Paolo Samorì#
©CNRS Photothèque / Cyril Frésillon
| Membership Number: | 3705 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.nanochemistry.fr |
Present and Previous Positions
- Jan 2012 - now Director (directeur) of ISIS, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006)
- Sept 2012 - now Distinguished Professor (PRCE), senior member of ISIS and Director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006)
- Sept 2010 - Dec 2011 Deputy Director (directeur adjoint) of ISIS - Universitè de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006)
- July 2010 - Sept 2012 Full Professor (PR1), senior member of ISIS and Director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006)
- Oct 2008 - July 2010 Full Professor (PR1), junior member of ISIS and Director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory, Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006)
- Apr 2003 - Sept 2008 Visiting Professor and junior member of Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (ISIS), director of the Nanochemistry Laboratory - Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (UMR 7006), in particular as:
- Part time - Maître de Conférences Invité (Sept 2003 - Dec 2005)
- Part Time - Associate Professor (PR2) Invité (Jan 2006 - Nov 2006)
- Full time - Full Professor (PR1) Associé (Dec 2006 - Sept 2008)
- Dec 2001 - Sept 2008 Researcher (permanent scientist) Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) - Bologna (Italy) (On-leave Dec 2006 - Sept 2008)
- Jan 2000 - Dec 2001 Post-doc Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), Department of Physics (group of Prof. J.P. Rabe).
- Apr. 1996 - Oct 2000 Humboldt University Berlin, Department of Physics. Ph.D in Chemistry obtained on Oct 2000: Final mark: summa cum laude. Thesis title “Self-assembly of conjugated (macro)molecules: nanostructures for molecular electronics”. (advisor Prof. Dr. J.P. Rabe)
- Sept 1989 - Nov 1995 University of Bologna. “Laurea” in Industrial Chemistry (equivalent to a MSc). Final mark: 110/110.
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanochemistry
- Graphene
- Supramolecular Chemistry at surfaces and interfaces
- Hierarchical self-assembly and self-organization of hybrid systems
- Organic electronics (fabrication of supramolecular FETs and nanowires)
- Architecture vs. function relationship in complex and multicomponent supramolecular materials
- Scanning Probe Microscopies (AFM, STM/S, KPFM, C-AFM) beyond imaging
- Scale dependent physico-chemical properties
- Pi-conjugated materials
- Nanoscale multifunctional structures
- Nanofabrication and nanopatterning
Honours and Awards
- 2019 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant
- 2019 Elected foreign member della Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and Art (KVAB)
- 2018 Grand Prix Pierre Süe (Société Chimique de France)
- 2018 Blaise Pascal Medal in Materials Science (EURASC)
- 2018 Surfaces and Interfaces Award (Royal Society of Chemistry)
- 2018 Advisory Professorship - Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Shanghai (China)
- 2017 Grignard Wittig Lecture (German Chemical Society)
- 2017 Catalan-Sabatier-Award (Spanish Chemical Society)
- 2017 Honorary Member of the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- 2014 Elected member of the Academia Europaea
- 2014 Elected fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
- 2012 Silver Medal of CNRS
- 2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
- 2010 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
- 2010 Member of the Institut Universitaire de France - IUF, (France)
- 2010 Prix “Guy Ourisson” du Cercle Gutenberg, Alsace (France)
- 2009 "Nicolò Copernico" Award for Experimental Physics of Nanotechnology (Italy)
- 2006 "Vincenzo Caglioti" Award – Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italy)
- 2002 Georg-Manecke Award 2002 - Berlin-Brandenburgische Verband für Polymerforschung
- 2001 IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists
- 2000 Graduate Student Award: MRS'00 Spring Meeting
- 1998 Graduate Student Award: E-MRS'98 Spring Meeting
- 1997 European Commission - Individual Marie Curie Fellowship (2 years individual fellowship)
