Pierangelo Metrangolo (born 16 April 1972) is an Italian chemist with interests in supramolecular chemistry and functional materials. He also has an interest in crystal engineering, in particular by using the halogen bond. He is Vice-President and President-Elect of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division (DIV. I) of IUPAC.

Education and professional positions

Metrangolo was born in

Lecce Lecce ( ); el, label=Griko, Luppìu, script=Latn; la, Lupiae; grc, Λουπίαι, translit=Loupíai), group=pron is a historic city of 95,766 inhabitants (2015) in southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Lecce, the province ...

, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan in 2001 with a thesis on

halogen bonding A halogen bond occurs when there is evidence of a net attractive interaction between an electrophilic region associated with a halogen atom in a molecular entity and a nucleophilic region in another, or the same, molecular entity. Like a hydrogen bo ...

in supramolecular chemistry. He became assistant professor at the Politecnico di Milano in 2002, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor of chemistry for technologies in 2011. He is also affiliated to the National Research Council of Italy and holds a visiting professorship at the Aalto University ( Finland, since 2015) and at the VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland (since 2011).

Research interests

His research interests have covered the following topics: * functional supramolecular materials * fluorinated nanoparticles and theranostics * biomimetic and biosynthetic hybrid materials * intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering * nanomedicine

Honors and awards

* ''ERC Grantee'' (2012,

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

) * ''

CrystEngComm ''CrystEngComm'' is a peer-reviewed online-only scientific journal publishing original research and review articles on all aspects of crystal engineering including properties, polymorphism, target materials, and crystalline nanomaterials. It i ...

Sponsored Lectureship'' at the 42nd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (2009) * ''Young Observer'' at the 45th IUPAC General Assembly (2009) * ''Journals Grant Award for International Authors'' (2005, Royal Society of Chemistry) * '' G. Ciamician Medal'' (2005,

Italian Chemical Society The Italian Chemical Society ( it, Società Chimica Italiana) is the national association in Italy representing the chemical sciences. Its main aim is to promote and support the development of chemistry and scientific research, spreading the knowle ...

) * Titular Member of the IUPAC's Division I ''Physical and Biophysical Chemistry'' (2016–2017) * Co-editor of ''

Acta Crystallographica B ''Acta Crystallographica'' is a series of peer-reviewed scientific journals, with articles centred on crystallography, published by the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Originally established in 1948 as a single journal called ''Act ...

'' ( International Union of Crystallography) (2014 onwards) * Member of the Editorial Board of ''

'' (Royal Society of Chemistry) (2013 onwards) * Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of ''

Crystal Growth & Design ''Crystal Growth & Design'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in January 2001 as a bimonthly journal and changed to a monthly frequency in 2006. The editor-in-chief is Jonat ...

'' ( American Chemical Society) (2014 onwards)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Metrangolo, Pierangelo 1972 births Italian chemists People from Lecce Living people Scientists from Milan Academic staff of the Polytechnic University of Milan