He is a
Highly Ranked
Scholar, and ranks in the
top 2% World Ranking list of Scientists
in all fields of science. Dr Pagliaro also ranks within the
Top Italian Scientists in material
and nano sciences and in 2020 was found
2nd amid the world's top 10 bioeconomy
scholars.
Developed in co-operation with leading researchers based in more
than 20 countries, his Group's research is reported in nearly 360
frequently
cited research papers, 39 of which featuring on the
cover of journals such as
Materials Advances, ChemSusChem,
Nanoscale,
Catalysis Science & Technology
and
Chemical Communications.
Frequently cited for his
excellence in teaching, he has given
more than 100 invited public presentations at conferences,
seminars, workshops and meetings on the topics of his research and
educational activities. On August 28, 2019, he gave in St.
Petersburg, Russia, one of the six plenary lectures at the
XX International
Sol-Gel Conference, the leading conference on sol-gel
material science and technology. In 2005 he was appointed “Maître
de conférences associé”at Montpellier’s Ecole Nationale Superieure
de Chimie.
In 2008, when a few scholars
believed in the forthcoming emergence of photovoltaic technology
as a significant contributor to the global energy generation
mix, Dr Pagliaro introduced the term 'helionomics' in his joint book
Flexible Solar Cells.
Between September and December 2015 he was president of Palermo's
energy utility AMG Energia.
He has authored or co-authored 22
books some of which have become the reference
in their field. His work has been widely highlighted by national
and international press, including by
MIT Technology Review,
Advanced Science News, Italy's national
television, newspapers and magazines.
Currently, he co-edits the themed issue "
Green
Extraction of Natural Products After Farid Chemat" of
Sustainable
Chemistry and Pharmacy dedicated to the memory of Farid
Chemat. In 2018 he co-edited with Bert Sels the "
Supported
Molecular Catalysts" thematic issue of
ChemCatChem. In 2015
he guest-edited with Paolo Fornasiero the "
Pd Catalysis"
issue of
ChemCatChem, following the 2014 "
Hybrid
Materials"
Nanoscale themed issue with
Jean-Marie Nedelec. In 2011 he co-edited with with Graham
Hutchings the "
Heterogeneous
Catalysis
for Fine Chemicals" issue of
Catalysis Science
& Technology which later on led to the inauguration of
the FineCat symposia in Sicily
. In 2017 he edited the "
Catalysis
and
Biocatalysis" themed issue of
Chimica Oggi-Chemistry Today.
Student mentor and reviewer
He has mentored several
M.Sci.
and Ph.D. students in Italy and abroad in the context of
international collaborations. Some of his former sudents and
post-docs today work at prestigious universities, publishers and
innovative companies.
Dr Pagliaro has been appointed in several international committees
with appointments so far in Doctoral evaluation committees from
Liverpool University (UK), Khalifa University of Science and
Technology (UAE), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium),
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain), Université Lille 1 Sciences
et Technologie (France), Università Mediterranea di Reggio
Calabria (Italy), as well as in the professional evaluation
committee of the Ariel University and of the Sami Shamoon College
of Engineering for a position of Associate Professor in the
Department of Chemical Engineering of Ben Gurion University of the
Negev.
Besides acting as reviewer scientific journals including
Nature and
Science and most chemistry,
energy and materials science journals, he regularly evaluates
research project for national and international research agencies
and science ministries, including France Research Agency, Israel
Ministry of Science, Dutch Research Council NWO, Royal Society,
Fonds de recherche du Québec, Israel Science Foundation, São Paulo
Research Foundation, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific
Research, Pazi Foundation, US-Israel Binational Science
Foundation, Research Foundation - Flanders, Estonian Research
Council, Poland National Science Centre, and the Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
In June 2017, following an invitation from the Russian Academy of
the Sciences he gave two
invited
lectures in Moscow. In May 2012 he held in Quebéc one of the
invited key lectures at the 22nd Canadian Symposium on Catalysis.
The subsequent October he was invited by Zurich's ETH to lecture
on solar hydrogen. In 2008 the University of Amsterdam invited him
to give the "John van Geuns Lecture". In 2010 he was invited to
give a keynote lecture at the 8th Eurofedlipid Congress in Munich.
Conference chair
In 2009 he chaired the 10th FIGIPAS Meeting in Inorganic Chemistry
held in Palermo with over 300 scientists originating from more
than 50 different countries («
A
smashing success»). Between 2011 and 2017 he co-chaired the
“
SuNEC - Sun New Energy Energy
Conference” and the “
FineCat -
Symposium on heterogeneous catalysis for fine chemicals”,
both held yearly in Sicily. The meetings saw the lectures of
scientists of international standing in chemistry, solar energy
and new energy science and technology.
Between 2004 and 2017, he organized the prestigious
Seminar "Marcello Carapezza"
whose 2011 edition was hosted by Italy’s Parliament.
Educational studies and journal board memberships
An advocate of research-based scientific education, Dr Pagliaro
has also published several studies in catalysis, open science,
solar energy, energy management, chemistry and nanochemistry
education.
Dr Pagliaro is or has been a member of the Advisory Board of
Chemical Society Reviews,
Energy Technology, Journal of Physics: Energy, Energy
Science & Engineering,
ChemistryOpen,
Sustainable
Chemistry and Pharmacy and
Chimica Oggi/Chemistry Today. He is a member of
the Editorial Board of
ChemistrySelect, Molecules,
4Open, Silicon,
Green Technology,
Resilience and Sustainability, Coatings,
General Chemistry and
Letters in Organic Chemistry.
Between 2017 and 2020, he wrote the “Biomaterials &
Nanomaterials” column of
Chimica
Oggi - Chemistry Today.
In early 2019,
ChemistryOpen
dedicated to him its first Meet the Board
editorial. In
2013 Professor Rossi published in
Silicon an account of his
early achievements in
science and in education.
Contact
E-mail: mario.pagliaro@cnr.it
Twitter:
@helionomics
Mario Pagliaro