Michelangelo Gruttadauria is degree in Chemistry at the University of Palermo. Researcher at the same University in 1992, then at the University of Manchester in 1994-1995. Is an Associate Professor at the University of Palermo in 2000, then Full Professor in 2006. Has several international and national collaborations: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, University of Basel, University of Leuven, ETH Zurich, University of Namur, Università di Bologna, Università di Perugia, Università di Trieste. Component of the Management Committee of the COST Action ORganoCAtalysis CM0905 (2011-2014). Research interest in organocatalysis, asymmetric synthesis, recyclable catalysts, carbon nanomaterial-based catalysts, ionic liquids and ionic liquid-based catalysts. Research Prize 2015 Organic Chemistry in its synthetic aspects (methodologies and products) awarded by the Division of Organic Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society. Member of International Advisory Board of ChemCatChem (2017-).
