Prototto Antonio

Biography

The professor. Antonio Proto was born in Salerno on October 30, 1960. He graduated in chemistry at the University of Naples in 1986. In 1987, 1988 and 1989 he was the winner of the G. Donegani Foundation's Studying Stock Market, banned by the Lincei National Academy, using it from January 1987 to December 1988 at the Department of Physics of the University of Salerno. Between January 1989 and December 1990 he held a scholarship between the Department of Physics of the University of Salerno and the Aristech Chemical Corporation Research-Monroeville, Pennsylvania-USA, having the opportunity to spend working periods in the United States. From January 1, 1991 to November 1994, he was a technical co-worker at the Department of Physics at the University of Salerno. From December 1994 to March 2005 he was a researcher at the University of Salerno (Scientific-Disciplinary Sector CHIM / 03) at the University of Salerno's Faculty of Chemistry. Since March 2005 he has been associate professor of the Faculty of MFN Sciences of the University of Salerno (Scientific-disciplinary sector CHIM / 03 General and inorganic chemistry). Since 2015 she is Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Cultural Heritage SSN CHIM 12 The research activity focuses on the synthesis and characterization of IV group catalysts that promote the sterospecific polymerization of α-olefins and dienes conjugated from natural sources, the development of new sustainable materials for industrial and environmental applications, chemical devices for the monitoring of atmospheric pollutants.

Research Interest

The research activity focuses on the synthesis and characterization of IV group catalysts that promote the sterospecific polymerization of α-olefins and dienes conjugated from natural sources, the development of new sustainable materials for industrial and environmental applications, chemical devices for the monitoring of atmospheric pollutants.