Curriculum di Ottorino DE LUCCHI
Married, two children.
Office: Dipartimento di Chimica, Dorsoduro 2137, I-30123 Venezia, Italy. 041 234 8546 / Lab. 8906
Fax: 041 234 8517 [email protected]
Education
Professional experience
Professional activity
Professional societies
Scientific activity
Honors
Recent lectures
Education :
Lyceum: Maturità scientifica, 1970, Liceo Scientifico E. Fermi, Padova.
Doctor in Chemistry: October 1975, Università di Padova.Thesis:"Thiirenium Ions: Identification and Reactivity".
Advisor: Prof. G. Modena. Institute of Organic Chemistry.
Doctor in Pharmacy: November 1977, Università di Padova.Thesis:"Alkylthiosulfonium Salts: Importance in
Organic Synthesis and Model for Oxidative Phosphorilation". Advisor: Prof. G. Rodighiero. Institute of
Pharmacy and Tossicology.
Professional experience:
Research Fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Università di Padova, October 1975 - April 1976.
Military Service, April 1976 - April 1977.
Research Fellow, Institute of Organic Chemistry, Università di Padova, Italy.
Fellowship from SORIN Biomedica. January 1978 - October 1978.Research Associate, Department of
Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, USA. Research activities with Prof. W. Adam. November 1978 December 1979.
Collaboration with Dr. E. Klein, Gulf South Research Institute, New Orleans, USA. December 1979 - January
1980.
Research Associate, Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, BRD.
Research activity with Prof. W. Adam. January 1980 - November 1981.
Ricercatore, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica, Università di Padova, Italy. November 1981 - March 1986.
Professore Straordinario e Ordinario, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Sassari, Italy. March 1986 October 1990.
Professore Ordinario, Dipartimento di Chimica, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Italy. From November 1990
Professional activity:
Director: Centro di Spettroscopia, Università di Sassari, November 1988 - October 1990.
Director: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Sassari, November 1989 - October 1990.
Member: Consiglio di Amministrazione, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, 1992 - 1995.
"Pro-rettore delegato alla firma", Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, since 1995.
President: Centro Interdipartimentale Servizi, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, since 1996 - 1997.
Member: Comitato Scientifico Istituto CNR ICoCEA, Bologna, since 1997.
Member: Consiglio di Amministrazione ASPEG, since 1998.
Member: Direttivo Divisione Chimica Organica SCI, since 1999.
Member: "Nucleo di Valutazione", Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, since 1999.
Consultant: CIBA Specialty Chemicals, FIS (Vi), VIS (Pd), Zambon (Mi-Vi).
Professional societies :
Società Chimica Italiana, since 1976
American Chemical Society, since 1979
Royal Chemical Society since 1997
European Photochemical Association, since 1980
International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry, since 1989
International Council of Main Group Chemistry, since 1990.
Scientific activity:
Chemistry of organosulfur compounds
Biological implications of organosulfur compounds
Asymmetric synthesis
Cycloaddition reactions
Organic synthesis with sulfones and sulfoxides
Unusual molecules with unusual geometries and electronic distributions
High-symmetry chiral molecules
Synthetic chiral auxiliaries
Cyclotrimerisation reactions
Cup-shaped molecules.
Author of over 180 publications and of numerous communications to congresses and symposia.
Honors:
Ciamician medal - Società Chimica Italiana (1984).
Mangini lecture - Caen, France (1992).
Premio Federchimica (1993).
Zeneca lecture, Wilmington, USA (1997).
Recent lectures:
"Synthesis of Organic Molecules with peculiar Geometries and Electronic Distributions", Zeneca Lecture 1997,
Zeneca, Willminghton, U.S.A., 23 Maggio 1997.
"Chiral Organic Molecules with Peculiar Geometries and Electronic Distributions", Pleanry Lecture, 2nd
German-Italian Symposium, Goslar, Germania, 29 Maggio-1 Giugno 1997.
"Man-made Chiral Auxiliaries: Strategies and Developments", Plenary Lecture, ESOC 10, Basel, Svizzera, 2227 Giugno 1997.
"Bis(phenylsulfonyl)alkenes: from Enantiopure Ketones to Fullerene Substructures", Plenary Lecture, ISOCS18, 18th International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Firenze, 13-18 Luglio 1998.
"From Symmetry to Symmetry via Asymmetry: Our Case", Invited Lecture, 1st French-Italian Symposium on
Asymmetric Synthesis, Maratea (Cs), 14-15 Maggio 1999.
"Ciclotrimerizzazione di Alcheni Policiclici Enantiopuri", Plenary Lecture, COFEM 99, Mattinata (Fo), 30 Maggio
- 3 Giugno 1999.