Business Address:
Università di Padova
Dipartmento di Chimica Fisica
Via Loredan, 2
I-35100 Padova
Tel.: (+39) 49 827 5108
Fax: (+39) 49 827 5135
E-mail: giacometti@chfi.unipd.it [1]
Home Address:
Via S.Pio X, 3
I-35100 Padova
Tel.: (+39) 49 875 9924
Personal Data:
Born: September 6th, 1929 in Genova, Italy
Parents: Giacometti Achille, and Maria, née Ghersi
Citizenship: Italian
Married: on May 25th, 1957, with Anna Sperotti, citizenship: Italian
Children: Barbara Maria Giacometti, born September 2nd, 1959 in Padova
Marina Giacometti, born September 15th, 1960 in Padova
Giovanna Giacometti, born November 1st, 1965 in Padova
Education:
1934-1937
Scuola Diedo, Venezia (Italy) (elementary school).
1938-1939
Liceo Ginnasio Andrea Doria, Genova (Italy) (high school).
1939-1945
Liceo - Ginnasio Marco Foscarini, Venezia (Italy) (high school).
July 1946
Maturità Classica.
1946-195
Università di Padova, major in chemistry.
July 1951
Laurea in Chimica (Chemistry Degree).
Positions held:
9/51-8/53
Instructor in Physical Chemstry, University of Padova, Padova.
9/53-6/54
Smith Mundt Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Ca, USA.
7/54-8/54
Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., USA.
9/54-12/57
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
July 1955
Libera Docenza" in Physical Chemistry.
1/58-9/59
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry Division, National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada.
10/59-11/60
Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
12/60-8/65
Professor of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
9/65-today
Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
6/65-7/65
Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
1/67-6/67
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., USA.
11/76-10/81
Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Research Management:
11/61-12/66
Director, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Padova, Padova,Italy.
1/70-today
Director, Center of Studies for Radical and Excited Molecular States, National Research Council, Italy.
1/70-12/80
Member, Scientific Committee, Basic Science Laboratory, SNAM Progetti S.p.A., S.Donato Milanese (Milan) and Monterotondo (Rome), Italy.
1991-1997
Member, Steering Committee, ESF Program "Biophysics of Photosynthesis".
1995-1997
Member, Executive Committee, ESF Program "Biophysics of Photosynthesis".
Professional recognitions and activities:
"Bologna" Prize for Chemistry.1963
Gold Medal for Science Education and Arts of the Italian Republic
former Member, Editorial Board:"Nuovo Cimento"
former Member, Editorial Board:"Gazzetta Chimica Italiana"
former Member, Editorial Board:"Journal de Chimie Physique"
former Member, Editorial Board:"Molecular Catalysis"
Member, Editorial Board:"Spectrochimica Acta A, Biomolecular Spectroscopy"
Member: "Istituto Veneto Scienze Lettere ed Arti", Venezia, Italy.
Member: "Accademia Patavina di Scienze Lettere ed Arti", Padova, Italy (corresp)
Member: "Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei", Roma, Italy (corresp.).
former President: Associazione Italana di Chimica Fisica.
former President: Divisione di Chimica Fisica, Società Chimica Italiana.
Member: "Societé Royale des Sciences de Liège".