Luca Catalano

Luca earned his PhD from the Polytechnic University of Milan with Pierangelo Metrangolo. After postdoctoral stays at NYU Abu Dhabi with Panče Naumov and at the University of Liverpool with Andy Cooper, he moved as a MSCA cofund Fellow at ULB hosted by Yves Geerts. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Rochester with Michael Ruggiero. He is now Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and Visiting Scientist at the University of Rochester. His research is focused on smart functional materials. E-mail : luca.catalano@unimore.it

Former members

– Koichiro Omasa, visiting PhD student for the Fall 2025 funded by the USTEP fellowship offered by the University of Tokyo

– Josephine Hastings, Summer 2025 REU from SUNY Geneseo/University of Rochester

– Alexandra West, Summer 2025 REU from the University of Oregon

– Alessandro Zamboni, high school intern Fall 2024