OCTOBER 1983
Degree in Chemistry (University of Milan)
OCTOBER 1983 - OCTOBER 1985
Homogeneous catalytic carbonylation of organic azides to isocyanates (rhodium and ruthenium)
NOVEMBER 1985 - DECEMBER 1986
CNRS scholarship at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (Toulouse, France), under the supervision of Prof. Igor B. M. Tkatchenko (activation of carbon dioxide, heterogeneous catalysis, metal oxides)
1985 - 1988
PhD in Chemistry (activation of carbon dioxide, copper)
OCTOBER 1989
PhD Degree in Chemistry
JULY 1990
Permanent Position (Researcher) at the University of Milan (Faculty of Sciences)
NOVEMBER 1999
Permanent Position (Associate Professor) at the University of Insubria (Faculty of Sciences, Como)
JANUARY 2005
Permanent Position (Full Professor) at the University of Insubria (Faculty of Sciences, Como)
Co-organizer of the Meetings:
II Euchem Conference on Nitrogen Ligands in Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis (June 9 - June 14, 1996, Como)
XXVII Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Inorganica (June 27 - July 1, 1999, Como)
MEMBER(2002/2005) of the Steering Committee of the Italian Universities Consortium on 'Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis' as the representative of University of Insubria.