PACCHIONI GIANFRANCO
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Biography
Gianfranco Pacchioni received his PhD at the Freie Universität Berlin in 1984. He is active in the field of heterogeneous catalysis and oxide materials, He worked at the IBM Almaden Research Center, and at the Technical University of Munich. He is Full Professor at the University of Milano Bicocca where he has been Vice Rector for Research (2013-2019) and Director of the Department of Materials Science (2003-2009). He is Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter published by the Institute of Physics (UK). Gianfranco Pacchioni is co-author of about 550 papers with more than 30000 citations (h-index WoS 89; Google Scholar 100) and has given about 500 invited talks at international conferences and research institutions. He received several awards and is Fellow of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (2014), the Academia Europaea (2012), and the European Academy of Sciences (2009).
Publications
Manzi, E., Stamatakis, M., Di Liberto, G., Pacchioni, G. (2025). Hydrogen complexes on single-atom alloys: A combined DFT – Kinetic Monte Carlo study. SURFACE SCIENCE, 754(April 2025) [10.1016/j.susc.2024.122688]. Detail
Varjovi, M., Durgun, E., Pacchioni, G., Tosoni, S. (2024). Stable distorted T phase of MSi2 N4 (M= Ru and Os) monolayers: First-principles insights into structural, vibrational, mechanical, electronic, and optical properties. PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS, 8(7) [10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.074004]. Detail
Di Liberto, G., Giordano, L., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Predicting the Stability of Single-Atom Catalysts in Electrochemical Reactions. ACS CATALYSIS, 14(1), 45-55 [10.1021/acscatal.3c04801]. Detail
Di Simone, E., Vile, G., Di Liberto, G., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Decoding the Role of Adsorbates Entropy in the Reactivity of Single-Atom Catalysts. ACS CATALYSIS, 15(1), 447-456 [10.1021/acscatal.4c04472]. Detail
Barlocco, I., Spotti, M., Di Liberto, G., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction Reaction from Ab Initio Thermodynamics: Single versus Dual Atom Catalysts. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS, 7(9) [10.1002/adts.202400536]. Detail
Research projects
Awards
Awards
- Paolo Chini Memorial Lecture, 2018
- Premio letterario "Maria Antonia Gervasio" / Le Due Culture, BIOGEM, 2018
- Medaglia Cesare Pisani, Società Chimica Italiana, 2017
- Blaise Pascal Medal, European Academy of Sciences, 2016
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2005
Scientific fellowships
- Socio effettivo o corrispondente - Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, 2023
- Socio effettivo o corrispondente - Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere, 2019
- Fellow - Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 2014
- Fellow - Academia Europaea (Londra), 2012
- Fellow - European Academy of Sciences, 2009
Editorial boards
- Direttore di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER, 2019 - 2024
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - SURFACE SCIENCE, 2014 - 2020
- Direttore di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 2012 - 2017
- Membro del Comitato Editoriale - THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY ACCOUNTS, 2010 - 2020
- Direttore di rivista, collana editoriale, enciclopedia - CHEMCATCHEM, 2009
Research and teaching assignments
- Visiting Researcher - Visiting researcher per partecipazione a un progetto di ricerca tra Universita' Milano Bicocca e ENSP - École Normale Supérieure de Paris, 2011
Congresses/Conferences
- Program chair - Solar Driven Chemistry: towards new catalytic solutions for a sustainable world, 2018