Santo DI BELLA
Full Professor of General and inorganic chemistry [CHIM/03]
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
- ORCID: 0000-0002-7120-1817
- CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System: link al sito
- Researcher ID: A-5592-2008
VIEW THE COURSES FROM THE A.Y. 2022/2023 TO THE PRESENT
Academic Year 2021/2022
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemical Sciences - 2nd Year
MATERIALI OTTICI ED OPTOELETTRONICI - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
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Academic Year 2020/2021
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemical Sciences - 2nd Year
MATERIALI OTTICI ED OPTOELETTRONICI - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA I E LABORATORIO
Academic Year 2019/2020
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA I E LABORATORIO
Academic Year 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemistry of Materials - 1st Year
CHIMICA METALLORGANICA - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA E LABORATORIO
Academic Year 2017/2018
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemistry of Materials - 1st Year
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA E LABORATORIO
Academic Year 2016/2017
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemistry of Materials - 1st Year
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA E LABORATORIO
Academic Year 2015/2016
- DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Master's Degree in Chemistry of Materials - 1st Year
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Chemistry - 1st Year
CHIMICA GENERALE ED INORGANICA E LABORATORIO