Young researchers

Brian received a MSc in Chemistry from Freie Universität Berlin in 2018. After a research period at BOKU University in Vienna, in October 2020 Brian joined the CLAN team as an Early Stage Researcher in the frame of the ITN ArtMoMa network. He is also a PhD student in Chemistry at the University of Bologna. Brian's research activity is focused on the synthesis and characterisation of light-responsive molecular-based systems, motors and materials. Since 2023 he is a postdoctoral fellow in the CLAN lab.

Chiara received her MSc degree cum laude in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials in 2019 from the University of Bologna. In November of the same she started the PhD course in chemistry at the University of Bologna under the supervision of prof. Alberto Credi, thus joining the Clan laboratory. Chiara's research activity deals with the spectroscopic, photophysical and photochemical characterization of supramolecular systems. Since 2021 she is a postdoctoral researcher in the CLAN laboratories.

Leonardo Andreoni received his laurea (MSc) in Photochemistry and Molecular Materials from the University of Bologna in 2019. He then joined the CLAN laboratory as a PhD student in Nanoscience. His tasks in the project include the spectroscopic, photo physical and electrochemical characterisation of molecular and supramolecular systems. Since 2021 Leonardo is a postdoctoral researcher in the CLAN.

Stefano received his MSc in Industrial Chemistry (cum laude) in 2012 from the University of Padova. He then joined the group of Prof. Helma Wennemers (ETH Zürich) for his doctoral studies on the use of peptides for controlling the formation of supramolecular nanostructures. He was awarded the title of doctor in 2017. Stefano joined the CLAN team in October 2017 working on the synthesis and characterization of dissipative supramolecular systems. Since 2022 he is Junior Assistant professor at the University of Bologna. He is interested in the development of bioinspired molecular and supramolecular systems operating away from thermodynamic equilibrium and their characterization mostly by nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.

Massimiliano grew up in Naples (Italy), where he carried out his BSc and MSc studies under the guidance of Prof. Francesco Ruffo. After a brief period at the Italian National Research Council (CNR-IPCB), in 2014 he moved to the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) to undertake doctoral studies within the CRITICAT CDT (Centre for Doctoral Training for Critical Resources Catalysis). During his time in Scotland, he studied redox-active ligands acting as mediators for electron transfer reactions in small molecule activation, under the supervision of Prof. Jason Love. In 2018, he was awarded a ScotCHEM Postgraduate and Early-Career Researcher Exchange (PECRE) grant to undertake an internship at the Technical University of Munich (Germany) and work with Dr Alexander Pöthig on transition-metal complexes of polycarbene macrocycles. He joined the CLAN team as a post-doctoral research associate in 2019, developing light-operated artificial molecular machines. In 2023, he was appointed as a Junior Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Chemistry of the University of Bologna (Italy).