Paolo Melchiorre
University of Bologna
Biography
I studied Chemistry at the University of Bologna (Italy), where I received the PhD in Chemistry in 2003, working in the area of asymmetric catalysis. In 2002, I spent a research period in Denmark at the 鈥淐enter for Catalysis鈥�, 脜rhus University, where my studies centered on enantioselective organocatalysis. From 2003, I worked as a postdoctoral associate at the Industrial Chemistry Faculty of the Bologna University. In October 2007, I started my independent career as an Assistant Professor at Bologna University.
In September 2009, I joined the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona (Spain) as an ICREA Professor and ICIQ Group Leader. In October 2022, I moved back to my Alma Mater as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna (Department of Industrial Chemistry 'Toso Montanari').
My current scientific interests lie on the discovery and mechanistic elucidation of catalytic enantioselective strategies for chemical synthesis, mainly using photochemical and radical reactivity patterns. The final goal is to develop innovative catalytic methods to control reaction selectivity while reducing the environmental impact of chemical synthesis.
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