GATTUSO Giuseppe

Professor Giuseppe Gattuso graduated in Chemistry at the Università di Messina in 1993 and obtained a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Birmingham in 1997, under the supervision of Prof. Sir J. F. Stoddart (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016). Since 1999 to 2014 he has held the position of ‘Ricercatore’ (Assistant Professor) in Organic Chemistry at the University of Messina, where he is now Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry. His most recent research has been carried out in the field of host-guest and supramolecular chemistry and in the area of natural compounds, with a main focus on the design and synthesis of macrocyclic receptors (cyclodextrins, (hetero)calixarenes, cyclic amides) and isolation and characterization of compounds with a biological interest (flavonoids, furocoumarines). His research activity is documented by 96 articles on international journals6 invited plenary lectures, 17 oral communications, and 41 poster communications at national and international conferences.

Messina, 17/12/2018