题 目：Programming dynamic molecular crystals
报告人：Luca Catalano 教授
单 位：University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
时 间：2025/6/4 15:00
地 点：嘉锡楼三层305报告厅
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Prof. Luca Catalano received his bachelor’s in chemistry from the University of Milan (2011) and his MS in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials from the University of Bologna (2013). He spent his PhD and first postdoctoral appointment in the field of crystal engineering and solid-state supramolecular chemistry at Polytechnic University of Milan working on solid-state supramolecular chemistry with Prof. Pierangelo Metrangolo with a 6-month visit stay at UCLA hosted by Prof. Miguel Garcia-Garibay. From November 2017 to February 2020, he worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the group of Prof. Pance Naumov at New York University Abu Dhabi with a focus on the study of crystalline systems with uncommon properties, such as multifunctional organic crystals. He then moved to Liverpool for one year as a Postdoctoral Associate working on organic crystalline materials at the Materials Innovation Factory, University of Liverpool, working with Prof. Andy Cooper. From 2021 to 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie cofund ULB Fellowship to work on dynamic organic crystals hosted by Prof. Yves Geerts at the Free University of Brussels (ULB). After a brief appointment in 2023 as Research Associate at the University of Rochester hosted by Prof. Michael Ruggiero, he started his independent career as Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia heading the Dynamic Molecular Materials Laboratory. He has published over 40 research papers in top-tier journals (e.g., 1 Nat. Nanotech., 4 Nat. Commun., 1 Adv. Mater., 1 Adv. Funct. Mater., 5 JACS, 4 ACIE, 1 CCS Chem, 1 Chem Cell Press), which have been cited over 2200 times, and he has a H-index of 24. His research activity has been well recognized by the scientific community with several prizes and honors, such as the Prize for the Best PhD Thesis 2018 offered by the Italian Crystallographic Association, and the recognition as Young Talent 2018 by CrystEngComm (RSC) as a rising start in crystallography and crystal engineering. He was Guest Editor of a special issue of Crystal Growth & Design (ACS) focused on Lattice Dynamics and he has now transitioned to the position of Topic Editor for the same journal for a two-year term 2025-2026. He has been involved in the organization of several international conferences, seminars and symposia on organic solid-state chemistry (e.g., ICCOSS XXIV, ACS Fall Meeting 2024, Pacifichem 2025).
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题 目：Simulating catalytic reactivity at operando conditions
报告人：GiovanniMaria Piccin 教授
单 位：University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
时 间：2025/6/4 16:30
地 点：嘉锡楼三层305报告厅
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GiovanniMaria Piccini is currently Professor of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). He holds a PhD in Theoretical and Physical Chemistry from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, awarded summa cum laude and recognized with the Fischer-Nernst Prize for the best doctoral thesis in chemistry. He has held positions at leading institutions including ETH Zurich with Michele Parrinello, PNNL (USA), and RWTH Aachen University, where he was Junior Professor and PI within the Fuel Science Center Excellence Cluster. His research focuses on the development of quantum chemical molecular simulation methods and their application to catalysis, integrating machine learning with enhanced sampling techniques to model reactivity under realistic conditions. His scientific achievements have been recognized with the Ewald Wicke Prize from the German Bunsen Society and his appointment to the Editorial Advisory Board of the ACS Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. He is co-founder of the PLUMED consortium and author of over 40 scientific publications in high-impact international journals.
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