ORCHID

Federico Palazzetti

Università degli Studi di Perugia

Address Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie -Università di Perugia  

via Elce di Sotto, 8 - 06123 Perugia - Italy

Phone +39 075 5855748

Email federicopalazzetti@yahoo.it

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Personal details

Federico Palazzetti, born in Umbertide - Perugia (Italy) on 29 April 1975.

Affiliations

-           Università degli Studi di Perugia – Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie, via Elce di Sotto, 8 – 06123 Perugia, Italy.

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Researcher unique identifier

ORCID: 0000-0002-1361-0524,

Research ID: M-8170-2015

Current positions

–             Research fellow at Università degli Studi di Perugia. 

Education

–              Laurea in Chemistry at the Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy (2005) “Indicators of isomerizations and phase-transition in the classical dynamics of nanoaggregates”. 

–        Ph. D. in Chemistry at the Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy (2009) “Hyperspherical View of Potential Energy Profiles for Atomic and Molecular Systems and Related Chiral Effects”.

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Student exchange programs

• Winner of an ERASMUS scholarship at the "Departamento de Quìmica-Universidade de Coimbra", Coimbra (Portugal).  (February-July 2002)

Working experiences

–              Fellowship with the Department of Chemistry of the Università degli Studi di Perugia. "Phase transition of nanoaggregates".   (2006)

–      PhD Scholarship at Department of Chemistry – Università degli Studi di Perugia.  (Nov 2006 – Oct 2009).

–              Post-doc position at the Department of Chemistry of the Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy. “Dynamics of nanoaggregates, experiments and simulations”. (Jul 2010 – Jul 2012).

–             Post-doc position at the “National Research Council of Italy - Institute of Inorganic Methodologies and Plasmas” CNR – IMIP Bari. Fellowship within the project “Planetary Entry Integrated Models”. Supervisor: Mario Capitelli. (Oct 2012 – Sep 2013).

–              Post-doc position at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of the Università degli Studi di Pisa (and collaboration with Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), Italy. “Spectroscopic models in the conservation of cultural heritage”. (Jan 2014 – Apr 2014).

–              Research fellow at Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Italy. Local coordinator of the project “Advanced nanostructured materials for eco-sustainable cements: investigation of the structural properties and innovative strategies for their improvement”. (From Sep 2014 to March 2018).

-               Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry of the Università degli Studi di Perugia. Principal investigator for the project “OrChiD – Origin of Chiral Discrimination: a physico-chemical view”. From Oct 2015 to Oct 2019. ​

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Visiting Fellowships

–              Visiting student at the "Departament de Quìmica Fìsica- Universitat de Barcelona", Barcelona (Spain). “Simulation of elastic collisions of simple chiral molecules”.  Host professor: Antonio Aguilar. (Sep – Oct 2007)

–     Special Research Student at the Department of Chemistry of the Osaka University (Japan) (Winner of a FrontierLab@Osaka-u scholarship). “Hexapolar state-selection and orientation of chiral molecular beams: experiment and theory”. Supervisor: Toshio Kasai. (Sep 2008 - Jan 2009).

–              Visiting student at the Department of Chemistry of the Osaka University (Japan) (Winner of a GCOE - Global Centre Of Excellence scholarship). “Preparation of oriented chiral molecular beams: experiment and theory”. Supervisor: Toshio Kasai. (May - Aug 2009).

–    Visiting researcher at the Department of Chemistry of the Osaka University (Japan). Host professors: Toshio Kasai and Dock-Chil Che (Feb – Apr 2010 and Oct - Nov 2010).   

–    Visiting researcher at the Department of Chemistry – National Taiwan University, Taipei – Taiwan. Host professors: King-Chuen Lin and Toshio Kasai. (Aug – Nov 2011, Nov 2012 – Feb 2013, Nov 2015 and Nov 2016).

–    Visiting researcher at the Department of Chemistry of the Osaka University (Japan). Host professors: Takuya Matsumoto and Dock-Chil Che (Jul - Aug 2018).   

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Collaborations

• King-Chuen Lin – National Taiwan University-Department of Chemistry and Institute of Academic and Molecular Sciences-Academia Sinica – Taipei (Taiwan).

• Toshio Kasai – National Taiwan University-Department of Chemistry. Taipei (Taiwan).

• Po-Yu Tsai – National Chung Hsing University –Taichung (Taiwan).

• Dock-Chil Che – Osaka University-Graduate School of Science-Department of Chemistry – Osaka (Japan).

• Masaaki Nakamura - Tokyo Institute of Technology - Tokyo (Japan).

• Patrìcia R. P. Barreto – Laboratòrio Associado de Plasma-Instituto de Pesquisa Espaciais (National Institute of Spatial Researches) INPE – Sao José dos Campos-Sao Paulo (Brazil).

• Alessandra F. Albernaz – Instituto de Fìsica-Universidade de Brasìlia. Brasìlia (Brazil).

• Demetrio da Silva Neto - Instituto de Fisica - Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia (Brazil).

• Valter Henrique Carvalho Silva - Universidade Estatual de Goias, Anapolis (Brazil)

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Grants

• 2015-2019. SIR (Scientific Independence of young Researchers) 2014. Project title: “ORCHID is an integrated search of stereodynamical mechanisms on the ORigin of CHIral Discrimination by oriented molecular beams, synchrotron radiation, molecular dynamics and computational modeling.” Financial support: 400,000 EUR. Principal Investigator. (RBSI14U3VF)

• 2014-2018. FIRB (Futuro in Ricerca di Base) 2013. Project title: "Advanced nanostructured materials for eco-sustainable cements: investigation of the structural properties and innovative strategies for their improvement”. Financial support: 230,000 EUR. Local Coordinator 

• 2016-2018. Fondo per la Ricerca di Base. Participant.

• 2013-2016. PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) 2010-2011. Project title: “Studi di frontiera in spettroscopia e dinamica molecolare: da sistemi molecolari semplici ad aggregati supramolecolari e materiali avanzati.” Participant (2010ERFKXL_002).

• 2008-2010. PRIN 2007. Project title:”Dinamica di reazioni elementari e di interazioni intermolecolari in sistemi gassosi e dinamica molecolare in soluzioni acquose: esperimenti mediante tecniche a fasci molecolari e spettroscopia laser ed approcci quantistici ed approssimati.” Participant (2007H9S8SW_004).

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Awards

-   Premio annuale dedicato ai giovani studiosi per la migliore pubblicazione 2016. (Annual Award dedicated to Young Scientists for the Best Publication of the Università degli Studi di Perugia).

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Invited speaker

12° International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE), Athens 17-20 March 2016.

Workshop on “Mirror Images in Molecules: High Resolution Spectroscopy Features”. May 27 - 28, 2016

VI Seedmol Simposio de Estrutura Eletronica e Dinamica Molecular, Alto Paraiso (Goias –
Brazil) 19-23 September 2016.
Plenary lecture at II Symposium on Theoretical and Structural Chemistry SQTEA, Anapolis (Goias – Brazil) 16-18 May 2017.

Invited lecture at 61st Course of Hypersonic Meteoroid Entry Physics of the International School of Quantum Electronics Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture. October 2017, Erice (Italy).

Invited speaker at 14° International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engeneering, ICCMSE 2018, 14-18 March 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Invited speaker at The astrochemical observatory: focus on chiral molecules L’osservatorio astrochimico: obiettivo sulle molecole chirali, Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia, 22-23 March 2018, Rome.

Invited speaker at the 23rd International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXIII), 23-29 September 2018, Mopani Camp, Kruger Park, South Africa.

Invited speaker at the 24th International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics, and Biology (QSCP-XXIV), 17-23 August 2019, Odessa, Ukrain.

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Organized congresses

• Member of the local organizing committee for the IV Workshop of Italian Astrobiological Society, Perugia, Italy. 19-21 September 2012.

• 16° International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2016) “Quantum Mechanics: Computational Strategies and Application” Beijing (China), 4-7 july 2016.

• Workshop on "Stereodynamics of Molecular Chirality: Quantum, Classical and Molecular Dynamics Simulations" Perugia, 18-20 July 2016.

• Workshop CECAM “Molecular chirality from a physical and theoretical chemistry perspective”, EPFL-Losanne (Switzerland), 10-12 October 2016.

• Session "Molecular chirality from a classical and quantum point of view" in 13° International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE), Athens 17-20 March 2016.

• Symposium at Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei “The Quantum World of Molecules: From Orbitals to Spin Networks” Roma, 27-28 April 2016.

• XIV International Workshop on Quantum Scattering (QRS), Trieste 3-6 July 2017.

• Session "Molecular chirality from a classical and quantum point of view" in 14° International Conference of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engeneering, ICCMSE 2018, 14-18 March 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Symposium "The astrochemical observatory: focus on chiral molecules L’osservatorio astrochimico: obiettivo sulle molecole chirali", Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia, 22-23 March 2018, Rome.

• Symposium "Observatory for Astrochemical Kinetics and related Aspects", Biblioteca dell’Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL Scuderie Vecchie di Villa Torlonia, 27-28 June 2019, Rome.

Teaching activities.

Teacher of Computational Chemistry (2016 - 2019).

Teacher of Laboratory of General Inorganic Chemistry (2015 – 2019).

Teaching and laboratory assistant of General and Inorganic Chemistry (2012 – 2014).

Tutoring for bachelor and master degree thesis.

Publications.

Published papers: 84.

Citations: 1392 (from Google Scholar)

H-index: 24 (from Google Scholar).

Contribution to congress, oral presentations and posters: 58.

Guest Editor for Symmetry, Special Issue "Reactions, Structures, and Properties of Small Clusters: Experiments and Theory".

Guest Editor for Rendiconti Lincei, Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, “Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2018, Special Section: The Quantum World of Molecules, from Orbitals to Spin Networks”.

Editor for Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL. Memorie di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali.138° (2018) Vol. I, Fasc. I. “Observatory for Astrochemical Kinetics and Related Aspects”.

Editor for Rendiconti Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL. Memorie di Scienze Fisiche e Naturali.136° (2018) Vol. XLII, Parte II, Tomo II. “The astrochemical observatory: focus on chiral molecules”.

Reviewer for international scientific journals: Physical  Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Molecular Modeling, Rendiconti Lincei, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts.

Academic experiences.

Member of the Council of the Department of Chemistry as representative of the PhD students (2007-2009).

Member of the Council of Department of Chemistry as representative of the Post-doctoral Researchers (2012).

High school achievements.

-     1991. 6th position in the regional ranking (Umbria – Italy) at “Giochi della Chimica”, preliminary to the Chemistry Olympiads.

-         1994. Formative stage in the thermoelectric power station (ENEL) in Perugia (Italy).

-         1994. High School diploma at Technological Institute – Chemical Industry “Alessandro Volta” Perugia.

Skills

Spoken languages: Italian, English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. Knowledge of German, Japanese and Chinese.

Program languages: Fortran77, Basic, Pascal e HTML.

Operative systems: Windows and Linux.

Scientific programs: Mathematica, MATLAB and Gaussian.

Other working activities

–       1994 – 2006. Private teacher on chemistry, physics, mathematics and English.

–       1994 – 2005. Working in my family business: industrial electrical systems.

–       December 1997- October 1998. civilian service in a health structure.

Hobbies

Esperanto and Chinese calligraphy.

Classical guitar and alto saxophone player.

Played sports: running, basketball, rugby, cycling, tennis, boxing and badminton.