Gianluca Maria Farinola#
| Membership Number: | 7141 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.farinolagroup.com/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1601-2810 |
| X: | @FarinolaGroup |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianluca-farinola-8427513b |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - 2025 President of Società Chimica Italiana
- 2019 - 2025 Pro-Rector for Research and Innovation at the University of Bari
- 2019 Adjunct Professor, Dept. Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Boston
- 2019 - 2022 Scientific Board Dept Chemical Sciences Materials Technology of CNR
- 2018 - 2021 President of the Organic Chemistry Division of EuChemS
- 2016 - 2018 Consultant Bicameral Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Crimes
- 2015 Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari
- 2008 Co-founder of a spin-off company SYNCHIMIA s.r.l.
- 2002 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari
- 1996 Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari
Fields of Scholarship
- Organic synthesis
- Living materials
- Luminescent polymers, molecules and organometallic complexes
- Organic photo- and electroactive materials for organic optoelectronics
- Organic materials for solar cells
- Biopolymers and biomimetic polymers (polydopamine, fibroin, lignin, biosilica)
- Diatoms microalgae for nanotechnology and material science
- Photosynthetic microorganisms for solar energy conversion
- Molecular and polymeric organic semiconductors
- Organic and biological materials for solar energy conversion
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
- 2024 Premio Due Mari di Talenti
- 2023 Member of Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere
- 2019 Chemistry Europe Fellow
- 2018 Pemio Anassilaos Megale Ellàs
- 2008 “Innovation in Organic Synthesis Award” of Interuniversitary Consortium CINMPIS
- 2003 “Medaglia Ciamician” of Società Chimica Italiana for young researchers
