Professor Luisa De Cola

Current affiliations

  • Center for Nonlinear Science

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Luminescent and electroluminescent materials for optical and electroluminescent devices
  • Nanomaterials for imaging and diagnostics

Academic Education

1984 - 1986Post-Doc Fellowships (NIH) at the Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA
1978 - 1983"Laurea" in Chemistry summa cum laude, University of Messina (Italy), supervisor Prof. Raffaello Romeo

Work Experience

since 2010Visiting Professor University of Kyoto
since 2009Visiting Professor at Institut de Science e d´Ingénerie Supramoléculaires, ISIS, Strasbourg, France
since 2006Part-time Professor Department of Chemistry University of Twente, The Netherlands
since 2005Full Professor (C4) in Physics and Chemistry, University of Münster (Germany) chair of Nanoelectronics and Nanophotonics
since 2005Adjunct Member of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, WWU Münster
2005 - 2006Adjunct Professor, HIMS, University of Amsterdam, NL
1998 - 2004Full Professor, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands), chair of Molecular Photonic Materials
1990 - 1998Assistant Professor University of Bologna, Italy
1986 - 1990Researcher National Research Council, CNR, Instituto F.R.A.E, Bologna, Italy (group leader Prof. Vincenzo Balzani)
1987 - 1988Visiting researcher, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Functions and Memberships

Member of the board of the Physical Chemistry, section photochemistry and photophysics, of the GDCh
Member of Royal Chemical Society
Member of American Chemical Society
since 2008Member of the Evaluation Committee for the Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, ISIS, Strasbourg, France
since 2007President of the Evaluation Committee for the Department of Chemistry, University of Padova (Italy)
since 2005Board Member of the Center for Nanotechnology, Münster
2010 - 2014Member of the Geman Chemical Society (GDCh), Physical Chemistry, section Photochemistry
2003 - 2007Member of the Advisory Board for the Chemistry Department, Imperial College of London
2002 - 2006Editorial Board of Chemical Society Reviews
2001 - 2004Editorial Board of Inorganic Chemistry

Publications

Barroso A., Woerdemann M., Veiga-Gutierrez M., De Cola L., Denz C. (2013)
In: (eds.), . Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Press.
Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Veiga-Gutiérrez M, Woerdemann M, Prasetyanto E, Denz C, De Cola L (2012)
In: Advanced Materials, 24(38)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Veiga-Gutiérrez M, Woerdemann M, Prasetyanto E, Denz C, De Cola L (2012)
In: Advanced Materials, 24(38)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bhowmick DK, Linden S, Devaux A, De Cola L, Zacharias H (2012)
In: Small, 8(4)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
El-Gindi J, Benson K, De Cola L, Galla HJ, Seda Kehr N (2012)
In: Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 51
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/12/2010 - 30/11/2011
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: 02/08/2010 - 30/06/2011
Funded by: Sonstige Mittelgeber
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/08/2010 - 31/07/2011
Type of project: Own resources project
Duration: 01/07/2010 - 30/06/2015
Funded by: EC FP 7 - ERC Advanced Grant
Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/09/2009 - 01/09/2012
Type of project: Own resources project
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Prizes

Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award 2011
Awarded by: International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
Award given to: de Cola, Luisa
Date of awarding: 15/08/2011
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
ERC Advanced Grant
Awarded by: European Research Council (ERC)
Award given to: De Cola, Luisa
Announced at: 01/01/2009 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2009
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
National Prize "per un futuro intelligente"
Awarded by: Federchimica
Award given to: De Cola, Luisa
Date of awarding: 01/01/1995
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Grammaticakis-Neumann Prize
Awarded by: Swiss Chemical Society
Award given to: De Cola, Luisa
Date of awarding: 01/01/1995
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Prize for Chemistry 1993
Awarded by: Accademia di Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche di Napoli
Award given to: De Cola, Luisa
Date of awarding: 01/01/1993
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

Luminescent Cu (I) and Ir (III) Complexes and their application in optoelectronic devices
Candidate: Bizzarri, Claudia | Supervisors: De Cola, Luisa
Period of time: until 21/11/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Multifunctional Zeolite L Crystals Rational Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Application
Candidate: Otter, Matthias | Supervisors: De Cola, Luisa
Period of time: until 18/11/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Organometallic dopants for optoelectronik devices - Design, Synthesis and Characterization
Candidate: Mydlak, Mathias | Supervisors: De Cola, Luisa
Period of time: until 13/10/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
In vitro Biomedical Applications of Nanoparticles
Candidate: Li, Zhen | Supervisors: De Cola, Luisa
Period of time: until 25/11/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Time and spatially resolved spectroscopy of photoactive assemblies
Candidate: Schuermann, Klaus Christian | Supervisors: De Cola, Luisa
Period of time: until 21/07/2010
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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