Mario Pagliaro is Research Director
at Italy's National Research Council based in Palermo, Italy,
where he leads a
research Group working in a
broad research field encompassing biochemistry, nanochemistry,
solar energy, green chemistry, the bioeconomy, research policy and
open science. In 2021 "due to outstanding achievements as a
researcher" he was elected
ordinary member of the
Academia Europaea. In 2014, in recognition of his
"significant contributions to the chemical sciences" he was
designated
Fellow of the
Royal Society of Chemistry.
He is one of the 150 Italian
Highly Ranked
Scholars amid the world's 0.05% scholars first identified in
2024. In 2020 he was found
2nd amid the world's top 10 bioeconomy
scholars.
Developed in co-operation with leading researchers based in more
than 20 countries, his Group's research is reported in more than
400
frequently
cited research papers, 43 of which featuring on the cover of
journals such as
Materials Advances,
ChemSusChem,
and
Nanoscale.
He has authored or co-authored 22
books, some of which have become the
reference in their field. His work has been widely highlighted by
national and international press, including by MIT Technology
Review, Advanced Science News, Italy's national television,
newspapers and magazines.
Frequently cited for his
excellence in teaching, he is
regularly invited to give
lectures
and seminars on the topics of his research. In 2005 he was
appointed “Maître de conférences associé”at Montpellier’s Ecole
Nationale Superieure de Chimie.
New materials and new processes
“IntegroPectin”, "CuproGraf", “NiGraf”, “CytroCell”, “GrafeoPlad”,
“CytroCav”, “AquaSun”, “SiliOrange”, “AnchoisOil”, “Omeg@Silica”,
“LimoFish”, "AetnAsh", “AnchoisFert”, “SiliaSun”, “TitaniaSun”,
“HyTan”, and “GreenCaps” are some of the
names created by
Dr Pagliaro to identify new functional materials and new enabling
technologies jointly developed by his Lab,
In 2017, he was one of the most
highly prolific authors for
ACS Sustainable Chemistry &
Engineering in the past 4 years. In 2016 he was
selected first among the top five highly
prolific authors of
Organic
Process Research & Development.
His work has been widely highlighted by national and international
press, including by
MIT
Technology Review,
Advanced
Science News, Italy's national television, newspapers and
magazines.
In 2008, when a few scholars believed in the forthcoming emergence
of photovoltaic technology as a significant contributor to the
global energy generation mix, Dr Pagliaro introduced the term
"helionomics" in book
Flexible
Solar Cells.
@helionomics
is also his Lab's Twitter account.
Themed issues guest edited
Conferences and Seminars organized
On August 2022 he co-chaired along with Professor Yun Hang Hu, the
first
USA-Europe ACS Symposium on Energy organized by the ACS
Division of Energy and Fuels in Chicago.
Between 2011 and 2017 he co-chaired the “
SuNEC - Sun New Energy Energy Conference”
and the “
FineCat
- Symposium on heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals”,
both held yearly in Sicily.
The meetings saw the lectures of scientists of international
standing in chemistry, solar energy and new energy science and
technology.
In 2009 he chaired the
10th FIGIPAS Meeting in Inorganic
Chemistry held in Palermo with over 300 scientists
originating from more than 50 different countries («
A smashing success»).
Between 2004 and 2017, he organized the prestigious
Seminar
"Marcello Carapezza" whose 2011 edition was hosted by
Italy’s Parliament.
Student mentor, reviewer, journal board memberships
Dr Pagliaro has mentored several M.Sci. and Ph.D. students in
Italy and abroad in the context of international collaborations.
Some of his former sudents and post-docs today work at prestigious
universities, publishers and innovative companies.
He has been appointed in several international committees with
appointments so far in Doctoral evaluation committees from
Liverpool University (UK), Khalifa University of Science and
Technology (UAE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium),
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain), Université Lille 1 Sciences
et Technologie (France), Università Mediterranea di Reggio
Calabria (Italy), as well as in the professional evaluation
committee of the Ariel University and of the Sami Shamoon College
of Engineering for a position of Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemical Engineering of Ben Gurion University of the
Negev.
Besides acting as reviewer for most chemistry, energy and
materials science journals, he regularly evaluates research
project for national and international research agencies and
science ministries, including France Research Agency, Israel
Ministry of Science, Dutch Research Council NWO, Royal Society,
Fonds de recherche du Québec, Israel Science Foundation, São Paulo
Research Foundation, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research, Pazi Foundation, US-Israel Binational Science
Foundation, Research Foundation - Flanders, Estonian Research
Council, Poland National Science Centre, and the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Dr Pagliaro is (or has been) a member of the Advisory or Editorial
Board of
Chemical Society
Reviews,
Energy Technology, Journal of
Physics: Energy, Energy Science & Engineering,
ChemistryOpen,
Sustainable Chemistry and
Pharmacy and
Chimica
Oggi/Chemistry Today,
ChemistrySelect, Molecules,
4Open, Silicon,
Green Technology,
Resilience and Sustainability, Coatings,
General Chemistry and
Letters in Organic Chemistry.
Community service scholarship
In 2015 (September-December) Dr Pagliaro was president of AMG
Energia, a utility company owned by the Municipality of Palermo.
Since 2016 he has been a member of the National Technical
Scientific Committee of Legambiente, the largest Italian
environmental association. In 2016 he presented to the Chamber the
results of the first conservative study on the energy transition
of Italy based on low-cost renewable energy technologies
(photovoltaic, wind and hydroelectric).
The results of his research group have also been used to formulate
important
parliamentary acts.
He collaborated in drafting the national bill "
Provisions
on social and economic development in the energy and production
transition to the bioeconomy" and the regional bill "
Measures
for the promotion of distributed generation in the territory of
the Sicilian Region".
He carries out extensive dissemination activities with frequent
public interventions at conferences and in the mass media.
Editorialist for
numerous newspapers and magazines, he has written for
Economia
& Management,
L'Impresa,
Linkiesta,
Europa,
Sapere,
la Repubblica (edizione di Palermo), and
Quotidiano
di Sicilia.
Contact
E-mail: mario.pagliaro[at]cnr.it
Twitter:
@helionomics
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