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Team

Get to know who works with us and find information on how to be part of the team.

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Professor of Advanced Organic Chemistry
Prof. Marcella Bonchio
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Assistant Professor
​Dr. Donato Valli
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PhD Student  (in collaboration with Prof. Siglinda Perathoner, Messina University)
Andrea Prai
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Francesco Rigodanza
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Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Gianpaolo Marraffa
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PhD Student
Valentina Novelli
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Assistant Professor
Dr. Elisabetta Benazzi
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Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Andrea Bogo
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PhD Student
Tobia Casadei
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Assistant Professor
​Dr. Thomas Gobbato
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PhD Student
Giulia Errichiello
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Master thesist
Giorgia Covili

    Former members

    Dr. Daniele Rosa Gastaldo
    Assistant Professor (2023-2025)



    Dr. Ilaria Crea
    PhD Student (2022-2025)
    “Perylene Bisimide-Based Systems for Solar-Driven Water Oxidation„



    Dr. Simone Guazzi
    PhD Student (2021-2024)
    “Electrocatalytic oxidation of alcohols for the production of added-value chemicals„



    Dr. JinTao Liu
    PhD Student (2021-2024)
    “Organic-Inorganic Photosynthetic Interfaces Built on Intertwined WO3 Nanosheets for Enhanced HBr/H2O Photoanodic Oxidations„



    Dr. Leonardo Cognigni
    PhD Student (2021-2024)
    “Dynamic Covalent and Supramolecular Networks for Artificial Photosynthesis„



    Emanuele Imperatori
    Research collaborator 



    Matilde Doardo
    Research collaborator 


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    Dr. Erica Pizzolato
    PhD Student
    “New Molecules and Nano-Materials for Artificial Photosynthesis„



    Dr. Andrea Squarcina
    PhD Student
    “Ligand and Structure Design of Bio-inspired Multi-electron Redox Catalysts„



    Dr. Andrea Volpe
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Mechanism Driven, Rational Design of Water Oxidation Catalysts„



    Dr. Antonio Sorarù
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Molecular and Nanodimensional Metal Based systems for the therapy against neurodegenerative diseases„



    Dr. Andrea Genoni
    ITM-CNR Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Molecular Design of Nanosystems for Artificial Photosynthesis„



    Dr. Alessandro Cazzolaro
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Preparation of Nano and Micro Hybrid Systems for the Confinement of Functional Molecules„



    Dr. Irene Bazzan
    Ph.D. Student
    “Artificial Photosynthesis: Cobalt Cubane as Catalyst for Photoactivated Water Oxidation„



    Dr. Rami Oweini
    ITM-CNR Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Synthesis of Highly Robust Transition Metal Catalysts for Small Molecule Activation„

     
    Dr. Valeria Anna Zamolo
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Development of Hybrid Polyoxometalates as Targeting Agents in Cancer Therapy„

     
    Dr. Gloria Modugno
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Synthesis of hybrids organic-inorganic complexes and study of the interactions with organic macromolecules„

     
    Dr. Alejandro Montellano López
    Postdoctoral Fellow
    “Molecular design of nanosystems for artificial photosynthesis„

     
    Debora Vilona
    ITM-CNR Fellow (currently PhD student in Lyon)
    “Biogenic Templates for the Design of Catalytic Nanostructures„

     
    Omar Saoncella
    ITM-CNR Fellow (currently ITM-CNR Fellow in ITM-Rende)
    “Preparation of Hybrid Membranes and Materials with Tailored Functions„

     
    Martina Zonzin
    ITM-CNR Fellow
    “Biomimetic nanostructured systems for multielectron catalysis application„

     
    Thomas Poggesi
    M.Sc. Student
    “Synthesis of new HNTs derivatives functionalised for the application in the field of drug

    delivery„

     
    Giovanni Battista Sartori
    M.Sc. Student
    “Transition metals based electrodes for the catalytic reductions of carbon dioxide„

     
    Matteo Soato
    M.Sc. Student
    “Manganese complexes for the water oxidation„

     
    Daniele Ventura
    M.Sc. Student
    “Synthesis of Polyoxometalate with Potential Biological Activity„

     
    Davide Trevisan
    M.Sc. Student
    “Study of Transition Metal Complexes for Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide„

     
    Stefano Bordignon
    M.Sc. Student​
     
    Enrico Maria Dal Compare
    M.Sc. Student
    “Catalyst electrodeposition on photoactive semiconductors for water oxidation„

     
    Alice Santoro
    M.Sc. Student
    “ Study of Metallic Complexes with Catalytic Antioxidant Activity „

     
    Jacopo Franchini
    M.Sc. Student
    “Homogeneous catalytic systems for water splitting „

     
    Alessia Sartori
    M.Sc. Student
    “Design of new photoanodes for water oxidation„

     
    Manuel Boniolo
    M.Sc. Student (currently PhD student in Umea)
    “Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide with transition metal complexes„

     
    Angela Giuliani
    M.Sc. Student
    “Cobalt Molecular Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide„

     
    Silvia Baroni
    M.Sc. Student
    “Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Polyoxometalates for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications„
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    Work with us

    Master Thesis

    Send an email to
    Prof. Marcella Bonchio at
    marcella.bonchio@unipd.it

    PhD

    Please regularly check the department's website.

    Post-doc

    Send an email to
    Prof. Marcella Bonchio at
    marcella.bonchio@unipd.it

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