Paolo Melchiorre was born in 1973 in Italy. He studied Chemistry at the University of Bologna (UNIBO, Italy), where he graduated in 1999. He received his PhD in Chemistry in 2003 at UNIBO under the direction of Achille Umani-Ronchi and PG Cozzi.
In 2002, he worked in Denmark with Professor Karl Anker Jørgensen. In 2003, Paolo worked as a postdoctoral associate with Giuseppe Bartoli, at the Industrial Chemistry Faculty at UNIBO. In October 2007, he took a permanent position as an Assistant Professor at UNIBO. In September 2009, Paolo joined the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona as an ICREA Professor and ICIQ Group Leader. In October 2022, Paolo moved back to his Alma Mater, the University of Bologna, where he is presently Professor of Chemistry.
AWARDS. Paolo has received the “G. Ciamician” Medal, awarded by the Italian Chemical Society (2007), a JSPS Fellowship under the FY2013 Program for Research in Japan, the 2016 Prize for Scientific Excellence from the Royal Spanish Chemical Society (RSEQ), and the 2019 “G. Modena” Medal from the Italian Chemical Society. He was also nominated Liebig Lecturer 2008 by the Organic Division of the German Chemical Society and he received the 2021 Pedler Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In 2011, Paolo has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to carry out the 5-year project “ORGA-NAUT”, while in 2016 he has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to carry out the 5-year project “CATA-LUX”, both funded by the European Research Council.
Since 2019, Paolo is an Associate Editor of Chemical Science, the flag-ship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In 2020, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Paolo has authored more than 145 publications in international scientific journals. His papers have received more than 19000 citations. He has delivered about 250 invited lectures and seminars at the national and international level
In 2002, he worked in Denmark with Professor Karl Anker Jørgensen. In 2003, Paolo worked as a postdoctoral associate with Giuseppe Bartoli, at the Industrial Chemistry Faculty at UNIBO. In October 2007, he took a permanent position as an Assistant Professor at UNIBO. In September 2009, Paolo joined the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona as an ICREA Professor and ICIQ Group Leader. In October 2022, Paolo moved back to his Alma Mater, the University of Bologna, where he is presently Professor of Chemistry.
AWARDS. Paolo has received the “G. Ciamician” Medal, awarded by the Italian Chemical Society (2007), a JSPS Fellowship under the FY2013 Program for Research in Japan, the 2016 Prize for Scientific Excellence from the Royal Spanish Chemical Society (RSEQ), and the 2019 “G. Modena” Medal from the Italian Chemical Society. He was also nominated Liebig Lecturer 2008 by the Organic Division of the German Chemical Society and he received the 2021 Pedler Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In 2011, Paolo has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to carry out the 5-year project “ORGA-NAUT”, while in 2016 he has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to carry out the 5-year project “CATA-LUX”, both funded by the European Research Council.
Since 2019, Paolo is an Associate Editor of Chemical Science, the flag-ship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). In 2020, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Paolo has authored more than 145 publications in international scientific journals. His papers have received more than 19000 citations. He has delivered about 250 invited lectures and seminars at the national and international level