
Ivan Pietro OLIVERI
Associate Professor of Chemical foundations of technologies [CHIM/07]
Education
- 2013: PhD in Materials Science (XXV cycle) at the University of Catania, Department of Chemical Sciences
- 2009: Master Degree in Chemistry, University of Catania, Department of Chemical Sciences,110/110 cum laude
- 2007: Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, University of Catania, Department of Chemical Sciences, 110/110 cum laude.
Academic positions
- 6 December 2024 – current: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania. SSD: CHEM-06/A - Chemical Foundations of Technologies
- 6 December 2021 – 5 December 2024: Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania. SSD: CHEM-06/A - Chemical Foundations of Technologies
- August 2016 – August 2017: Type A research fellow at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania
Research projects
- GENESIS project ("GENerate in Europe a Sustainable Industry for Semiconductor"), call HORIZON-JU-Chips-2024-2-RIA-T2;
- ERMES project ("Information transfer between medical doctors and implanted medical devices via artificial molecular communication"), call EIC Horizon Europe Pathfinder OPEN 01;
- SENS.AI project (BioSENSori per la rilevazione di Aminoacidi su piattaforma IoT), call “Programma Nazionale Ricerca, Innovazione e Competitività per la transizione verde e digitale 2021-2027”;
- PNRR project (National Recovery and Resilience Plan) SAMOTHRACE (“SiciliAn MicroNanOTecH Research And Innovation CEnter”), financed by the European Union as part of the Next Generation EU project;
- MMsal project (New “salen-type” Molecular Materials for the “sensing” of Lewis bases and metal cations) as part of the University Research Incentives Plan (PIA.CE.RI.), Line of intervention 3 - STARTING GRANT;
Scientific production and bibliometric indices (Web of Science ResearcherID: AAC-8757-2022)
- Author of 36 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Total citations: 1200+
- Overall citation percentile median: 78th percentile
- h-index: 22
Research interests
- Functional molecular materials
- Optical chemosensors
- Functional nanostructured materials
Editorial activity
- Guest editor of the Special Issue “Applications of Fluorescent Sensors in Food and Environment” in “Molecules” (ISSN 1420-3049; “Impact factor”: 4.6; “Citescore”: 6.7)
Last edit: 04/10/2025
- ORCID iD:0000-0002-5841-0622
- Web of Science ResearcherID: AAC-8757-2022
- Scopus Author ID: 56743178800
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ivan-Oliveri
The scientific activity concerns the synthesis, characterization and study of the properties and applications of functional Zn(II) Schiff base molecular materials:
- Molecular aggregation and transmetallation
- Vapochromism and vapoluminescence
- Stimuli responsive molecular materials
- Functional molecular nanostructures
- Molecular tweezers for the sensing of biogenic amines
- Optical chemosensors of amines, alkaloids, alkaloids, anions and cations of environmental and food interest