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Prof. Francesco Ciardelli Sr. Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici-National Research Council Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici UOS Pisa via Moruzzi n.1 Pia Italy I-56124 Email: fciard@dcci.unipi.it Biographical Sketch: BIOGRAPHICAL Born: Pisa, Italy on 5 November, 1937. PROFESSIONAL CARRIER Research Associate, University of Pisa 1960-1965, University College, London 1965; Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute, Mülheim/Ruhr (FRG) 1966-67; Assistant Professor, University of Pisa, 1968-1975; Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley (USA) 1973 and 1985; Kyoto University (JAPAN) 1983; Polytechnic Zurich (ETH) 1986, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris (France) 1999. Professor of Polymer Chemistry, University of Pisa, 1975 to November 2010 Actually President of spin off “Spin –PET” RESEARCH INTERESTS a. Transition Metal Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization b. Clean Industrial Processes c. Polymer Functionalization ,Reactive Blending d. Photoresponsive and Electroconducting Polymeric Materials e. Optically Active and Optically Responsive Polymers f. Polymers for Coatings and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage g. Nanocomposites PUBLICATIONS Papers : more than 350 in International Journals Books :6 in English and 2 in Italian Patents : 14 |