Prof. Luigi Vaccaro

Associate Editor

Dipartimento di Chimica, Biologia e Biotecnologie
Università di Perugia
Perugia
Italy

Scientific career

since 2014	Guest Professor (Bijzonder Gastdocent) at the University of KU Leuven, Belgium
2013	Full Professor of Organic Chemistry qualification
2012	Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the “Università degli Studi di Perugia”
2000-2012	Research Associate and then Assistant Professor at the “Università degli Studi di Perugia”
1999	University of Groningen (NL) visiting fellow, Prof. J.B.F.N. Engberts research group
1999	PhD in Chemical Sciences at the “Università degli Studi di Perugia”
1996	Degree in chemistry at the “Università degli Studi di Napoli – Federico II”, Italy

 

Research interests

Prof. Vaccaro's main research interests are:

i) Use of safer, recoverable and reusable reaction media

ii) Development of heterogeneous and recoverable catalytic systems tailor-made for being used in safer media and in flow reactors

iii) Manipulation of biomass derived chemicals to access novel fine chemicals

iv) Development of flow protocols to reduce the waste production and energy consumption in chemical transformations

 

Thematic issues

Prof. Vaccaro edited the thematic issues in the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry:

Green chemistry II

Green chemistry

 

For additional information, please visit the homepage of Prof. Vaccaro.