Associate Professors

Her academic journey began at this university, where she completed both her Bachelor and Master degrees in Chemistry, graduating summa cum laude in 2005 and 2007, respectively. She earned her doctoral degree in Chemistry at the University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster) in November 2011, conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Luisa De Cola and graduating with magna cum laude.

After a brief experience in industry, at Aixtron SE, in Aachen (Germany), from February 2012 to October 2014, where she focused on chemical vapor deposition technologies, she came back to the academic system at the CAT Catalytic Center at RWTH Aachen University from November 2014 to August 2016, where she made significant contributions to catalytic process development, evidenced by the filing of four patents and publications.

From September 2016 to August 2024, Dr. Bizzarri led an Independent Junior Research Group at the Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, where she was also appointed as an Akademische Rätin (Lecturer) in January 2020, in the gourp of Prof. Stefan Bräse. In June 2024, she earned her habilitation of the German academic system (venia legendi) in Organic Chemistry from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Previously, from October 2023 to March 2024, she served as a Deputy Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hohenheim.

Throughout her career, Prof. Bizzarri has been actively involved in international research collaborations. She was a visiting PhD student at University College London (UK), working at the Centre of Nanotechnology under the guidance of Prof. F. Cacialli. Earlier in her academic career, she participated in a summer research program at the University of Minnesota Duluth (USA) in 2007, collaborating with Prof. V. Nemykin.

Her research focuses on molecular functional materials for photochemistry, photo (redox)catalysis, optoelectronics, and bioimaging. In particular, she develops non-innocent ligands for coordination complexes with earth-abundant metals, which she fully characterize photophysically and (spectro)electrochemically. She is particularly interested in waste-product valorization, focusing her research efforts on photo-driven CO2 reduction and artificial photosynthesis.

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