Ivan Pietro OLIVERI

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

• PRIME4D  project: (“Personalized Repair through Intelligent Magnesium-Enabled 4D Printing”), “MARIE SKLODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS Staff Exchanges (SE) Call: HORIZON-MSCA-SE-2026”
• PRIDE project ("PRoduzione sostenibile di IDrogeno tramite sistemi fotoElettrochimici attivati dalla luce solare"), call Fundamental Research Projects for Hydrogen under the PNRR, M2C2 investment line 3.5
• 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 37 publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals
• Total citations: 1300+
• Overall citation percentile median: 78th percentile
• h-index: 24

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)

Awards

• 2014: Study Award for Young Scholars from the Gioenia Academy of Catania (Theme 3: Recent Research Developments in Chemical Sciences)

Last edit: 08/05/2026