Osvaldo De Lazaro Casagrande Junior
Professor
Chemistry
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil
Biography
He holds a bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University (1987) and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1991). He completed postdoctoral studies at the University of Iowa (USA) under the guidance of Prof. Richard F. Jordan (1996-1998). He was a professor at the University of Rennes (France) (2004). He was director of the Catalysis Division of the Brazilian Chemical Society in the biennium 2004-2006. He was Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Chemistry in the period of 2009-2012. He is currently Professor of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry / Institute of Chemistry - UFRGS. He has experience in the field of Chemistry, with emphasis on Organometallic Compounds, working mainly in the development of catalytic systems applied to the selective production of alpha-olefins
Research Interest
Organometallic compounds, working mainly in the development of catalytic systems applied to the selective production of alpha-olefins, polyolefins and nanocomposites.
Publications
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Bergamo, Adão L .; DA CAS, HALANA K.; RAMBO, RAONI S.; SCHWALM, CRISTIANE S.; CASAGRANDE, ADRIANA CA; STIELER, RAFAEL; Casagrande, Osvaldo L .. Chromium complexes bearing Pyrazolyl-imine-phenoxy / pyrrolide ligands: Synthesis, characterization, and use in ethylene Oligomerization. Catalysis Communications (Print) , v. 86, p. 77-81, 2016.
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MILANI, JLS; CASAGRANDE, ACA; LIVOTTO, PR; Casagrande, Osvaldo L .. Synthesis and Characterization of Ether-Imine-Furfural [ONO] Nickel (II) Complexes and Their Application in Oligomerization of Ethylene. Applied Catalysis. A, General (Print) , v. 523, p. 247-254, 2016.
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CASAGRANDE, ACA; CRUZ, KZC; Casagrande Jr, Osvaldo . High-density polyethylene / expanded graphite nanocomposites produced by polymerization-filling technique using an industrial heterogeneous catalyst. JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART A-POLYMER CHEMISTRY , v. 55, p. 1260-1267, 2017.
