Cesare Gennari#
| Membership Number: | 5624 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://sites.unimi.it/gennarigroup/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-7635-4900 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1994 - present Full Professor of Organic Chemistry, Milan University
- 1985 - 1994 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Milan University
- 1982 - 1983 Research Associate in the group of Prof. Clark Still, Columbia University, New York (USA)
- 1981 - 1985 Assistant Professor (with tenure) in the group of Prof. Luigi Canonica, Milan University
- 1978 - 1981 Assistant Professor in the group of Prof. Luigi Canonica, Milan University
- 1976 - 1978 Research assistant in the group of Prof. Carlo Scolastico, Milan University
Fields of Scholarship
- Design and development of new stereoselective methods in organic synthesis
- Synthesis and bio-medical applications of tumor-targeting peptidomimetics and conjugates
- Development of new catalytic methodologies for organic functional group transformations
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Chemistry Europe Fellow
- 2017 Piria gold medal of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2013 Quilico gold medal of the Organic Division of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2010 AstraZeneca lecture (University of Sheffield, UK)
- 2006 “Prize for research in synthetic organic chemistry” of the Organic Division of the Italian Chemical Society
- 2005 - 2006, Merck Frosst lecture (University of Toronto, Canada)
- 1997 Karl Ziegler-Giulio Natta award and lecture (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker & Italian Chemical Society)
- 1993 Federchimica (Federazione Nazionale Industria Chimica) prize
- 1986 Ciamician medal of the Organic Division of the Italian Chemical Society
- 1985 NATO senior fellowship
