Department of Chemical Science and Technologies

On behalf of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and the Organizing Committee, we are pleased to invite you to attend the GEI 2025 Congress, the annual meeting of the Electrochemistry Division of the SCI, organized in collaboration with the University of Camerino.

GEI stands for Days of Italian Electrochemistry, and our goal is to make these days a true international gathering. We envision GEI as a dynamic forum where experts from around the world, bringing diverse yet electrochemistry-converging backgrounds, come together to share knowledge and foster collaboration. This year, we are excited to host the event in the beautiful Italian setting of San Benedetto del Tronto from September 15 to 19, 2025: a perfect backdrop for scientific exchange and networking in person.

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Also this year the DCST was present at the Maker Faire with Cosimo Ricci, first year PhD student in Chemical Sciences and promoter of the PRIN2022 GREEN³ project (PI Marilena Carbone), within the stand A light on food.

At the end of the 3 days participation, the group was awarded the Maker of Merit award, promoted by the Chamber of Commerce.

A special acknowledgement to the colleagues of the CNR-IFN, Francesca Romana Bertani, co-PI of the PRIN2022 GREEN³ project and driving force of the initiative together with Annamaria

Like every year, Stanford University publishes the Top 2% Most Influential Scientists, a list of the world’s elite most influential scientists in the academic field, selected from a pool of approximately 9 million researchers, worldwide.

This year, the excellence of the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies is confirmed, with 12 members in the Top 2%.

Their names (in alphabetical order) are:

Prof. Marilena Carbone, leader of the research group Startnetics co-organizes 2 sessions dedicated to “Innovations for Enhanced Performances DSSCs” within the International Conference NanoInnovation2024 that will be held at the S.Gallo cloister in Rome from September 9th to 13th , 2024.

The research group, in addition, has received 2 invited talks and will present 2 posters.

Understanding the stability and activity of freeze dried bio-macromolecules at low degrees of hydration is crucial for pharmaceutical and food industries. However, the building of in silico models for dynamical studies at a molecular level needs careful consideration. In this work, researchers of the Department of Chemical Science and Technologies of the University of Rome Tor Vergata in collaboration with Dr Mark Telling (STFC, ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK) propose a modelling protocol that mimics experimental protein lyophilization, and proteins in weakly hydrated amorphous states, and validate it against experimental neutron scattering data.

The study has been published on Communication Chemistry on 12 April 2024 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-024-01167-6).

Two proteins of different structural complexity are investigated: apoferritin and insulin, illustrated on the left and right, respectively, in the figure.

The Top 2% Most Influential Scientists’ List, published by Stanford University, represents a prestigious recognition honoring researchers whose work has had a significant impact in their respective scientific fields. Selected from a pool of approximately 9 million researchers globally, the list covers 22 scientific areas and 174 subcategories, comprising the top 2% of the world’s best researchers. Divided into two lists — one covering the entire career span (1996-2022) and the other focusing on the latest year’s contributions (2022 citations) — this compilation attests to the quality, quantity, and dissemination of scientific publications produced by researchers in their respective fields of study.

In the 2023 ranking, 89 researchers from the University of Rome Tor Vergata earned recognition for the year 2022 category, while 86 excelled in the category encompassing their entire careers.

Notably, 12 researchers within the Top 2% belong to the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, affirming its excellence. Here are their names (in alphabetical order):

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X-CHEM “eXpanding CHEMistry: implementing excellence in research and teaching” is the name of the project with which the Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies was selected among the 11 Departments funded in the Chemistry area within the 180 Departments of Excellence 2023-2027 .

X-CHEM represents for the DSTC the opportunity to become not only a national but also a European reference point in the Chemistry area, with the aim of permanently entering among the best 100 European Departments, developing new synergies through interaction and collaboration among all the research groups of the various thematic areas present in the Department, thanks also to the creation of an advanced microscopy infrastructure.

The project aims to enhance interdisciplinary activities in the sectors of Energy Transition, Health and Environment coordinated in order to offer a contribution to the resolution of global challenges, in accordance with the principles of sustainable development identified in the Italian and European strategic plans (European Green Deal, Horizon Europe, PNRR, PNR 2021-2027, PNIR), in line with the regional and national Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation.

As part of the X-CHEM project, research projects for young researchers, doctoral scholarships and a fund for visiting professors will also be financed to increase the degree of internationalization of the two reference doctorate courses (Chemical Sciences and Materials for Health, Environment and Energy). The individual economic endowment of PhD students will also be increased, increasing the possibility of participating in international schools, workshops and congresses and of carrying out research activities in collaboration with national and/or international groups.

In terms of human resources, the recruitment of a professor, five researchers, two units of laboratory technical staff, two technical-administrative staff and the activation of four two-year research contracts are envisaged.

The overall value of the X-CHEM project (5 years) is € 7,125,690.