Pierangelo Metrangolo#
| Membership Number: | 7423 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.cmic.polimi.it/persone/docenti-e-ricercatori/metrangolo-pierangelo/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-7945-099X |
| Publication Link: | https://re.public.polimi.it/browse?type=author&sort_by=2&order=DESC&rpp=50&authority=rp13518 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 Full Professor of Chemistry Fundamentals of Technologies; Dept. Chem., Mater., & Chem. Eng. “Giulio Natta” (DCMCE), Politecnico di Milano (PoliMI), Italy
- 2024 Affiliated Member, WPI-SKCM2 International Institute, Hiroshima University, Japan
- 2021 Affiliated Researcher, Onco-Tech Lab, European Oncology Institute, Milano, Italy
- 2023 Affiliated Researcher, BraiNs Lab, JRC Polimi-C. Besta IRCCS, Milano, Italy
- 2017 - 2023 Research Associate, Nanotec Institute, National Research Council (CNR), Lecce, Italy
- 2011 - 2023 Research Associate, Centre for Nanosci. & Tech., Italian Inst. Tech. (IIT), Milan, Italy
- 2017 - 2021 Chairman of the Aalto University Node of the UNESCO Network “GReen ChEmistry ExcelleNce frOm Baltic Sea to Medlterranean Sea and beyond (GREENOMlcS)”
- 2015 - 2021 Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Finland
- 2011 - 2019 Visiting Professor of Molecular Recognition, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland
- 2009 - 2010 Research Professor of Molecular Recognition, VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland
Fields of Scholarship
- Structural chemistry
- Noncovalent interactions
- Nanomedicine
- Fluorine chemistry
- Halogen bonding
- Peptides
- Green chemistry
- Perovskites
- Circular economy
- Crystal engineering
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Humboldt Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- 2025 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Tampere, Finland
- 2021 “Giorgio Modena” Medal 2021 of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2019 Fluorous Technologies Award, ISoFT, Shanghai (CN), 9 August 2019
- 2013 – 2019 ERC grantee, StG2012 (Consolidator), project “Folding with Halogen Bonding (FoldHalo)”
- 2017 – 2018 ERC Proof of Concept 2017 grantee, project “MINIRES - A Minimalist Peptide Elastomer”
- 2009 Young Chemist Award at the 42nd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Glasgow (UK)
- 2009 IUPAC Young Observer at the 42nd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Glasgow (UK)
- 2009 CrystEngComm Sponsored Lectureship at the 42nd IUPAC Congress, Glasgow (UK)
- 2005 “Giacomo Ciamician” Medal 2005 of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2005 Journals Grant Award for International Authors of the Royal Soc. of Chem. (RSC), UK
