{{Short description|Italian chemist}} {{BLP primary sources|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Pierangelo Metrangolo | honorific_suffix = | birth_name = | image = | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|4|16}} | birth_place = Lecce, Italy | citizenship = | module = {{Infobox scientist | embed = yes | fields = {{Plainlist| * Biomimetic materials * Crystal Engineering * Supramolecular chemistry}} | workplaces = {{Plainlist| * Politecnico di Milano * National Research Council (Italy) * Aalto University (Finland) * VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland}} | alma_mater = University of Milan | thesis_title = Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry | thesis_url = | thesis_year = 2001 | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Halogen Bonding | influences = | influenced = | awards = {{Plainlist| * ERC Grantee (2012)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foldhalo.eu|title=ERC project FOLDHALO ''Folding with Halogen Bonding''}}</ref>}} }} | website = {{URL|www.cmic.polimi.it/}} | spouse = | children = 2 }}
'''Pierangelo Metrangolo''' (born 16 April 1972) is an Italian chemist with interests in supramolecular chemistry<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Halogen Bonding: A Paradigm in Chemistry'' Chemistry – A European Journal 2001, 7, 2511–2519 (DOI: 10.1002/1521-3765(20010618)7:12<2511::AID-CHEM25110>3.0.CO;2-T)</ref> and functional materials.<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''The Halogen Bond in the Design of Functional Supramolecular Materials: Recent Advances'' Accounts of Chemical Research 2013, 46, 2686–2695 (DOI: 10.1021/ar400103r)</ref> He also has an interest in crystal engineering,<ref>''Halogen Bonding". – Fundamentals and Applications'' Metrangolo P. and Resnati G. Eds.; 2018; Springer; Berlin, Heidelberg, New York. {{ISBN|978-3-540-74330-9}}</ref> in particular by using the halogen bond.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iupac.org/nc/home/projects/project-db/project-details.html?tx_wfqbe_pi1%5bproject_nr%5d=2009-032-1-100|title=Metrangolo chaired an IUPAC project on the definition of the halogen bond}}</ref><ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Halogen versus hydrogen'' Science 2008, 321, 918–919 (DOI: 10.1126/science.1162215)</ref> He is past-president of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division (DIV. I) of IUPAC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cmic.polimi.it/en/persone/docenti-e-ricercatori/metrangolo-pierangelo/ |title=CMIC – Metrangolo Pierangelo |access-date= 25 March 2022}}</ref>
==Education and professional positions== Metrangolo was born in Lecce, Italy. He obtained his PhD in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Milan in 2001 with a thesis on halogen bonding in supramolecular chemistry.<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular Chemistry'' Angewandte Chemie International Edition 2008, 47, 6114–6127 (DOI: 10.1002/anie.200800128)</ref> He became assistant professor at the Politecnico di Milano in 2002, where he was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor of chemistry for technologies in 2011. He is also affiliated to the National Research Council of Italy and holds a visiting professorship at the Aalto University (Finland, since 2015) and at the VTT-Technical Research Centre of Finland (since 2011).
==Research interests== His research interests have covered the following topics: * functional supramolecular materials<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Halogen-bonded Mesogens Direct Polymer Self-assemblies up to Millimetre Length Scale'' Nature Communications 2014, 5:4043 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5043)</ref><ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Transmembrane anion transport mediated by halogen-bond donors'' Nature Communications 2012, 3:905 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1902)</ref> * fluorinated nanoparticles and theranostics<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''A Superfluorinated Molecular Probe for Highly Sensitive in Vivo 19F‑MRI'' Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136, 8524–8527 (DOI: 10.1021/ja503270n)</ref> * biomimetic and biosynthetic hybrid materials<ref>P. Metrangolo et al. ''Supramolecular Amplification of Amyloid Self-assembly by Iodination'' Nature Communications 2015, 6:7574 (DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8574)</ref> * intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iupac.org/nc/home/projects/project-db/project-details.html?tx_wfqbe_pi1%5bproject_nr%5d=2009-032-1-100|title= Metrangolo chaired an ICSU-IUPAC project on the terminology of crystal engineering}}</ref> * nanomedicine<ref>P. Metrangolo 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)</ref>
==Honors and awards== * ''ERC Grantee'' (2012, European Research Council)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foldhalo.eu|title=ERC project FOLDHALO ''Folding with Halogen Bonding''}}</ref> * ''CrystEngComm Sponsored Lectureship'' at the 42nd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (2009) * ''Young Observer'' at the 45th IUPAC General Assembly (2009) * ''Journals Grant Award for International Authors'' (2005, Royal Society of Chemistry) * ''G. Ciamician Medal'' (2005, Italian Chemical Society)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.soc.chim.it/sites/default/files/users/div_organica/albo%20medaglia%20Ciamician%202014.pdf|title=''G. Ciamician Medal'' to Pierangelo Metrangolo}}</ref> * Titular Member of the IUPAC's Division I ''Physical and Biophysical Chemistry''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iupac.org/nc/home/about/members-and-committees/db/division-committee.html?tx_wfqbe_pi1%5Btitle%5D=Physical%20and%20Biophysical%20Chemistry%20Division&tx_wfqbe_pi1%5Bpublicid%5D=100|title=IUPAC's Division 1: Titular Members}}</ref> (2016–2017) * Co-editor of ''Acta Crystallographica B''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journals.iucr.org/b/|title=Acta Crystallographica B: Editorial Board}}</ref> (International Union of Crystallography) (2014 onwards) * Member of the editorial board of ''CrystEngComm''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rsc.org/publishing/journals/ce/staff.asp|title=CrystEngComm: Editorial Board|date=2015-05-22}}</ref> (Royal Society of Chemistry) (2013 onwards) * Member of the editorial advisory board of ''Crystal Growth & Design''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pubs.acs.org/page/cgdefu/editors.html|title=Crystal Growth & Design: Editors}}</ref> (American Chemical Society) (2014 onwards)
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