Maurizio Prato
| Name | Maurizio Prato |
| Work Groups |
Work Group 1 - Synthesis Work Group 2 - Characterisation Work Group 3 - Devices |
| Laboratory | Carbon Nanotechnology Group |
| Organisation | University of Trieste |
| Website | http://www.units.it/prato |
| Areas of Research | functionalization of fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene |
| Research Keywords | functionalization, carbon nanotubes, fullerenes, graphene |
| Areas of Future Interest | who knows? |
Selected Publications:
- Carbon nanotubes might improve neuronal performance by favouring electrical shortcuts
- Synthesis and characterization of a carbon nanotube-dendron series for efficient siRNA delivery
- Promises, Facts and Challenges of Carbon Nanotubes in Imaging & Therapeutics
- Microwave-Induced Multiple Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes
- Multi-Purpose Organically Modified Carbon Nanotubes: From Functionalization to Nanotube Composites
Brief CV
Prof. Maurizio Prato
dipartimento di scienze farmaceutiche
piazzale europa 1, 34127 trieste
Phone 040 - 558-7883
fax 040 - 52572
e-mail prato@units.it
place, date of birth Lecce, Italy, 11/10/1953
Internet http://www.units.it/prato
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
laurea degree, University of Padova, Department of Organic Chemistry,1978-82
research fellow: University of Padova, Department di Organic Chemistry, 1982
assistant professor: University of Padova, 1983-92
postdoctoral fellow: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA, 1-2/1980, prof. H. J. Shine
visiting fellow: University College, Dublin, Ireland, 7-8/1983, prof. R. A. More O'Ferrall
postdoctoral fellow: Yale University, New Haven, USA, 10/1986 - 12/1987, Chemistry Department, prof. Samuel J. Danishefsky
visiting scientist: University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 10/1991 - 9/1992, Institute for Polymers and Organic Solids, prof. Fred Wudl
associate professor: University of Trieste, 1992-2000
full professor: University of Trieste, 2000-
visiting professor: Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, June-July 2001
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Member of the International Advisory Board of the following Journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK):
Chemical Communications, 1997-
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 1994-2002
Chairman of the Editorial Board, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2003-2006
Member of the Editorial Board of “NANOâ€, World Scientific Publisher, Singapore, 2006-
Member of the Editorial Board of “Fullerenes, Nanotubes, and Carbon Nanostructures†Taylor & Francis, Inc., Philadelphia, USA, 2005-
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neuroengineering, Frontiers Research Foundation, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008-
AWARDS
Federchimica Prize (1995)
National Prize for research, Italian Chemical Society (2002)
Honor Mention, University of Trieste (2004)
Ciamician Gonzalez Prize, sponsored by the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and the Italian Chemical Society (2008)
Nominee for the Descartes Prize for Excellence in Scientific Collaboration (2006), European Commission
Recipient of the ERC Advanced Research Grant (2008), European Research Council
Mangini Gold Medal, Italian Chemical Society, 2009
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Functionalization of nanocarbons (fullerenes, nanotubes, onions, nanohorns, graphene)
Synthesis of compounds with potential biological activity
Synthesis of compounds with potential applications in materials science
New synthetic methodologies
Organic reaction mechanisms