Giuseppe Resnati

Giuseppe Resnati
Born	26 August 1955 Monza, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Spouse(s)	Maria Antonia Civati
Children	2
Website	www.chem.polimi.it/people/faculty/giuseppe-resnati/
Scientific career
Fields	Supramolecular chemistry Crystal Engineering Fluorine chemistry
Institutions	Politecnico di Milano National Research Council (Italy)
Alma mater	University of Milan
Thesis	Asymmetrics Synthesis Via Chiral Sulfoxides (1988)
Notable awards	RSC/SCI Lectureship[1] (2010)

Giuseppe Resnati (born 26 August 1955) is an Italian chemist with interests in fluorine chemistry and supramolecular chemistry. He had a particular focus on self-assembly processes driven by halogen bonds.^[2]

Education and professional positions

Resnati was born in Monza, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan in 1988 with Prof. Carlo Scolastico and a thesis on asymmetric synthesis via chiral sulfoxides. After a period of activity at the Italian National Research Council, in 2001 he became professor of chemistry for materials at the Politecnico di Milano.

Research interests

His research interests cover/have covered the following topics:

• enantioselective synthesis of mono- and polyfluorinated compounds^[3] and synthesis via perfluorinated reagents (perfluorinated oxaziridines as powerful yet selective oxidizing agents)^[4]
• fluorinated contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging^[5]
• intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering;^[6] supramolecular chemistry^[7] and self-assembly processes^[8] in the design and preparation of functional materials^[9][10]
• halogen bond^[11][12] and iodine chemistry.

Honors and awards

• Corrado Fuortes award (1986, awarded by Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere)
• Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry award^[13] (2008, awarded by Società Chimica Italiana)
• RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences^[14] (2010, bilateral prize awarded by Royal Society of Chemistry/Società Chimica Italiana)
• Member of the Academia Europaea^[15] (since 2012)
• Member of the European Academy of Sciences^[16] (since 2015)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (Elsevier)^[17] (2001 onwards)
• Topic Editor of Crystal Growth & Design^[18] (2012 onwards)
• Advisor of District 2050 Governor for starting Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia (2012), Club charter member (2013) and president (2015-16)^[19]
• Chair of the 21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (Como, Italy, 2015) ^[20]
• Knight of Merit of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (SMOCSG) (2016).^[21]

References

1. "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
2. Halogen Bonding: Fundamentals and Applications Metrangolo, P. and Resnati, G. Eds.; 2008; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-540-74329-3
3. G. Resnati Synthesis of Chiral and Bioactive Fluoroorganic Compounds Tetrahedron 1993, 49, 9385- 9445 (DOI:10.1016/S00404020(01)80212-X)
4. G. Resnati et al. Perfluorinated Oxaziridines: Synthesis and Reactivity Chemical Reviews 1996, 96, 1809-1824 (DOI: 10.1021/cr941146h)
5. G. Resnati et al. 19F Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): From Design of Materials to Clinical Applications Chemical Reviews 2015, 115, 1106−1129 (DOI: org/10.1021/cr500286d)
6. "Resnati coordinated an IUPAC project on crystal engineering".
7. G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 6114-6127 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128 )
8. G. Resnati et al. Halogen Bonding Based Recognition Processes: A World Parallel to Hydrogen Bonding Acc. Chem. Res. 2005, 38, 386-395 (DOI: 10.1021/ar0400995 )
9. G. Resnati et al. An Adaptable and Dynamically Porous Organic Salt Traps Unique Tetrahalide Dianions Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 13444-13448 ( DOI: 10.1002/anie.201307552 )
10. G. Resnati et al. Halogen-bonding-triggered supramolecular gel formation Nature Chem. 2013, 5, 42-47 ( DOI:10.1038/nchem.1496 )
11. Halogen Bonding I - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2014; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-14056-8
12. Halogen Bonding II - Impact on Materials Chemistry and Life Sciences Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2015; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. ISBN 978-3-319-15731-3
13. "Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry awards" (PDF).
14. "RCS News, June 2011, pag. 30: RCS-SCI Award to Giuseppe Resnati" (PDF).
15. "Academy of Europe: Resnati Giuseppe".
16. "European Academy of Sciences: List of Members".
17. "Journal of Fluorine Chemistry: Editorial Board".
18. "Crystal Growth & Design Around the World in 2012, DOI:10.1021/cg201654d".
19. "Rotary Club Morimondo Abbazia".
20. http://www.fluorine-como2015.eu Official Web-Site 21st ISFC&isOft'15
21. "Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (Spain)".