Sorrenti, Alessandro | IQTC - The Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of the Universitat de Barcelona

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  The Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of the Universitat de Barcelona (IQTCUB) is integrated by more than 60 researchers, experts in several fields of the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. The research activity carried out at the IQTCUB covers methods and computational tools development, application of several techniques of electronic structures and simulation to problems in materials science, the study of reactivity and reaction dynamics in chemical reactions as well as of biological systems and soft-matter. The main goal is to generate synergies between researchers encouraging the interdisciplinary activities that allow to tackle new challenges. Another important goal is to share expertise in handling the computational resources, which are the main tools in this type of research. See the IQTCUB director’s welcome. For a more detailed information see the 2017 IQTCUB Scientific Activity Report and the XRQTC disseminating video.
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  The Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of the Universitat de Barcelona (IQTCUB) was created by the university Government Board on 27th November 2007 involving professors and researchers of different departments of the Faculties of Chemistry and Physics of the Universitat de Barcelona. Nowadays, also some groups of the Faculty of Pharmacy belong to the Institute. The common theme of the research projects conducted at the Institute is the use of methods that are rooted in quantum chemistry, recently it is also open to experimental groups of our Departments with deep collaborations with those focusing on computational chemistry. This should help to increase the multidisciplinary character of our research. Although traditionally the research at IQTCUB is mainly focused on chemistry, it is different from one would expect of a traditional chemist. Indeed, the common tools employed by the researchers at IQTCUB do not belong to a typical laboratory, but to a virtual computational “laboratory”. This “laboratory” is usually a gateway to our computational resources or to the supercomputing centers with even larger computacional facilities. The main goal of theoretical and computational chemistry is to achieve a detailed understanding of chemical and physical processes in order to assist in the interpretation…
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  You are welcome to see this video elaborated by XRQTC.This is a project done with the support of Direccio General de Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya through AGAUR. Authors: Xavier Gimenez (UB), Lourdes Vega (Matgas), Jean Didier Marechal (UAB).
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Sorrenti, Alessandro

Lecturer

Research Area:
Nanomaterials for emergent technologies

Department of Materials Science & Physical Chemistry

Faculty of Chemistry

University of Barcelona

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Alessandro received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” in 2008 with a dissertation entitled “Transfer of chirality from molecules to complex systems”. Then he moved to the Universitat de Barcelona where he joined the group of Prof. J. M. Ribó (2010-2011) thanks to a fellowship for Young Foreign Researchers funded by the Spanish Government. In Barcelona, he also worked as postdoctoral researcher in the groups of Prof. R. M. Ortuño at the UAB (2010-2011), and of Prof. D. Amabilino (2013-2014) at the CSIC Institute of Materials Science. In 2014, he moved to the Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires of Strasbourg (Dr. T. Hermans’ group), where he won a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship for the research project ASSEMZYME. In April 2017, he joined the group of Dr. Puigmartí-Luis (part of the deMello group) at ETH-Zürich as Senior Research Assistant (Oberassistent). With the appointment of Dr. Puigmartí-Luis as an ICREA Professor, in September 2020 he relocated with the ChemInFlow group to Universitat de Barcelona.

Alessandro research experience is at the interface between supramolecular, organic, physical-organic chemistry and colloid chemistry. Namely, his interests have ranged from the investigation of chirality in amphiphile and porphyrin assemblies, to the study of kinetically controlled self-assembly and pathway complexity in aqueous media, and of enzyme mediated dissipative (chemical fuel-driven) supramolecular polymerization. Currently, his research interest is focussed on studying supramolecular polymers and self-assembled materials under non-equilibrium conditions achieved within of microfluidic environments.