Univ.-Prof. Davide Bonifazi, PhD

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Curriculum Vitae:

born 1975 in Guastalla, Italy
1994-1999 Laurea in Industrial Chemistry with Honoris, Diploma Studies in Industrial Chemistry, Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Italy
1998-1999 Diploma Work, "Complexation Properties of Cavitands Functionalized at the Lower Rim with Pyridine Moieties", Universitá degli Studi di Parma, Italy
2000-2004 Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, "From Solution to Surfaces: Synthesis, Physical Properties, and Materials Applications of [60]Fullerene and Porphyrins Derivatives", ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2001, 2003, 2004 Visiting Ph.D. student, "Tuning Electronic Properties of Semiconductor-based Devices by Adsorption of [60]Fullerene Derivatives", Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
2004-2006 Post-Doctorate: "Organic Functionalization of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes", Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
2004 Post-Doctorate, "Modification of surfaces with [60]Fullerenes for Molecular Electronics Applications", ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
2005 Visiting Scientist, "NLO properties of [60]Fullerene-donors Conjugates", Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, FORTH, Patras, Greece
2006-2012  Junior Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
2011 ERC Starting Grant awarded by the European Research Council within the FP7 framework
2009-2016 Part-time Professor at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
2012-2015 Professor in Organic Chemistry, 1st Fellow Member of the Namur Research College (NARC), Department of Chemistry, University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium
2015-2020 Chair Professor in Supramolecular Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
since April 2020 Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna

Research Areas:

* Development of new synthetic methodologies for preparing nanographenes
* Design, synthesis and characterization of organic light-harvesting antenna systems
* Discovery of exotic non-covalent molecular recognition systems
* Flexible optoelectronic devices
* Functional supramolecular systems interfacing cellular bodies