ROMEO Andrea

Current Position -
Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry (SSD CHIM/03) since January 2018 at the Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche ed Ambientali.
He taught courses of General Chemistry and Laboratory of General Chemistry (Degree in Industrial Chemistry), General and Inorganic Chemistry (Degree in Gastronomic Sciences), General and Inorganic Chemistry and Laboratory of General Chemistry
(Degree in Environmental and Natural Sciences), General and Inorganic Chemistry (Degree in Analysis and Management of Natural and Anthropic Risks). Actually, he teaches courses of Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry (Degree in Chemistry) and General and Inorganic Chemistry (Degree in Environmental, Marine, Science and Terrestrial Sciences).

Previous Academic Position -
November 2014 – December 2017
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Messina, Salita Sperone n.31, Vill. S. Agata, Messina.
Associate Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry (SSD CHIM/03)
January 2001 – October 2014
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Università di Messina, Salita Sperone n.31, Vill. S. Agata, Messina.
Researcher of General and Inorganic Chemistry (SSD CHIM/03)

Professional Training -
[1] Establishment: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination Organique, University of Strasbourg , Fr (1999)
Position: PhD student
Mentor: Prof. M.W. Hosseini
[2] Establishment: Department of Chemistry, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA (1995, 1996, 2003, 2006)
Position: Visiting researcher
Mentor: Prof. Robert F. Pasternack

University Education - Postgraduate Career -
Establishment: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica (University of Messina)
Qualification: Dottorato in Chemical Sciences (1996-1999)
Supervisor: Prof. Matteo Cusumano
PhD Thesis: " Self-assembly of planar molecules and supramolecular structures induced by biological matrices. "
University Education - Undergraduate Career -
Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica, Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica (University of Messina)
Qualification: Laurea (Honours) in Chemistry (1996)

Participation in Funded Projects -
PRIN (COFIN) 1998 (prot: 9803243241_006);
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03.
Title: Individuazione e Ruolo di Intermedi a Coordinazione non Usuale nella Chimica di Complessi Quadrati.

PRIN (COFIN) 2002 (prot: 2002031332_010);
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Intermedi non usuali nella chimica del Platino(II): studi meccanicistici come guida alla sintesi di sistemi complessi con altre specie planari.

PRIN (COFIN) 2004 (prot: 2004030719_008);
Ruolo: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Insaturazione Coordinativa nella Chimica del Platino(II) : Studi Meccanicistici Come Guida alla Attivazione del Legame C-H e alla Sintesi di Sistemi Molecolari Complessi.

PRIN (COFIN) 2007 (prot: 20077EZFR4);
Role: Scientific national coordinator
Area: 03
Title: Attivazione del Legame Carbonio-Idrogeno Mediante Composti di Platino(II).

PRIN (COFIN) 2010-2011 (prot: 2010C4R8M8_003);
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Organizzazione Funzionale a Livello Nanoscopico di (Bio)molecole e Ibridi per Applicazioni nel Campo della Sensoristica, della Medicina e delle Biotecnologie.

PRA 2001
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Sistemi Supramolecolari Contenenti Porfirine e Composti Organometallici di Platino (II).

PRA 2002
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Indagini Strutturali e Cinetiche su Composti Organometallici di Platino(II), Porfirine e Porfirine Platinate.

PRA 2003
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Studi Meccanicistici e Strutturali su Composti Organometallici di Platino(II) e su Porfirine Come Guida alla Sintesi di Sistemi Supramolecolari.

PRA 2003 (Interdisciplinare)
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Nanomateriali e Nanodispositivi Basati su Batteriofagi Modificati Geneticamente e Porfirine.

PRA 2004
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Studi Meccanicistici su Complessi di Platino(II) Come Guida alla Attivazione del Legame C-H e alla Sintesi di Sistemi Molecolari Complessi.

PRA 2005 (Prot: ORME053887)
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Studi Meccanicistici su Complessi di Platino(II) Finalizzati all'Attivazione del Legame C-H e alla Sintesi di Nuovi Complessi ad Estesa Planarità.

PRA 2008-2009 (Prot: ORME09SB5H)
Role: He participated as a co-signatory.
Area: 03
Title: Chiralità in sistemi supramolecolari di porfirine.

Participation in Conferences -
Various oral presentations at international and italian meetings as well as coauthor in many oral and poster presentations (> 150) at more than 100 conferences.

Memberships -
Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
Società Chimica Italiana
Memer of Consorzio Interuniversitario di Ricerca in Chimica dei Metalli nei Sistemi Biologici - CIRCMSB.

Conference organizations -
Organizing committee member of SCI Congress (Divisioni Sicilia-Calabria) (Messina, 3-4 dicembre 2007).
Organizing committee member of 4th National Conference CD.TE.C (Giardini Naxos (ME) 9-11 maggio 2013).
Organizing committee member of XII Congresso Nazionale di Chimica Supramolecolare (Giardini Naxos (ME) 27-30 settembre 2015).
Organizing committee member of 16th WORKSHOP on PHARMACO-BIO-METALLICS (Messina 28-29 ottobre 2016).

Refereeing activity -
He has been referee for many journals, as: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry B/C, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Chemistry of Materials, Chemistry an European Journal, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Journal of Material Chemistry, Photochemical Photobiological Sciences, Molecules, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, New Journal of Chemistry, Spectrochimica Acta, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Frontiers in Chemistry.
He is in the editorial board of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Publications -
97 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.
h-index: 30
Citations (WoS): 2545

Research Interests -
The research activity is mainly devoted to the investigation of supramolecular assembling and organization of chromophore systems (coordination and organometallic platinum(II) complexes, porphyrins and their metallo derivatives) in aqueous solution, confined environments and on polymers or biological matrices with particular regard to the study of the expression of chirality from nano- to the mesoscale.
All the studies are carried out through a variety of spectroscopic (UV/Vis, IR, NMR, fluorescence emission and circular dichroism), light scattering (elastic, dynamic and resonant scattering) and microscopic techniques (SEM, SNOM, AFM).
Other important aspects of the research activity are:
i) investigation of reaction mechanisms in organometallic platinum(II) complexes and the interaction of metal complexes with biologically relevant systems.
ii) synthesis, functionalization and characterization of nano- and meso-structures of organic, inorganic and hybrid systems opportunely designed for applications for sensors, optoelectronic devices and drug delivey,
iii) design, synthesis and characterization of organic dyes and their metallo-derivatives for using as photosensitizers and functional materials in obtaining composite membranes for applications in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells.