Guglielmo MONACO | Curriculum

Guglielmo Monaco was born in Salerno in 1973. He received his Diploma in Classical Studies in 1991 with 60/60 and graduated in Chemistry (Physical Chemistry address) in 1996 with 110/110 cum laude at the University of Naples " Federico II ",defending a dissertation on high-resolution NMR spectra of stereoregular polymers, under the leadership of Profs. Busico V. and G. Del Re. In 1999 he defended his doctorate thesis in heterogeneous catalysis completed in the group of Prof. P. Corradini.He has therefore obtained a research grant in Salerno to work with Prof. A. Immirzi on the X-ray diffraction by polymer samples.Since 2002 he is a researcher in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biology at the University of Salerno, and has since been continuously holder of basic modules or courses (Laboratory of Physical Chemistry I and II, Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics, Laboratory of Advanced Physical Chemistry).From 2013 he collaborates with the Board of Education Area as guarantor of quality. His research experiences are in different fields such as data analysis, kinetics, statistical thermodynamics, diffraction, quantum chemistry; He has been also interested in pedagogy, taking care of a volume published by FrancoAngeli entitled "Dynamic Complexity of educational processes: theoretical and practical aspects." In the last decade his research was mainly devoted to quantum chemistry, and in particular1) to the study of the current density in diamagnetic systems, for the prediction of magnetic properties, the quantification of aromaticity in conjugated systems, the assessment of the character of stabilizing weak interactions;2) to the calculation of electronic and vibrational circular dichroism spectra;3) to the interpretation of reaction mechanisms. Among the most recent results within the studies on the current density, one could mention1) the introduction of the class of altan-molecules, characterized by an external annulene which can be considered decoupled from the rest of the molecule,2) the confirmation of the attractive character of the H-H interaction in congested molecules, in agreement with the AIM theory.