Luisa De Cola#
| Membership Number: | 3417 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://decola.u-strasbg.fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 October Full Professor, Chair of Supramolecular Chemistry, ISIS, University of Strasbourg, France
- 2004, December Full Professor in Physics and Chemistry Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Center for Nanotechnology, Germany and since 2006 Part-time Professor at University of Twente, The Netherlands
- 1998 November Full Professor (Chair Molecular Photonics Materials) University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1990 Assistant Professor University of Bologna
- 1988 Researcher (non-permanent position) CNR - FRAE Bologna
- 1987 Visiting Scientist University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- 1984 - 1986 Post-Doctoral fellow Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Electroluminescence and electrochemiluminescence
- Metal complexes for diagnostics and molecular imaging
- Nanomaterials
- Supramolecular Chemistry and photochemistry
- Self-assembly of luminescent systems
- Photophysics and photochemistry of metal complexes
- Zeolites and mesoporous silica and their use in biomedical applications.
Honours and Awards
- 2013 President of the Bürgenstock conference
- 2012 Gutenberg Chair Award
- 2011 IUPAC prize for the most distinguished women in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering
- 2009 European Research Council, ERC Advanced Grant Award
- 2003-2007 Member of the Advisory Board for the Chemistry Department, Imperial College of London
- 2004 Finalist of the Descartes Prize 2004
- 1995 International Prize of the European Photochemistry Association "Grammaticakis-Neumann"
- 1995 Federchimica National Prize " per un futuro intelligente (for a smart future)"
- 1993 Prize for Chemistry of the "Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli
- 1986 Prize for chemistry "Fondazione U. Bonino e M.S. Pulejo”
