Andrea Caneschi#
| Membership Number: | 5100 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.lamm.unifi.it/cmpro-v-p-130.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5535-3469 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 Full professor of Chemical fundamentals of technologies, Università di Firenze (I)
- 2016 Member of the Steering Committee of the Technological District of the Tuscany Region on the new Materials, DT MATE
- 2013 President of the Scientific Technical Council of the Nanotechnology Pole of the Tuscany Region, NANOXM. 3 years
- 2012 Director of the National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology, INSTM. Up to 2020
- 2004 Associate professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Università di Firenze (I)
- 1993 Visiting Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.I.T. in Boston (U.S.A); 8 months
- 1991 Researcher, Università di Firenze (I)
- 1990 1 year contract of temporary professor at the master degree in Chemistry, University of Calabria (I)
- 1989 1 year contract of temporary professor at the master degree in Geological Sciences, University of Calabria (I)
- 1983 1 year post master degree stay at Commissariat of the Energie Atomique at the Center d'Etudes Nucleaires Grenoble (F)
Fields of Scholarship
- Magnetic nanoparticles
- Molecules anchored on conductive surfaces
- Magnetic systems containing rare earth ions
- Single-molecule magnets
- Magnetic systems for high-frequency electronic applications
- Correlation between structure and magnetic and electronic properties of solid-state inorganic systems
- Nitronyl Nitroxide radicals
- Magnetic interactions between metal ions and metal ions and organic radicals
- Solid state structural analysis techniques, low temperature techniques
- Single-chain magnets
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Full professor of Chemical fundamentals of technologies, Università di Firenze (I)
- 2012 - 2020 Elected Director of the National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)
- 2009 Selected as Project Manager of the EC FP6 "Integrated Project" Virthualis (Virtual Reality and Human Factors Applications for Improving Safety) (60 partners)
- 2004 - Associate professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Università di Firenze (I)
- 2005 - 2010 - Winner of the EC FP6 « Network of Excellence » Call; Operational Manager of the "Magmanet" Network (10 million Euro, 23 participants).
- 1993 Winner of a CNR competiton for Grant of Visiting Researcher at M.I.T. in Boston (U.S.A)
- 1991 Winner of the competition for Researcher, Università di Firenze (I)
- 1990 Winner of competitions for 1-year temporary professor at the University of Calabria for the master degree in Chemistry
- 1989 Winner of competitions for 1-year temporary professor at the University of Calabria for the master degree in Geological Sciences
- 1983 Winner of a 1-year grant at CENG, CEA (Grenoble)
