Technologies (ICMATE, 2014 - 2020), and Director of the CNR Department of Chemical Sciences and Materials Technologies (since 2020). President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and member of Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti since 2021. The scientific activity concerns the area of chemistry and materials and aims at the development of lanthanide-based innovative luminescent molecular architectures and materials for sensing and energy applications. She was awarded the EniChem Thesis Prize (1990) and the Ugo Croatto Prize (1995). In 2023 she received the Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Dr. Gregorio Bottaro, Ph. D.

Researcher, ICMATE-CNR

gregorio.bottaro@cnr.it

+39 0498275275

- Laurea degree in Chemistry (2000, University of Padova).

- PhD in Materials Science (2003, University of Catania).

After a period of training as a Research Fellow of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and of National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), in 2008 he joined the CNR as a Research Scientist. The research activity is focused on the synthesis, characterization and optical spectroscopy of inorganic nanosystems and molecular functional materials for applications in energetics, catalysis (photo) and nanobiomedicine. The activity is developed in three complementary areas:

i) Optical spectroscopy of inorganic nanosystems and metal complexes (-d and –f ions)

ii) Synthesis and characterization of inorganic nanosystems (thin films, nanopowders) through liquid phase soft-chemical approaches

iii) Functionalization of nanostructures with molecules and metal complexes through chemical grafting and/or embedding.

Dr. Marzio Rancan, Ph. D.

Researcher, ICMATE-CNR

marzio.rancan@cnr.it

marzio.rancan@unipd.it

+39 0498275188

- Laurea degree in Chemistry (2005, University of Padova).

- PhD in Molecular Science (2009, University of Padova).

During his PhD he spent one year at the Molecular Magnetism Group in Manchester (UK) studying the synthesis, the structural characterization and the magnetic properties of polynuclear Cr(III) complexes. He has been a Research Fellow of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and of University of Padova. His current research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of coordination-driven supramolecular architectures. Particular emphasis is devoted to self-assembly and organization, host-guest systems and confined spaces functional properties. He has acquired valuable expertise in inorganic and coordination chemistry as well as single crystal X-ray diffraction.  In 2015, he joined the CNR-ICMATE, first as a fixed-term researcher and subsequently as permanent staff.