Piero Baglioni - Biography#

Piero Baglioni is the chair of Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Florence and MIT affiliate. He was appointed as Visiting Scientist/Professor by the Department of Chemistry of the University of Houston, the Weizmann Institute, the Collège de France, and the M.I.T. He is the Director of the National Center for Nanosciences (CSGI). He is in the Editorial/Advisory Board of several International Journals including Soft Matter, RSC; Journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, RSC; Langmuir, American Chemical Society, etc.

He is member of several National and International Academies/Societies including the European Academy of Science, the Royal Academy of Art and Science in Göteborg, Sweden, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the International Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works, the American Chemical Society, the European Colloids and Interface Society, the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno (the oldest Academy in Italy), etc.

He is also member of the scientific board of several national and international Institutions. Piero Baglioni is one of the major European contributors to the field of Soft Matter and Colloids with over 500 publications on books and largely diffused international journals. For his scientific activity he received several international recognitions, including the Rhodia Prize from the European Colloids and Interface Society (ECIS), 2002, the European Grand Prix for Innovation Awards; the 2011 Journal of Colloid and Interface Science award for Lifetime Achievement; “The Caballero Aguila” (highest award from the INHA, Mexican Federal agency for the conservation of Mexico Cultural Heritage), 2010; the "Catedra de Fisica, University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2012; Chen Distinguished Lectureship on Neutron Science and Technology, Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology and National Tsing Hua University, 2016, The Overbeek medal, 2016, The Japan Chemical Society Award, 2017.