Lanzalunga Osvaldo
Chemistry
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Biography
Osvaldo Lanzalunga, was born in Salerno in 1965. He obtained his Laurea degree in 1989 and his PhD in Chemistry in 1993 at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". He got two research fellowships from the Italian National Research Council (CNR) at the Centro di Studio sui Meccanismi di Reazione (1994 and 1995). He became Researcher (1996-2004) and then Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry (2005) at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. He began the teaching activity in 1999 and now teaches the course “Organic Chemistry II with Laboratory”. He is Coordinator of the Ph.D. School in Chemical Science. His scientific activity is focused on the study of the electron transfer reactions in organic chemistry, on the role of reactive intermediates such as radicals and radical ions in organic and bioorganic reactions and the mechanism of enzymatic and biomimetic oxidation of organic substrates. He has started collaborations with several national and international research groups. He is author and coauthor of 65 oral and poster communications in national and international meetings and 84 publications in international journals. He is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sulfur Chemistry (2013-2015). He received the award “Enichem- Piano Giovani” from Enimont in 1989 and the award "Federchimica - per un futuro intelligente" in 1992.
Research Interest
Organic chemistry
Publications
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Baciocchi E, Lanzalunga O, Malandrucco S, Ioele M, Steenken S. Oxidation of sulfides by peroxidases. Involvement of radical cations and the rate of the oxygen rebound step. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 1996 Sep 18;118(37):8973-4.
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Astolfi P, Brandi P, Galli C, Gentili P, Gerini MF, Greci L, Lanzalunga O. New mediators for the enzyme laccase: mechanistic features and selectivity in the oxidation of non-phenolic substrates. New Journal of Chemistry. 2005;29(10):1308-17.
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Baciocchi E, Bietti M, Lanzalunga O. Mechanistic aspects of β-bond-cleavage reactions of aromatic radical cations. Accounts of chemical research. 2000 Apr 18;33(4):243-51.
