Assunta Marrocchi assunta.marrocchi@unipg.it
Education
1995-1998 – PhD in Chemical Sciences (Synthetic Organic Chemistry) at the University of Perugia
1993 – Degree in Chemistry at the University of Perugia
Academic Appointments
2015-present: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology of the University of Perugia.
2002-2015: Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology of the University of Perugia.
Major Visiting Appointments
2014-2017: Visiting Lecturer at the University of Malta, Faculty for the Built Environment, Department of Built Heritage, within Erasmus+ Program
2008: Visiting Scientist at Northwestern University (Department of Chemistry, the Materials Research Center, and the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Center), Evanston, IL (USA), working with the research group of Prof. Tobin J. Marks and Prof. Antonio Facchetti.
2001: Visiting Scientist at the Radboud Universitaat Nijmegen, The Netherlands (Prof. Dr.
Hans W. Scheeren group), within the Short Term Mobility program funded by C.N.R.
1998: Visiting PhD student at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, joining the research group of Prof. Dr. Henning Hopf.
Main research interests
(1) Biomass conversion into high added value chemicals, fuels and materials (2) Heterogeneous catalysis (3) Advanced semiconducting organic materials for electronics/photonics.
Current Teaching Activities
A.Y. 2019/2020 –present: Lecturer of “Bioorganic Chemistry (From A.Y. 2020/2021 on: “Polymer Chemistry”
A.Y. 2017/2018 –present: Lecturer of “REACh and CLP Regulations and Evaluation of Chemical Risk”, University of Perugia (Italy)
A.Y. 2016/2017–present: Lecturer of “Eco- Bio-compatible Synthetic Processes”, University of Perugia (Italy)
A.Y. 2016/2017–present: Lecturer of “Chemical Processes for Biomass Valorization”, University of Perugia (Italy)
2009–present: Seminars/Courses for the PhD School in Chemical Sciences and PhD School in Biotechnology, University of Perugia (Italy)
Other notes
- Lead-Author/Co-Author of over 100 publications in National/International journals, including invited papers, two issued patents and two book chapters with ISBN and DOI
- Lead-Author/Co-Author of over 110 presentations at National/International Conferences, including invited lectures.
- Member of the Italian Chemical Society