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| Vincenzo Balzani |
Vincenzo Balzani (born 15 November 1936
in Forlimpopoli, Italy) is an Italian chemist, now emeritus professor at
the University of Bologna.
He has spent most of his professional life at the “Giacomo Ciamician” Department of Chemistry of the University of Bologna, becoming full professor in 1973. He has been visiting professor at several universities. He was the director of the Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Institute of the National Research Council from 1977 to 1988. He has been appointed emeritus professor on November 1, 2010.
He taught courses on General and Inorganic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Supramolecular chemistry. He was chairman of the PhD course on Chemical Sciences from 2002 to 2007 and of the “laurea specialistica” in Photochemistry and Material Chemistry from 2004 to 2007. In the Academic Year 2008-2009 he founded at the University of Bologna an interdisciplinary course on Science and Society.
He believes that scientists have a great responsibility that comes from knowledge, so that it is their duty to educate citizens and help decision makers to find solution for mankind's problems. Therefore he places side by side scientific research and education on various themes including chemistry, science and society, science and peace, and particularly the energy problem. His book Energia per l’Astronave Terra (Zanichelli, 2008, with N. Armaroli) received the 2009 Galileo prize for scientific education. In 2011 he has received the Città di Sasso Marconi prize for public education on the theme of energy.
He is a member of: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Royal Society of Chemistry; European Academy of Sciences; Academia Europaea; Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL; Accademia delle Scienze di Torino; Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli; Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna.
He has spent most of his professional life at the “Giacomo Ciamician” Department of Chemistry of the University of Bologna, becoming full professor in 1973. He has been visiting professor at several universities. He was the director of the Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry Institute of the National Research Council from 1977 to 1988. He has been appointed emeritus professor on November 1, 2010.
He taught courses on General and Inorganic Chemistry, Photochemistry, Supramolecular chemistry. He was chairman of the PhD course on Chemical Sciences from 2002 to 2007 and of the “laurea specialistica” in Photochemistry and Material Chemistry from 2004 to 2007. In the Academic Year 2008-2009 he founded at the University of Bologna an interdisciplinary course on Science and Society.
He believes that scientists have a great responsibility that comes from knowledge, so that it is their duty to educate citizens and help decision makers to find solution for mankind's problems. Therefore he places side by side scientific research and education on various themes including chemistry, science and society, science and peace, and particularly the energy problem. His book Energia per l’Astronave Terra (Zanichelli, 2008, with N. Armaroli) received the 2009 Galileo prize for scientific education. In 2011 he has received the Città di Sasso Marconi prize for public education on the theme of energy.
He is a member of: American Association for the Advancement of Science; Royal Society of Chemistry; European Academy of Sciences; Academia Europaea; Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei; Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL; Accademia delle Scienze di Torino; Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Napoli; Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna.
Honors and awards
Pacific West Coast Inorganic
Lectureship, USA and Canada, 1985; Gold Medal "S. Cannizzaro", Italian
Chemical Society, 1988; Doctorate "Honoris Causa", University of
Fribourg (CH), 1989; Accademia dei Lincei Award in Chemistry, Italy,
1992; Ziegler-Natta Lecturer, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, Germany,
1994; Italgas European Prize for Research and Innovation, 1994;
Centenary Lecturer, The Royal Chemical Society (U.K.), 1995; Porter
Medal for Photochemistry, 2000; Prix Franco-Italien de la Société
Française de Chimie, 2002; Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della
Repubblica Italiana, 2006; Quilico Gold Metal, Organic Division, Italian
Chemical Society, 2008; Honor Professor, East China University of
Science and Technology of Shanghai, 2009; Blaise Pascal Medal, European
Academy of Sciences, 2009; Rotary Club Galileo International Prize for
scientific research, 2011.
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