In the run-up to our symposium, we’ll post short biographical details of our speakers, starting with Dr Matteo Lusi.
The title of Matteo’s talk will be: “From Crystal Engineering Problems to Engineering Crystalline Solutions”
Bio:
Matteo Lusi is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Limerick.
He completed his Master in Crystal Engineering in Braga’s group in Bologna and obtained his PhD in crystallography under the supervision of Guy Orpern and Chris Adams in Bristol. As a Postdoc he worked with Len Barbour in Stellenbosch University and with Joel Bernstein in NYU-Abu Dhabi before moving to Limerick in 2014.
His research interests include crystallography, solid state reactions and supramolecular chemistry applied to pharmaceutical and separative sciences.
From 2007 to 2017 he published 7 papers with Chris, including PNAS and Angewandte Chemie, which received almost 500 citations collectively.