GRECO CLAUDIO

Role
Full Professor  
Academic disciplines
Physical Chemistry (CHEM-02/A)
Email
[email protected]
Office phone
0264482098
Room:
  • U01, Floor: 3, Room: 3023

Biography

  • 2004-2007

PhD in Chemical Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (advisor: Prof. Dr. Luca De Gioia)

  • 2008-2009

Postdoctoral research (Humboldt Fellowship) at the Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, under Prof. Dr. Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký.

  • 2009-2011

Postdoctoral research at the Biotechnology and Biosciences Department of the University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (group of Prof. Dr. Luca De Gioia).

  • 2011-2012

Junior Research Group Leader at the Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (within the UniCat cluster of excellence for catalysis).

  • 2012-2014

Faculty Researcher in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

  • 2015-2017

Tenure-track Researcher in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

  • 2018-2021

Associate Professor (Physical Chemistry), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

  • From Dec. 2021

Full Professor (Physical Chemistry), Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.

 

Research

My scientific activity is focused on the development of theoretical models for chemical systems of environmental and biochemical relevance.
By using tailored quantum chemical approaches and/or molecular mechanics force fields, I aim at investigating:

- structure-function relationships in enzymatic and bioinspired catalysts for future applications in prevention and abatement of air pollution

- adsorption and (photo)chemical transformation of low-molecular-weight molecules on particulate matter (a collaborative research effort in the context of the Departments of Excellence initiative promoted by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research)

Publications

  • Rovaletti, A., Moro, G., Cosentino, U., Ryde, U., Greco, C. (2024). CO oxidation mechanism of silver‐substituted Mo/Cu CO‐dehydrogenase. Analogies and differences to the native enzyme. CHEMPHYSCHEM [10.1002/cphc.202400293]. Detail

  • Orlando, C., Rizzo, I., Arrigoni, F., Zampolli, J., Mangiagalli, M., Di Gennaro, P., et al. (2024). Mechanism of non-phenolic substrate oxidation by the fungal laccase Type 1 copper site from Trametes versicolor: the case of benzo[a]pyrene and anthracene. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 53(29), 12152-12161 [10.1039/d4dt01377h]. Detail

  • Rovaletti, A., De Gioia, L., Fantucci, P., Greco, C., Vertemara, J., Zampella, G., et al. (2023). Recent Theoretical Insights into the Oxidative Degradation of Biopolymers and Plastics by Metalloenzymes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES, 24(7) [10.3390/ijms24076368]. Detail

  • Rovaletti, A., De Gioia, L., Greco, C., Arrigoni, F. (2023). Activation of the N2 molecule by means of low-valence complexes of calcium and magnesium. DALTON TRANSACTIONS, 52(23 (21 June 2023)), 7966-7974 [10.1039/D3DT00945A]. Detail

  • Rizza, F., Rovaletti, A., Carbone, G., Miyake, T., Greco, C., Cosentino, U. (2023). Theoretical Investigation of Inorganic Particulate Matter: The Case of Water Adsorption on a NaCl Particle Model Studied Using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations. INORGANICS, 11(11) [10.3390/inorganics11110421]. Detail

Full list

Research projects

PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Molecular determinants of Oxygen Resistance in a unique [FeFe]-hydrogenase (MORF)
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
Design, sviluppo e sintesi di radio farmaci innovativi
Year: 2020
Call: Avviso Pubblico per l'Apprendistato di Alta Formazione e Ricerca (art. 45 D.Lgs 81/2015)
Grantors: REGIONE LOMBARDIA - Direzione Generale Istruzione, Formazione e Lavoro - U.O. Mercato del Lavoro - Struttura Occupazione e Occupabilità
GRECO-Fondo per il finanziamento delle attività base di ricerca
Year: 2017
Call: FFABR 2017
Grantors: M.I.U.R. - MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE, DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA - UFFICIO I - Bilancio e Contabilita'. Coordinamento staff della Direzione

Awards

Awards

  • Medaglia Carla Roetti, Società Chimica Italiana Divisione di Chimica Teorica e Computazionale, 2019
  • Menzione Speciale nel contesto dell'attribuzione del Premio Eolo Scrocco, Società Chimica Italiana, 2013
  • Elsevier Poster Award, Commissione in seno al comitato scientifico della Quantum BioInorganic Chemistry Conference, 2011
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 2008

Scientific fellowships

  • Presidente - Divisione di Chimica Teorica e Computazionale della Società Chimica Italiana, 2023
  • Vice-Presidente - Divisione di Chimica Teorica e Computazionale della Società Chimica Italiana, 2020
  • Fellow - Cluster di Eccellenza per la Catalisi UniCat, 2011

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2012 - 2014
  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2015 - 2017
  • Titolare di contratto di ricerca - Post-doc - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2011 - 2012

Congresses/Conferences

  • Program committee - Congresso Nazionale della Divisione di Chimica Teorica e Computazionale della Società Chimica Italiana(Italia), 2023

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