Santo DI BELLA

Education

• Laurea with honors in Chemistry (1982), University of Catania
• Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry (1987), University of Catania
• Postdoc CNR Fellow (1991-1992), Northwestern University (Prof. T. J. Marks), Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)

Career

• Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (1992-1998), University of Catania       
• Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (1998-2023), University of Catania    
• National Scientific Habilitation (since 2013) for Full Professor in Inorganic Chemistry 
• Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (2023-), University of Catania         

Teaching Activity

• General and Inorganic Chemistry (BSc course in Industrial Chemistry – University of Catania)
• Optical and Optoelectronic Materials (MSc course in Chemical Science - Materials Chemistry – University of Catania)
• Member of the Teaching Board of the International PhD course “Chemical Science” - University of Catania 

Research and Professional Experience

• Postdoc CNR Fellow (1991-1992), Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)
• Visiting Scientist (June-Sept. 1993), Northwestern University, Department of Chemistry (Illinois-USA)
• Invited Professor (June-July 2001), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (Cachan,France)
• Research actvity: metal complexes and functional molecular materials

Publications (ResearcherID: A-5592-2008)

• Author of more than 100 publications in international peer-reviewed journals
• Number of citations (Web of Science): 4700+
• Citing articles (Web of Science): 3000+
• h-index (Web of Science): 37 
• The most cited review article: 630+ citations in WoS
• The most cited article: 300+ citations in WoS
• Among 100,000 top scientists based on “A standardized citation metrics” (since 2017) in 22 scientific fields. Updated 2023 (version 6): ranked #69,237 over 9,617,763 scientists (top 0.7%) (Table_1_Author_career_2022); In the subfield Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry: ranked #407 over 72,729 inorganic chemists (top 0.6%) (Table_1_Author_career_2022) 

Editorial Activity

• Guest Editor - Special Issue "Schiff-Base Metal Complexes" - Inorganics, MDPI (ISSN 2304-6740; Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus)
• Editorial Board – Inorganics, MDPI (ISSN 2304-6740; Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus)

Referee for International Journals (Publons-1246877)

• Reviewer for over 80 international journals
• Reviews verified: 460+ since 2002

Current Research Interests

• Molecular materials and sensing
• Second-order nonlinear optical (NLO) molecular materials
• Nanostructured molecular materials

Last edit: 10/23/2023