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LUIGI NICOLAIS
Personal Data
Birthdate: February 9th, 1942; S. Anastasia (NA),
Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Address:
Business: University of Naples “Federico II”
Department
of
Materials.and
Production Engineering
Piazzale Tecchio
80125 Napoli, ITALY
phone no. (+39 081) 7682400
fax no. (+39 081) 7682404
e-mail: [email protected]
Business: National Research Council
P.le Aldo Moro, 7
00185 Roma, ITALY
phone no. (+39 06) 490678
fax no. (+39 06) 49932990
e-mail: [email protected]
Education
Dates
Degree
Institution
Subject
1968
Ph.D.
University of Naples "Federico II"
Chemical Engineering
Appointments/Affilations
Date
Title
Organization
City,
Country
State/Province
2012- to
date
President
National Research Council
Italy
Italy
2011- to
date
Emeritus Professor
University of Naples “Federico II”
Faculty of Engineering
Italy
Italy
2008
Member of Italian Parliament
Italian Republic
Italy
Italy
2008
Vice President Standing
Committee for Culture
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Italy
2006
Minister for Public Administration
Reforms and Innovation
Republic of Italy
Italy
Italy
2005-2006 President
A.R.T.I. (Agenzia Regionale per le
Tecnologie e l’Innovazione)
Bari
Apulia Region
2005-2006 President
Citta’ della Scienza
2004
President and Founder
Italy
Naples
Italy
Naples
Italy
Technological District on
Polymeric and Composite
Materials Engineering and
Structures (IMAST)
2003-2005 Board of Trustees
2000-2005
Regional Minister for Research
and Innovation
2000-2004 Chairman
CIRA –(Italian Aerospace
Research Center)
Capua (Naples)
Italy
Campania Region
Naples
Italy
Rome
Italy
Confindustria Working Group for
the Relations among Industry,
University and Research
Institutions
Member, Evaluation Committee of
Lund University
Lund
the Centre for Amphiphilic
Polymers (CAP)
CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research
2000-2003 Member, Scientific Committee
Center)
Naples
1999-2003
2000-2001
Member, Committee for the
Centers of Excellence
Italian Ministery of University
Research and Technology
Rome
Sweden
Italy
Italy
1999-2000 Provost
Pole of Science and Technology
Naples
University of Naples "Federico II"
Italy
1996-2000 Member, Academic Senate
University of Naples "Federico II" Naples
Italy
University of Naples "Federico II" Naples
Italy
University of Naples "Federico II"
Liaison Office (ARPA)
Naples
Italy
1995-1997
Chairman Ph.D. Programs in
Materials Engineering and
Biomaterials
1996-2000 President and Founder
Member of Expert-Group on
1995-2000 "Techno-economic Aspect of
New Materials
ESCWA-UNIDO Economic and
Social Commission for Western
Asia
Amman
Jordan
Milan
Italy
1995-2000 Vice President
Italian Institute of Plastics
1993-1995 Member of Scientific Technical
Committee
ENEA – Italian National Agency
for New Technologies, Energy and
Rome
Sustainable Development
1993-2001 Founder and Director
1991-1999 Director
1991-2000 Founder and Director
(CNR) Institute of Composite and
Naples
Biomedical Materials
Department of Materials and
Production Engineering, University
Naples
of Naples "Federico II"
University of Naples "Federico II"
Naples
Interdipartimental Research
Center on Biomaterials
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
1991-1994 Member, Scientific Committee
Swedish Institute of Composites,
SICOMP
Lulea
Sweden
1991-1994 President
Italian Chemical Society,
Campania
Naples
Italy
1990-1994 Member, Scientific Committee
Alenia SpA
Torino
Italy
1986-2004 Adjunct Professor
University of Connecticut, Institute
Storrs, CT
of Materials Science
United
States
University of Washington,
Department of Chemical
Engineering
Seattle, WA
United
States
Storrs, CT
United
States
1981-2003 Affiliate Professor
1981-2003 Visiting Professor
University of Connecticut,
Institute of Materials Science
University of Naples “Federico II”,
Department of Materials and
Naples
1980-2009 Professor of Polymer Technology
Production Engineering
1982
Visiting Professor
Italy
Free University
Brussels
Belgium
1977-1980 Director
Research Center of "Istituto G.
Donegani" (Montedison)
Naples
Italy
1977
Visiting Professor
Academy of Science
Moscow
USSR
1977
Visiting Professor
Department of Chemical
Engineering – Techion
Haifa
Israel
1976
Visiting Scientist
“Window on Science Program”
A.F.O.S.R. European Office
London
England
Lancaster
England
1974-1975 Visiting Professor
University of Salford,
Department of Chemical
Engineering Department
1971-1977 Researcher
Italian National Research Council
(CNR), Research Laboratory on Arco Felice Polymer
Naples
Technology and Rheology.
1969-1971 Visiting Research Assistant
1968-1969 Plant Engineer
Honors/Awards
Italy
Washington University, St. Louis,
Materials Research Laboratory,
St. Louis, MO
Chemical Engineering
United
States
Foundry Industry (SAFOG)
Italy
Naples
Date Name
Description
2007 Member Cìrculo de
Confiansa
NUEVA Economia Forum - Madrid
2005 Awarded of “Grande
Ufficiale“
“Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” by
President of Italian Republic
2003 IsiHighlyCited
Researchers
IsiHighlyCited.com made by the Institute for Scientific Information of
Philadelphia
2003 Paul Harris Fellow
Rotary Foundation – Rotary International
2000 Elected Fellow
American Institute for Medical and Biomedical Engineering (AIMBE) “In
recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of Medical and Biological
Engineering”
2000 Elected Fellow
Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE)
2000 George Winter Award
European Society for Biomaterials (ESB)
1999
Scanno Award for
Technology
Innovation
1998 Guido Dorso Award
1997
Award for Physical
Sciences
1989 Certificate of Honour
1988
Gordon Conference on
Composite Materials
Italian Ministry of University Research and Innovation
For the "Politica meridionalista"
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
Society For the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
(SAMPE)
Chairman
Member of Editorial Boards
Dates
Organization
Position
2000
“Materials Technology”, Maney Publishing
Member of Editorial
Boards
1994-2004 "Applied Composite Materials", Kluwer Academic Publishers
Member of Editorial
Boards
1993present
"Journal of Materials Science", Chapman & Hall
Member of Editorial
Boards
1993present
“Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine", Chapman & Hall Member of Editorial
Boards
1993-2000 "Advanced Performance Materials", Kluwer Academic Publishers
Member of Editorial
Boards
1992-2010 "Advanced Composite Letters", Whoodhead Publishing Ltd.
Member of Editorial
Boards
1991present
"Science and Engineering of Composite Materials", Freund Publishing Member of Editorial
House Ltd.
Boards
1991-2008 "Composite Interfaces", VSP Denmark
Member of Editorial
Boards
1989present
"Journal of Applied Polymer Science" John Wiley & Sons
Member of Editorial
Boards
1987present
"Polymer News", Gordon and Breach Science Pub:
Member of Editorial
Boards
1987-1996 "New Polymeric Materials", VNU Science Press BV
Member of Editorial
Boards
1987-1992 "Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology" VNU Science Press Member of Editorial
BV
Boards
1985-2002 "Composite Science and Technology" Elsevier Pub
Member of Editorial
Boards
1981present
Member of Editorial
Boards
"Polymer Composites" SPE Pub
1980-1985 Reviews on Polymer Engineering", Elsevier Pub
Member of Editorial
Boards
1980-1983 "Biomaterials" Butterworth Pub.
Member of Editorial
Boards
Research Interests
Field of Expertise &
Research Interests:
Composite materials and particulate systems, rheology and processing, biomaterials,
conductive plastics, liquid crystalline polymers, structural foams, aging, diffusion,
adhesion, recycling of polymers, nanotechnology, technology transfer, research policy.
Publications/Patent
Books(ed): 7
Book Articles: 62
International Journals: 450
Patents: 25
Last update May 2014