PACCHIONI GIANFRANCO

Role
Full Professor  
Academic disciplines
General and Inorganic Chemistry (CHEM-03/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (03/CHEM-03)
Office phone
Room:
  • U05, Floor: 2, Room: 2073

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

  • Saetta, C., Barlocco, I., DI LIBERTO, G., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Key ingredients for the screening of single atom catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: the case of titanium nitride. Intervento presentato a: MYCS 2024, Rimini, Italia. Detail

  • Saetta, C., Barlocco, I., DI LIBERTO, G., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Key ingredients for the screening of single atom catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction: the case of titanium nitride. Intervento presentato a: Twins in Catalysis: Merging Theory and Experiment, Barcelona, Spain. Detail

  • Saetta, C., Barlocco, I., Di Liberto, G., Pacchioni, G. (2024). Modeling Single Atom Catalysts. Intervento presentato a: SCI 2024 Chemistry- Elements of Future, Milano, Italia. Detail

  • Nagashima, H., Maleki, F., Trébosc, J., Belgamwar, R., Polshettiwar, V., Kahn, M., et al. (2024). Probing the Surface of Oxide Nanoparticles Using DNP-Enhanced High-Resolution NMR of Quadrupolar Nuclei. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 15(18), 4858-4863 [10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00563]. Detail

Research projects

PLASMA ASSISTED ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CO2 TO LIQUID FUELS
Year: 2024
Call: FAQC 2024 - prima finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
Carbon dioxide conversion into energy-rich molecules with tailored catalysts - CO2ENRICH
Year: 2022
Call: ECONOMIA CIRCOLARE: RICERCA PER UN FUTURO SOSTENIBILE
Grantors: FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
PNRR per la Missione 4, componente 2 Investimento 1.1- Avviso 104/2022 | Charge Transfer Dynamics in Photoactive Materials for Solar Energy Conversion - CHARM
Year: 2022
Call: Bando PRIN 2022
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)
Charge Transfer Dynamics in Photoactive Materials for Solar Energy Conversion - CHARM
Year: 2021
Call: FAQC 2021 - terza finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA
Nanostructured solid acid catalysts for sustainable chemical manufacturing
Year: 2020
Grantors: AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (ARC)

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

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