Scientific identity

Team

A contemporary academic lab where chemical rigor, sustainability, and collaboration become practical tools for innovation.

Scientific leadership

Professors responsible for the lab

Portrait of Professor Claudio Pellecchia

Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Prof. Claudio Pellecchia

Claudio Pellecchia is a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry whose academic career has focused on organometallic chemistry and polymerization catalysis, with internationally recognized contributions to catalytic systems for the stereospecific polymerization of olefins. His current research is directed toward sustainable polymer chemistry, biodegradable biopolymers from lactone polymerization and copolymerization, and green alternatives to conventional thermosetting materials through recyclable high-performance polymer networks.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4358-1776 UNISA profile

Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry | Delegate for Sustainability

Prof. Mina Mazzeo

Mina Mazzeo is a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Delegate for Sustainability for the University of Salerno. Her research focuses on homogeneous catalysis for polymerization and depolymerization processes through the design of metal complexes and organocatalytic methods, with applications in biodegradable polymers, chemical recycling of plastic waste, ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters, and copolymerization of epoxides and anhydrides.

ORCID: 0000-0003-4683-7642 UNISA profile

Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Prof. Marina Lamberti

Marina Lamberti is an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry whose scientific interests focus on sustainable chemical processes and innovative materials with high technological value. Her work combines coordination chemistry with circular economy goals, including carbon dioxide valorization as a renewable building block for cyclic carbonates and sustainable polycarbonates through the copolymerization of CO2 with epoxides.

ORCID: 0000-0002-9118-0048 UNISA profile

Associate Professor of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

Prof. Maria Strianese

Maria Strianese is an Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Analytical and Biomolecular Methodologies. Her research is dedicated to advanced bio- and chemo-sensors, integrating coordination chemistry with molecular systems for monitoring analytes of biomedical and environmental value, with applications in clinical diagnostics, environmental protection, and high-sensitivity detection of biological and pollutant targets.

ORCID: 0000-0002-6180-872X UNISA profile