Education: Doctor in Chemistry (110/110 magna cum laude), University of Florence, June 1979.

Past Experience and Academic Carrier: University of Florence, Department of Chemistry Assistant (1979-1981), Research Assistant (1981-1986); CNR Researcher (1986-1996), CNR Senior Researcher (1996-2001), CNR Research Director (2001-2020); ICCOM Deputy Director (2011-2013); ICCOM Director (2013-2017); DSCTM-CNR Director (2017-2020).

Management: see attached CV

Awards: Prize "Raffaele Nasini" 1993, gold medal awarded by the Division of Inorganic Chemistry of the Società Chimica Italiana; SCF French-Italian Prize, 2011. “Stanislao Cannizzaro” 2020, gold medal awarded by Società Chimica Italiana.

Honours: Fellow of the John van Geuns Foundation (1996 and 2000) at the van't Hoff Institute of Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Fellow of the Hans Vielberth Stiftung (2007, 2012 and 2019) at the Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät IV, Chemie und Pharmazie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Publications: Author of more than 400 scientific publications, 5 patents, more than 500 presentations at International and National Chemical Meetings.

Bibliometric data (WOS, 28/01/2021): h-index 57; results found 399; sum of times cited 13067; citing articles: 7179.

ORCID: 0000-0002-2708-3964 ResearcherID: M-1705-2014

Research Interests: Activation and functionalization of elemental phosphorus; 2D-materials based on exfoliated black phosphorus; activation of small inorganic and organic molecules; transition-metal hydrides and molecular hydrogen chemistry; Materials for H-storage; carbon dioxide capture and valorisation.

Current position: Associato con incarico di collaborazione senior (provv. CNR 83/2016)