Consorzio Interuniversitario per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase
Center for Colloid and Surface Science

Personal information

Position: Permanent Staff

Email: porcheddu@unica.it

Phone: +39 070 6754410

Location: Cagliari


1) Fields of Interest and Expertise

- Design of novel strategies for using cyanuric chloride (TCT) in friendly organic processes

- Synthesis of quinuclidine derivatives

- Synthesis of chimera molecules possessing complex molecular architecture

- Green Chemistry

- Borrowing Hydrogen and Transfer Hydrogenation

- C-H bond activation

- Mechanochemistry

2) Teaching:

- Organic Chemistry II

- Green Chemistry

- The Chemistry of Heterocycles

3) Curriculum Vitae

1995: Degree in Chemistry at the University of Sassari with first-class honours. Thesis on

“Synthesis of piperazic acid derivatives as CPP analogues”.

1999: PhD in Chemistry at the University of Sassari. Thesis on “Designing novel strategies

to use cyanuric chloride (TCT) in friendly organic processes ”

2000: post-doctoral studies at the Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg, France) working

on the synthesis of quinuclidine derivatives

2001: Researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari.

2015: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University

of Cagliari.

2021: Full Professor at the Department of Chemical and Geological Science, University of

Cagliari.

Unit

Publications

Delivery of Ulva rigida extract by bicontinuous cubic lipid nanoplatforms for potential photodynamic therapy against pancreatic cancer

- Krautforst K. - Kulbacka J. - Marco Fornasier - Rita Mocci - Dessì D. - Andrea Porcheddu - Moccia D. - Pusceddu A. - Sarais G. - Sergio Murgia - Bazylińska U.
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Photomechanochemistry: harnessing mechanical forces to enhance photochemical reactions

- Mele F. - Constantin A.M. - Andrea Porcheddu - Maggi R. - Maestri G. - Ca' N.D. - Capaldo L.
Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry

Metal-Free Synthesis of α-H Chlorine Alkylaromatic Hydrocarbons Driven by Visible Light

- De Luca L. - Ledda L. - Andrea Porcheddu - Carraro M. - Pisano L. - Gaspa S.
Molecules

Post-process correction improves the accuracy of satellite PM2.5 retrievals

- Andrea Porcheddu - Kolehmainen V. - Lähivaara T. - Lipponen A.
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

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