Stefano Santoro, stefano.santoro@unipg.it
Education and Work Experiences
- September 2017 – Today
- Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
- September 2014 – September 2017
- Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy
- January 2010 – August 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden (Advisor: Prof. Fahmi Himo) - March 2009 – December 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, University of Perugia, Italy (Advisors: Prof. Marcello Tiecco and Prof. Claudio Santi) - November 2005 – February 2009
Ph.D. in “Chemistry and Technology of Drugs”, Department of Chemistry and Technology of Drugs, University of Perugia, Italy (Advisors: Prof. Marcello Tiecco and Prof. Claudio Santi) - November 2006 – July 2007
Visiting Ph.D. student, Center for Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, Århus University, Denmark (Advisor: Prof. Karl Anker Jørgensen) - October 1999 – October 2005
Master Degree in “Chimica e Tecnologia Farmaceutiche”, cum laude, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Perugia, Italy
Fellowships and Awards
- 2014 – 2017 “Rita Levi Montalcini” Program (Rientro dei Cervelli)
- 2010 – 2011 Wenner-Gren Fellowship
- 2009 CINMPIS Fellowship
- 2005 “Paolo Ceccarelli” award, for the best thesis in Organic Chemistry and related sciences
Research Interests
- Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, C-H functionalization strategies, novel reaction media, mechanistic investigations through DFT calculations