Education Ph.D. Italian Ministry of University, Italy M.S. Ohio State University, USA “LAUREA” B.S.+ M.S. University of Trieste, Italy Academic and Professional Experience 2018-to date Adjunct professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, China 2002-to date Promoted (2002) and then appointed (2005) Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Trieste, Italy 2001-2002 Associate professor of Materials Science, University of Trieste, Italy 2001 Visiting professor, Technical University of Dresden, Germany 1998-2001 Associate professor of Materials Science, “La Sapienza” University, Rome, Italy 1995 1996 Research Associate, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan 1993 Research Associate, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA 1990-1998 Assistant professor of Applied Chemistry, University of Trieste, Italy