12:00–14:30

Registration

14:30–14:45

Opening ( Aula Magna ” Aldo Moro”)

14:45–15:30

PL1 Plenary Lecture: Thomas R. Ward

University of Basel, Basel (Swizerland)

Artificial Metalloenzymes: Challenges and Opportunities

15:30–16:00

KN1 Keynote Lecture: Sander Leeuwenburgh

Radboud University, Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

Regeneration of diseased bone by local delivery of therapeutic biomolecules from

organic-inorganic composite biomaterials

16:00–16:30

Coffee break

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

16:30–16:45

O1 Michele Benedetti

Università del Salento, Lecce (Italy)
Is hydrogen electronegativity higher than Pauling’s value? New clues from the 13C
and 29Si NMR chemical shifts of [AHF3]
(A = C, Si) compounds

O2 Andrea Biffis

Università di Padova, Padova (Italy)
Direct Alkyne Hydroarylation Catalyzed by Late Transition Metals: Mechanistic Insights
and Improved Performance in Ionic Liquids

16:45–17:00

O3 Fabio Carniato

Università del Piemonte Orientale,
Alessandria (Italy)
Mn(II) picolinates complexes as
potential MRI probes

O4 Giorgio Volpi

Università di Torino, Torino (Italy)
New blue fluorescent Zinc(II) complexes with
high quantum yield based on tuneable 1,3-
substituted-imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine ligands

17:00–17:15

O5 Maria I. Nardella

Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Interplay between zinc and copper
binding to metallochaperone Atox1 and
the N-terminal domain of Menkes
ATPase

O6 Roberto Gobetto

Università di Torino, Torino (Italy)
M(bpy-R)(CO)3X (M=Mn, X=Br or M=Re,
X=Cl) catalysts for homogeneous and
heterogeneous CO2 electroreduction

17:15–17:30

O7 Tiziano Marzo

Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
Human Serum Albumin and Cisplatin, a Still
Ongoing Debate

O8 Daniela Intrieri

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano
(Italy)
Porphyrin-based systems: homogeneous
catalysts for the CO2 cycloaddition to
epoxides and aziridines

17:30–17:45

O9 Michele Iafisco

CNR, Faenza (Italy)
Inhalable Calcium Phosphate
Nanoparticles for Cardiac Drug Delivery

O10 Angela Dibenedetto

Università di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Selective catalyst-driven polyols oxydation in sustainable conditions

17:45–18:00

O11 Mario Prejano

Università della Calabria, Rende (Italy)
From natural enzymes to synthetized
catalyst: the nitrile hydration. Insights
from theory.

O12 Walter Baratta

Università di Udine, Udine (Italy)
Catalytic C-H Activation Reactions Catalyzed
by Monocarbonyl Ruthenium Complexes

18:00–18:15

O13 Benny D. Belviso

CNR, Bari (Italy)
How platinum anticancer drugs affect Atox1
and copper ion interaction: a
crystallographic investigation

O14 Giovanni Pamparano

Università di Genova, Genova (Italy)
Ethanol conversion over copper based
catalytic systems.

18:30–20:00

Welcome Party (PALACE CAFÈ Bari)

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

09:00–09:45

PL2 Luigi Sacconi Medal 2019: Liberato Manna

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) Genova (Italy)

Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals: Their Synthesis, Chemical, Structural, and Surface

Transformations

09:45–10:15

KN2 Keynote Lecture: Fabio Biscarini

Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena (Italy)

Neuromorphic electronics biosensors

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

10:45–11:00

O15 Francesco Bellia

CNR, Catania (Italy)
Reactive carbonyl species and copper(II) as competitive effectors of α-Synuclein

O16 Giuseppe Valerio Bianco

CNR, Bari (Italy)
Chemical Vapor Deposition of 2D
Materials

11:00–11:15

O17 Daniela Lalli

Università del Piemonte Orientale,
Alessandria (Italy)
Solution and solid-state NMR study of
saponite clays intercalated with
paramagnetic chelates

O18 Diego Colombara

Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova
(Italy)
Point Defect Formation via Reactions at
Chalcogenide Surfaces

11:15–11:30

O19 Damiano Cirri

Università di Firenze, Firenze (Italy)
Labelling metallodrug candidates with
fluorescent dyes: some relevant examples

O20 Marcello La Rosa

Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
The reversible electronic energy transfer
in quantum dots-based inorganicorganic
nanohybrids

11:30–11:45

O21 Erika Ferrari

Università di Modena, Modena (Italy)
Novel Curcumin-based radiotracers for
Gallium-68 and Scandium-44

O22 Lorenzo Tesi

Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze
(Italy)
Multitechnique Investigation for Rational
Design of Molecular Spin Quantum Bits

11:45–12:00

O23 Marilena Carbone

Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Roma (Italy)
Unrevealing the real pigment composition of
green tattoo inks

O24 Mariangela Oggianu

Università di Cagliari, Cagliari (Italy)
Optical sensing of heavy metal ions bysol-gel based plasmonic nanostructures

12:00–12:15

O25 Eloisa Sardella

CNR, Bari (Italy)
Plasma Activated Liquid Media as new
pharmacological formulations to
exacerbate cell oxidative stress

O26 Nicolas Godbert

Università della Calabria, Rende (Italy)
Self-Assembling in Water Soluble Ir(III)
Complexes: From Hydrogels to
Nanostructured IrO2 Thin Films

12:15–12:30

O27 Daniele A. Cauzzi

Università di Parma, Parma (Italy)
The coordination chemistry of a unique
zwitterionic ligand

O28 Maria M Natile

CNR, Padova (Italy)
NIR-light-driven generation of reactive
oxygen species using Ru(II)-decorated
phospholipid-coated upconverting
nanoparticles

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

14:00–14:45

PL3 Plenary Lecture: Winner of Nasini Prize, Alessia Colombo

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano (Italy)

Coupling of a Copper Dye with a Copper Electrolyte: the Birth of Sustainable “Full-

Copper” Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

14:45–15:15

KN3 Keynote Lecture: Michele Melchionna

Università degli Studi di Trieste, Trieste (Italy)

Chasing the nanocarbon in the wonderland of sustainable catalysis

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro” (Premi Dottorato 2019)

15:15–15:30

O29 Winner of the PhD Prize: Davide Corinti

Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”,
Roma (Italy)
Reaching a new level of understanding of the bioinorganic chemistry of Pt drugs using MSbased
techniques

15:30–15:45

O30 Winner of the PhD Prize: Riccardo Freccero

Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova
(Italy)
Study of new polar intermetallic compounds: synthesis, structural relations and real space
chemical bonding analysis

15:45–16:00

O31 Winner of the PhD Prize: Gabriel Menendez Rodriguez

Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, University of Perugia and CIRCC
(Italy)
Organometallic Iridium Complexes as Efficient Catalysts for Renewable Energy
Applications

16:00–16:30

Coffee Break

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

16:30–16:45

O32 Lidia Armelao

Università di Padova, Padova (Italy)
UV and X-ray Excited Optical
Luminescence in Cr3+ doped ZnGa2O4 thin
films: a case study

O33 Emanuele Priola

Università di Torino, Torino (Italy)
Bridging Solution and Solid-State Chemistry
of Dicyanoaurate: The Case Study of Zn-Au
Nucleation Units

16:45–17:00

O34 Diaa Aref

Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli
(Italy)
Synthesis and characterization of a new
class of Ru-based photosensitizer

O35 Rocco Caliandro

CNR, Bari (Italy)
Structural characterization of halide
perovskites by X-ray measurements and
advanced analysis

17:00–18:00

Poster session

18:00–19:30

Divisional Assembly

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

09:00–09:45

PL4 Paolo Chini Memorial Lecture: Rinaldo Poli

Université de Toulouse, Toulouse (France)

Homolytically weak metal-carbon bonds and the persistent radical effect in metal-mediated

radical polymerization

09:45–10:15

KN4 Keynote Lecture: Petrus Henricus Maria Budzelaar

Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II” Napoli (Italy)

Innocent and Less Innocent Ligands

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

10:45–11:00

O36 Gigliola Lusvardi

Università di Modena, Modena (Italy)
Mesoporous bioactive glasses doped with
cerium investigation over enzymatic-like
mimetic activities and bioactivity

O37 Jacopo Andreo

Università di Parma, Parma (Italy)
Zwitterionic Metallates of HEtSNS: Synthesis
and Characterization of Bis- and Tris-
Chelated Coordination Compounds

11:00–11:15

O38 Stefano Cattaneo

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano
(Italy)
Carbonaceous materials for the selective
hydrogenation of HMF

O39 Alessandro Motta

Università di Roma La Sapienza, Roma (Italy)
Theoretical Insights on a biocompatible
reduction route of graphene oxide by N-acetyl
cysteine

11:15–11:30

O40 Gabriele Manca

CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
Electronic/Structural Aspects of the
Functionalization of Phosphorene

O41 Fiorenza Fanelli

CNR, Bari (Italy)
Atmospheric pressure plasma processing of
polyurethane sponges for oil-water
separation

11:30–11:45

O42 Giorgio Facchetti

Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano
(Italy)
A new artificial reductase based on the

DAla-D-Ala/Vancomycin supramolecular
interaction and its applications in the
enantioselective reduction of cyclic imines

O43 Mariachiara Trapani

CNR, Messina (Italy)
Inorganic nanostructured templates for
porphyrin J aggregates growth

11:45–12:00

O44 Ambra Maria Fiore

Politecnico di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Synthesis, characterization and catalytic
applications of transition metal
nanoparticles-based embedded in polymeric
nanoreactors.

O45 Enrico Salvadori

Università di Torino, Torino (Italy)
Nature and Topology of Metal-Oxygen
Binding Sites in Zeolite Materials

12:00–12:15

O46 Claudio Garino

Università di Torino, Torino (Italy)
Light-activated Generation of NO and SO3−
from a Ruthenium Nitrosylsulfito Complex

O47 Chiara Parise

Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
Supported gold nanoparticles catalysts for
organic transformations

12:15–12:30

O48 Elisa Moretti

Università di Venezia, Venezia (Italy)
Flower-like Ce-Ti oxide systems for the CO
preferential oxidation under solar light
irradiation

O49 Sofia Capelli

Università di Milano, Milano (Italy)
Influence of Pd NPs size for bio-adipic acid
production from muconic acid and sodium
muconate

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

14:00–14:45

PL5 Plenary Lecture: Massimiliano Delferro

Argonne National Laboratory USA

Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry at U.S. DOE Argonne National Laboratory

14:45–15:15

KN5 Keynote Lecture: Salvatore Sortino

Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania (Italy)

Light-Triggered Activation and Synthesis of Hybrid Nanoconstructs for Biomedical

Applications

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

15:15–15:30

O50 Daniela Marasco

Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli
(Italy)
Inhibition of amyloid aggregation by
transition metal complexes

O51 Fabio Palumbo

Università di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Plasma-assisted deposition of fungicide
containing coatings for encapsulation and
protection of maize seeds

15:30–15:45

O52 Francesco Attanasio

CNR, Catania (Italy)
Carnosine and trehalose-carnosine interplay
in the activation of CREB functions and
copper homeostasis

O53 Francesco Giannici

Università di Palermo, Palermo (Italy)
Assessing the Electrode-Electrolyte
Compatibility in Solid-Oxide Cells with Xray
Microspectroscopy

15:45–16:00

O54 Diego Lamendola

Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
Angiogenin bound to gold nanoparticles
induces wound healing in the presence of
copper ions

O55 Antonella Milella

Università di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Plasma-assisted deposition of iron oxide thin
films as photoanodes for water splitting

16:00–16:30

Coffee Break

16:30–17:30

Poster session

17:30–19:30

Tavola Rotonda: “La Tabella periodica e Primo Levi”

(evento aperto agli insegnanti,scuole e alla cittadinanza)

coordina Pietro Greco Chimico, Divulgatore, Giornalista Scientifico
partecipano Prof Michele Aresta e Prof Giovanni Natile

La Tabella Periodica e Primo Levi

20:00–end

Social Dinner (Palace Hotel Bari TERRAZZA MURAT)                                                 

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

09:00–09:45

PL6 Plenary Lecture: Clotilde Policar

École Normale Supérieure, Paris (France)

Metal complexes in biology: a new frontier in inorganic chemistry

09:45–10:15

KN6 Keynote Lecture: Emilia Sicilia

Università della Calabria Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy)

Mechanism of action of metal-containing anticancer drugs. Insights from computations

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

Aula Magna “Aldo Moro”

Aula “Gaetano Contento”

10:45–11:00

O56 Marta Erminia Alberto

Università della Calabria, Rende (Italy)
Dual-approach PtII-BODIPY conjugates:
Theoretical Insights

O57 Francesco Nocito

Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Valorization of C5 polyols by direct
carboxylation to FDCA: synthesis and
characterization of a key intermediate and
role of carbon dioxide

11:00–11:15

O58 Gaetano Malgieri

Università della Campania, Caserta (Italy)
Metal ion recruitment drives the folding
mechanism and self-association propensity of
high homologous proteins

O59 Cristina Tubaro

Università di Padova, Padova (Italy)
Novel heterobimetallic complexes by
coordination of nNHC/tzNHC
heteroditopic carbene ligands

11:15–11:30

O60 Nazareno Re

Università di Chieti, Pescara (Italy)
Multiscale Modeling of the Au(I) Chelating
Motif in Protein golB

O61 Andrea Ienco

CNR, Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)
Towards a Definition of Metal OrganicNanoTube (MONT)

11:30–11:45

O62 Mauro Ravera

Università del Piemonte Orientale,
Alessandria (Italy)
In vitro and In vivo Properties of Pt(IV)
Bifunctional Prodrugs Containing the 2-(2-
Propynyl)octanoato Axial Ligand

O63 Alice De Palo

Università di Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
Synthesis and investigation of new iridium
complexes containing
tetramethylcyclopentadienyl ligands
variably substituted as potential catalysts
for water oxidation

11:45–12:00

O64 Denise Lovison

Università di Udine, Udine (Italy)
Chiral ruthenium complexes: synthesis and
evaluation of their anticancer activity

O65 Federico Nicoli

Università di Bologna, Bologna (Italy)
Ethereal Love: promoting ring-to-ring
interaction in a [3]Rotaxane

12:00–12:15

O66 Alessandra Barbanente

Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari (Italy)
Platinum-loaded, Selenium-doped
hydroxyapatite for potential applications in bone tumors therapy

O67 Francesca Tessore

Università di Milano, Milano (Italy)
Electronic Properties of Electron-
Deficient Zn(II) Porphyrins for HBr
Splitting

12:15–12:30

Final Event

12:30–12:45

Award Ceremonies

12:45–13:00

Closing