Curriculum Vitae
Name: Luisa De Cola
Birthplace and date: Messina (Italy), 15/07/1960
Position: Full Professor in Physics and Chemistry Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and part-time professor at the University of Twente, the Netherlands
Most relevant appointments in her scientific career
| 1978-1983 | Laurea in Chemistry summa cum laude, University of Messina (Italy), supervisor Prof. Raffaello Romeo. |
| 1984-1986 | Postdoctoral fellow (NIH) at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA (supervisor: Prof. Lidia M. Vallarino). |
| 1986-1990 | Researcher National Research Council, CNR, Instituto F.R.A.E, Bologna (group leader Prof. Vincenzo Balzani). |
| 1990-1998 | Assistant Professor University of Bologna (Italy). |
| 1998-2004 | Full Professor, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), chair of Molecular Photonic Materials. |
| since 2005 | Full Professor (C4) in Physics and Chemistry, University of Münster (Germany) chair of Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics. |
| 2005- | Member of the Board of the Center for Nanotechnology, CeNTech, Muenster |
| 2006-2012 | Part-time Professor Department of Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry group, University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| 2009 | Offer as full professor at the University of Twente (declined) |
| 2011 | Offer at the University of Strasbourg/ISIS Chair in Supramolecular Chemistry, accepted. She will move there in September 2012 |
Awards and Professional Appointments
| 1986 | Prize for chemistry "Fondazione U. Bonino e M.S. Pulejo" |
| 1987-1989 | CNR scholarship |
| 1993 | Prize for Chemistry of the "Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli". |
| 1995 | Federchimica National Prize "per un futuro intelligente (for a smart future)". |
| 1995 | International Prize of the European Photochemistry Association "Grammaticakis-Neumann" |
| 2004 | Finalist of the Descartes Prize 2004 |
| 2003-2007 | Member of the Advisory Board for the Chemistry Department, Imperial College of London. |
| 2009 | European Research Council, ERC Advanced Grant Award. |
| 2011 | IUPAC prize for the most distinguished women in the field of chemistry and chemical engineering |
| 2012 | Gutenberg Chair Award |
| 2013 | President of the Bürgenstock conference |
Guest/Visiting Professorships
| 1987/88 | University of Fribourg, Switzerland |
| 1999 | University of Leuven, Belgium |
| 2001 | University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA |
| 2002 | University of Bordeaux, France |
| 2007 | Harvard University, Boston, USA and University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
| 2008 | University of Malaga, Spain |
| 2009 | ISIS and ULP, Strasbourg, France and University of Sassari |
| 2010 | University of Tokyo |
| 2011 | MIT, Boston, USA |
Other relevant scientific activities
Prof. De Cola has been in the editorial board of Inorganic Chemistry, Chemical Society Reviews, and from 2011 she is a member of the editorial board of Chemistry of Materials (ACS), ChemPhysChem and ChemPlusChem (Wiley). She was and is coordinator of European projects and member of evaluation committees (ERC).
Scientific Profile and Scientific Output
Prof. De Cola is leading a very international group comprising about 25/28 people (at the moment: 10 PhDs, 12 Post-docs, 1 habilitand, 1 researcher, 2 technician and 2 diploma students) working in 2 main research areas: a) luminescent and electro-luminescent materials for optical and electroluminescent devices; b) nanomaterials for imaging diagnostics and therapy.
She has published 250 papers, filed 15 patents and she has a H index of 48 and more than 8600 citations.
