Background
Metrangolo, Pierangelo was born on April 16, 1972 in Copertino, Lecce, Italy. Son of Giovanni Metrangolo and Maria Rizzo.
Metrangolo, Pierangelo was born on April 16, 1972 in Copertino, Lecce, Italy. Son of Giovanni Metrangolo and Maria Rizzo.
Graduate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University Milan, 1997. Master in Synthetic Chemistry, Polytechnic Milan, 1998. Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Chemistry, Polytechnic Milan, 2001.
He also has an interest in crystal engineering, in particular by using the halogen bond. 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 Technical Research Centre of Finland-Technical Research Centre of Finland (since 2011).
His research interests have covered the following topics: functional supramolecular materials fluorinated nanoparticles and theranostics biomimetic and biosynthetic hybrid materials intermolecular forces and their use in crystal engineering nanomedicine G.
Titular Member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry"s Division I Physical and Biophysical Chemistry (2016–2017)
Member of the Editorial Board of CrystEngComm (Royal Society of Chemistry) (2013 onwards)
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Crystal Growth & Design (American Chemical Society) (2014 onwards).
Life partner Rauni Hannele Primetta.