Background
Pignataro, Salvatore was born on December 12, 1939 in Siracusa, Sicily. Son of Giuseppe and Eleonora (Sanfilippo) Pignataro.
Pignataro, Salvatore was born on December 12, 1939 in Siracusa, Sicily. Son of Giuseppe and Eleonora (Sanfilippo) Pignataro.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, University Catania, Italy, 1962.
Assistant professor, U. Perugia, Italy, 1964; temporary teacher physical chemistry or molecular spectroscopy, U. Perugia, Italy, 1964-1969; postdoctoral fellow, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1968; temporary teacher physical chemistry/molecular spectroscopy, U. Bologna, Italy, 1969-1974; temporary teacher physical chemistry/molecular spectroscopy, U. Catania, 1974; full professor physical chemistry, U. Catania, 1975-1994; full professor molecular spectroscopy, U. Catania, since 1994. General manager Consorzio Catania Research, Catania, 1987-1995, president, 1995.
Member Italian Chemical Society (Gold medal for contributions to development mass spectrometry 1992).
Married Anna Giuffrida, June 11, 1964. Children: Eleonora, Annalisa, Bruno.