Santo DI BELLA

Full Professor of General and inorganic chemistry [CHIM/03]

Education

  • Laurea with honors in Chemistry (1982), University of Catania
  • Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1987), University of Catania
  • Postdoc CNR Fellow (1991-1992), Northwestern University (Prof. T. J. Marks), Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)

Career

  • Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (1992-1998), University of Catania       
  • Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (1998-2023), University of Catania    
  • National Scientific Habilitation (since 2013) for Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry 
  • Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (2023-), University of Catania         

Teaching Activity

  • General and Inorganic Chemistry (BSc course in Industrial Chemistry – University of Catania)
  • Optical and Optoelectronic Materials (MSc course in Chemical Science - Materials Chemistry – University of Catania)
  • Member of the Teaching Board of the International PhD course “Chemical Science” - University of Catania 

Research and Professional Experience

  • Postdoc CNR Fellow (1991-1992), Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)
  • Visiting Scientist (June-Sept. 1993), Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)
  • Invited Professor (June-July 2001), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (Cachan,France)
  • Research actvity: metal complexes and functional molecular materials

Publications (ResearcherID: A-5592-2008)

  • Author of more than 100 publications in international peer-reviewed journals
  • Number of citations (Web of Science): 4700+
  • Citing articles (Web of Science): 3000+
  • h-index (Web of Science): 37 
  • The most cited review article: 630+ citations in WoS
  • The most cited article: 300+ citations in WoS
  • Among 100,000 top scientists based on “A standardized citation metrics” (since 2017) in 22 scientific fields. Updated 2023 (version 6): ranked #69,237 over 9,617,763 scientists (top 0.7%) (Table_1_Author_career_2022); In the subfield Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry: ranked #407 over 72,729 inorganic chemists (top 0.6%) (Table_1_Author_career_2022

Editorial Activity

Referee for International Journals (Publons-1246877)

Current Research Interests

Last edit: 10/23/2023

 

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