Paolo Fornasiero#
| Membership Number: | 6134 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://meeresearch.weebly.com/fornasiero.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1082-9157 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - Deputy Director of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Trieste - Italy
- 2016 - Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Trieste - Italy
- 2013 - 2019 Assessment Board of the University of Trieste - Italy
- 2008 - Scientific Responsible of the CNR Research Unit associated with the Institute of Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds (ICCOM) of Florence and located at the University of Trieste- Italy
- 2006 - 2016 Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Trieste - Italy
- 1998 - 2006 Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Trieste - Italy
- 1996 1997 Post-doc, Catalysis Research Center -University of Reading - U.K
Fields of Scholarship
- New catalysts for the production and purification of hydrogen
- Catalysts for the reduction of nitrogen oxides under oxidizing conditions
- Innovative materials for catalytic converters
- Photo-catalysts for solar fuel production, including H2, and organic synthesis
- Novel photo-catalyst for water depollution
- Active materials to be used in solid oxides fuel cells
- Advanced catalysts for methane catalytic combustion
- Electro-catalysts for green H2 production, CO2 valorization, N2 activation and H2O2 production
Honours and Awards
- 2022 L. Malatesta Award. Awarded by the Italian Chemical Society for his contribution to research in the field of Inorganic Chemistry
- 2021 Election to the European Academy of Sciences
- 2017 M.T. Messori Roncaglia Award, from the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei for “fundamental contribution to environmental catalysis, with particular reference to various polluting emissions in atmosphere, with a short, medium and long-term vision."
- 2017 Edoardo Kramer Award, from the "Pia Fondazione Edoardo Kramer" and the Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere (Founded by Napoleon Bonapart), for his recent works on solar fuels, on H2 as energy vector, on fuel cells and on the transformation of biomasses in fuels, as well as the attention in the development of TWCs for conventional vehicles
- 2017 Rudolf Zahradník Lecture. Honorary lecture part of the "Rudolf Zahradník Lecture Series" at the RCPTM in Olomouc, Czech Republic, established in 2013 in honor of the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- 2016 IACS Heinz Heinemann Award, by the International Association of Catalysis Societies for his remarkable contribution to catalyst science and technology achieved during past four years in the development of novel nanostructured catalysts
- 2013 Chiusoli Gold Medal in Catalysis. Awarded by the Italian Chemical Society to an Italian researcher under 45 years, for his contribution to research in the field of Catalysis
- 2005 Nasini Gold Medal in Inorganic Chemistry. Awarded by the Italian Chemical Society to an Italian researcher under 40 years for his contribution to research in the field of Inorganic Chemistry
- 1995 Giuseppe Stampacchia award for first publication, National Competition
