<b>Ph.D. Fabio Rizzo</b> — © Fabio Rizzo

Ph.D. Fabio Rizzo
Visiting Research Scientist

Center for Soft Nanoscience

Room 120.026
Busso-Peus-Str. 10
48149 Münster
Germany

T: +49 251 83-34528
fabio.rizzo@istm.cnr.it

My research activity is focused on the synthesis and photophysical characterization of organic and organometallic (transition metal and lanthanide complexes) compounds with emissive properties in solution and solid state as self-assembled monolayers. In particular, I am studying the relationship between molecular structure and emission to tune the observable color under photo- and electro-stimuli (this process is known as electrogenerated chemiluminescence or ECL). Very recently, I dedicated part of my work to design water-soluble compounds with high emitting properties for biological application, like the detection of proteins.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 02/2014	Visiting Scientist in the group of Prof. Dr. Bart Jan Ravoo, WWU Münster, Germany
09/2013 – 12/2013	DAAD Fellow at the WWU Münster
Since 11/2011	Permanent position as Independent Research Scientist at the Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies of the Italian National Research Council (ISTM-CNR, Milan, Italy)
09/2010 – 12/2010	Visiting Postdoc in the group of Prof. Dr. L. De Cola, WWU Münster
07/2008 – 10/2011	Postdoctoral Fellow at ISTM-CNR; Subject: "Design and synthesis of organic, organometallic and coordination compounds for photonic and optoelectronic applications" with Dr. S. Quici
05/2007 – 06/2008	Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Milan (Italy); Subject: "Nanoorganization of chromophores onto an inorganic silica scaffold with photoluminescent and/or nonlinear optical properties" with Prof. D. Roberto

Education

01/2004 – 04/2007	PhD in Chemistry at University of Genoa (Italy), Subject: "Design, synthesis and characterization of new light sources based on lanthanide complexes", supervisors Prof. G. Dellepiane and Dr. S. Destri (ISMAC-CNR)
04/2005 – 03/2006	Visiting PhD student in the group of Prof. Dr. L. De Cola, WWU Münster, Germany
02/2005 – 04/2005	Visiting PhD student in the group of Prof. Dr. L. De Cola, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/2003	MSc (Laurea Degree) in Materials Science; Subject: "Synthesis and optical characterization of new lanthanide complexes for optoelectronic applications", supervisor Prof. A. Papagni

Awards and Honours

2013	DAAD Fellowship for Short Research Stay
01/2004 – 04/2007	PhD Research Program, scholarship sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca M.I.U.R.)
10/2001 – 03/2002	Erasmus Scholarship