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December 2012

Prof. Silvia Giordani received the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow award on December 17th in Bergamo, Italy.

Silvia Giordani receiving the price from Roberto Sestini

Prof. Silvia Giordani was invited speaker at the Molecular Devices symposium, held at Queen’s University of Belfast on 14th December.

Symposium speakers. From left: Prof. Thorri Gunnlaugsson (Trinity College Dublin),
President Xuhong Qian (ECUST, P. R. China), Prof. Donal O’Shea (University College Dublin),
Dr Silvia Giordani (Trinity College Dublin), Prof. Yufang Xu (ECUST, P. R. China)

Prof. Silvia Giordani was invited by the European Commission to be a keynote speaker at Destination Europe, a forum for leading European research organisations, funders and industry, to present the opportunities they offer to researchers and innovators from anywhere in the world. The event, which ran from the 6-7th December, was held in San Francisco (US) and included a REA-organised session called "Marie Curie Actions: your research career in Europe".

LINKS: European Commission WebPage
European Commission - Programme

Prof. Silvia Giordani received the LEONARDO UGIS award for a young researcher/communicator on December 3rd in Milan, Italy. The prestigious prize, intended to recognise both outstanding scientific achievements and excellent communication skills of young researchers, is awarded by the Italian National Museum of Science and Technology, the Italian Scientific Journalists Union – the 'Unione Giornalisti Italiani Scientifici' (UGIS) and Federchimica – PlasticsEurope Italia.
Jury members include:

Giovanni Caprara, in charge of the science section in Corriere della Sera and president of UGIS (the Journalist Union)
Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director of IIT - Italian Institute of Technology
Fiorenzo Galli, Director General of the National Museum of Science and Technology
Fabiola Gianotti, Coordinator of the experiment Atlas - CERN
Giulio Giorello, Professor of Science Philosophy - Università degli Studi di Milano
Alberto Pieri, General Secretary of FAST - Federation of scientific and technical associations.

The motivation of the Jury of the Leonardo – UGIS award that selected Silvia Giordani over more than 80 candidates is “From the technical Institute Natta Bergamo to Trinity College Dublin the jump is significative. In between there is a linear and growing professional path. In addition to her evident scientific versatility, the numerous and prestigious international recognitions, the wide scientific production in the most qualified journals, her experience as visiting scientist and lecturer, her active participation to communicating science to the wide audience and the media, her promotion of the female role in science and research and that of young students”.

LINKS: European Commission Webpage
W la Chimica Webpage
CRANN Webpage

Jury and winners. From left: Alberto Pieri, Fabiola Gianotti, Silvia Giordani, Fiorenzo Galli,
Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Giovanni Caprara, Edoardo Boncinelli

November 2012

Prof. Silvia Giordani received the ROTARY Premio alla professionalita’ on November 19th in Bergamo, Italy.

Silvia Giordani receiving the price from Cristina Moro and Marco Milanesi

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the 19th National Youth Orientation Day, organized by Confindustria, held in Florence, Italy on 16 November 2012. The event was coordinated by Riccardo Luna, who entertained the public, composed of approx 1,000 high school students, with an interactive program. The event was followed in live streaming. Link to Webpage

October 2012

Prof. Silvia Giordani was a keynote speaker at the Policy dialogue workshop – Exchange and Capacity Building Measures, organized by the European Commission, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-24 October 2012. Link to Webpage

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited guest at the Italian National TV Program: "Alle falde del Kilimangiaro" on Sunday 14th October on RAI 3. Link to Webpage

Prof. Silvia Giordani was a Keynote speaker at the Intel Ireland Research Conference 2012, held at Croke Park in Dublin, from 3-4 October 2012. Link to Webpage

September 2012

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the Nanoweek Conference 2012, Nanoscience Excellence with Impact, held at CRANN in Dublin, from 17-18 September 2012. Link to Webpage

Welcome to Gary Hudson who joins the SG group for his final year undergraduate research project.

Congratulations to Dr. Manuel Natali on getting a job at Intel!

Congratulations to Stephanie Moffitt (research summer student in SG group in 2010) who is awarded a full tuition scholarship for her PhD in material science and engineering at Nortwestern University! Link

August 2012

Prof. Silvia Giordani was a Keynote speaker at the NanoteC12 Conference, Carbon Nanoscience and Nanotechnology conference, held at University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, from 29 August to 1 September 2012. Link to Webpage

Summer Student Simona Morochnik wins prize for best poster at the SURE poster competition. Simona, an undergraduate student at the University of California – Santa Barbara in the United States (UCSB), joined the group of Prof. Silvia Giordani at the School of Chemistry during the summer months under the sponsorship of the SURE programme (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience). Simona, who originally comes from Los Angeles, CA is a bright third year student at UCSB where she is finishing her degree in Biology. She worked for 10 weeks together with postdoctoral fellow Ilaria Biondi on a project aimed at functionalising the surface of carbon nano-onions with a spiropyran derivative. Her results were presented at the SURE poster competition on August 22, where she was awarded the first prize for her presentation. Congratulations Simona!!!

Simona Morochnik receiving the prize from Prof. Charles Patterson (left).
Dr. Ilaria Biondi, Simona Morochnik and Prof. Silvia Giordani next to the winning poster (right).

Prof. Silvia Giordani has been interviewed by the Irish Times. Link to website.

July 2012

ESOF 2012 was held in Dublin's convention centre from the 11th - 15th of July. ESOF is Europe's largest general science meeting and is held every two years in a leading Europe city. Prof. Giordani was an invited speacker at the Careers Section of the event "Engaging in a researcher's career in the 21st century" on the 12th of July and "Role models for mobility: portraits of women from the Marie Curie Fellowship Association" on the 13th of July. In her talks she shared her experience as a Marie Curie Fellow, as a woman in science and as a mentor for young students. She invited Charlotte Borra from the high school "Natta" in Bergamo (Italy) to talk about her passion in science and about her research as part of the Mentoring Juniors Project, designed and coordinated by Silvia Giordani.

Charlotte Borra and Prof. Silvia Giordani at the Conference Centre

Prof. Silvia Giordani spoke on Morning Ireland and Mooney Goes Wild about her research into "smart medicines", the 2012 L'Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women in Science Fellowship and careers for women in science.

Welcome to Ilaria Biondi who joins the SG group as a Postdoc.

June 2012

Silvia Giordani Wins 2012 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship

Prof. Silvia Giordani is the recipient of the 2012 L’Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women
In Science for her work on a new avenue towards “smart” medicines.
LINKS: UNESCO Webpage L'Oréal: Women in Science
London Press Service European Commission Webpage
SFI Webpage TCD Webpage
CRANN Webpage Wiser Webpage

The eight finalists, short-listed from 229 applicants, were interviewed on 28 June at an awards ceremony held at the Royal Society in London by a panel of eminent scientists.

The judging panel comprised:

Chair - Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS - Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge
Professor Lorna Casselton - Emeritus Professor of Fungal Genetics, VP & Ex Foreign Secretary the Royal Society, (FRS), University of Oxford & the Royal Society
Julie McManus – Head of Scientific, L’Oréal UK and Ireland, (Biochemistry)
Professor John O’Halloran - Head of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork
Dr Beth Taylor - Director of Communications & External Relations, Institute of Physics
Professor Naomi Chayen - Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Res Fellow), Head of Crystallization Group in Biomolecular Medicine, Imperial College London
Professor Matthew Rosseinsky - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (DPHIL, FRSC, FRS), University of Liverpool

The four 2012 winners were announced on the evening of the 28th of June at an awards ceremony held at the Royal Society in London.
The Fellowships are awarded annually by L’Oréal UK & Ireland and the UK and Irish National Commissions for UNESCO, in partnership with the Royal Society. The £15,000 fellowships have been designed to provide practical help for the winners to undertake research in their chosen fields.
The full list of the four 2012 winners can be found at the UNESCO website: www.unesco.org.uk/honouring_the_next_generation_of_female_scientists

Welcome to Simona Morochnik who joins the SG group as a Visiting Undergraduate on the SURE program.

May 2012

Welcome to Associate Professor Gagik Shmavonyan who joins the Giordani’s group as visiting Professor for three months to work on a project "Characterization of graphene and graphene based materials by Raman Spectroscopy /AFM" supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology STSM exchange, COST Action MP0901 "Designing Novel Materials for Nanodevices - from Theory to Practice (NanoTP)".

Prof. Silvia Giordani has been interviewed by Corriere della Sera. Link to website.

April 2012

Congratulations to Dania who wins the prize for the Best Paper (postgrad) at the CRANN Quaterly.
Movia D., Prina Mello A., Bazou D., Volkov Y. and Giordani S. “Integration of 3D Cellular Models in the Toxicity Screening of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes” ACS Nano 2011, 5, 9278–9290

Congratulations to Dr. Dania Movia who is awarded a PhD in Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin (third graduate from group SG).

March 2012

Welcome to Nicola Pesenti who joins the SG group as a Visiting Research Assistant.

Congratulations to Dr. Elisa Del Canto on getting a job at Intel!

Fabruary 2012

Welcome to Gianfranco Sfuncia who joins the SG group as a Visiting PhD student from the University of Catania, Italy.

November 2011

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the COST Project MP0901 "NanoTP" Scientific Meeting, held at the Abdus Salam ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) in Trieste, Italy from 9-11th November 2011.

Congratulations to Dr. Elisa Del Canto who is awarded a PhD in Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin (second graduate from group SG).

October 2011

Prof. Giordani was an invited speaker at the 18th National Youth Orientation Day, organized by Confindustria, held in Milan on the 11th October 2011. The event was coordinated by Enrico Bertolino, who entertained the public, composed of approx 1,200 high school students, with an interactive program. The event was followed in live streaming by over 40,000 people.
Link: Agenda

September 2011

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the session "SCIENCE – Passion, Mission, Responsibilities” of the Marie Curie Researchers Symposium, held in Warsaw, Poland from 25-27 September 2011.
Link to website.

August 2011

Congratulations to Yulia who wins the prize for the Best Presentation at the SURE poster competition (TCD).

Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the “60 years and 60 Carbons: A Symposium on Fullerenes and Supramolecular Chemistry” to honor Professor Luis Echegoyen in his 60th Birthday, during the 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 2nd August 2011. Oral presentations were given by his friends and collaborators on the general topics of fullerene and supramolecular chemistry.

Symposium speakers and Organizer
From left to right: Chun-Ru Wang, Javier De Mendoza, George Gokel, Josep Poblet, Alan Balch, Takeshi Akasaka, Tomas Torres, Steve Nelson, Silvia Giordani, Angel Kaifer (organizer), Luis Echegoyen, Jerry Atwood, Maurizio Prato, Nazario Martin, Andreas Hirsch, Fraser Stoddart, David Schuster, George Newkome, Maria Angeles Herranz

home	December 2012 Prof. Silvia Giordani received the Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow award on December 17th in Bergamo, Italy. Silvia Giordani receiving the price from Roberto Sestini Prof. Silvia Giordani was invited speaker at the Molecular Devices symposium, held at Queen’s University of Belfast on 14th December. Symposium speakers. From left: Prof. Thorri Gunnlaugsson (Trinity College Dublin), President Xuhong Qian (ECUST, P. R. China), Prof. Donal O’Shea (University College Dublin), Dr Silvia Giordani (Trinity College Dublin), Prof. Yufang Xu (ECUST, P. R. China) Prof. Silvia Giordani was invited by the European Commission to be a keynote speaker at Destination Europe, a forum for leading European research organisations, funders and industry, to present the opportunities they offer to researchers and innovators from anywhere in the world. The event, which ran from the 6-7th December, was held in San Francisco (US) and included a REA-organised session called "Marie Curie Actions: your research career in Europe". LINKS: European Commission WebPage European Commission - Programme Prof. Silvia Giordani received the LEONARDO UGIS award for a young researcher/communicator on December 3rd in Milan, Italy. The prestigious prize, intended to recognise both outstanding scientific achievements and excellent communication skills of young researchers, is awarded by the Italian National Museum of Science and Technology, the Italian Scientific Journalists Union – the 'Unione Giornalisti Italiani Scientifici' (UGIS) and Federchimica – PlasticsEurope Italia. Jury members include: Giovanni Caprara, in charge of the science section in Corriere della Sera and president of UGIS (the Journalist Union) Roberto Cingolani, Scientific Director of IIT - Italian Institute of Technology Fiorenzo Galli, Director General of the National Museum of Science and Technology Fabiola Gianotti, Coordinator of the experiment Atlas - CERN Giulio Giorello, Professor of Science Philosophy - Università degli Studi di Milano Alberto Pieri, General Secretary of FAST - Federation of scientific and technical associations. The motivation of the Jury of the Leonardo – UGIS award that selected Silvia Giordani over more than 80 candidates is “From the technical Institute Natta Bergamo to Trinity College Dublin the jump is significative. In between there is a linear and growing professional path. In addition to her evident scientific versatility, the numerous and prestigious international recognitions, the wide scientific production in the most qualified journals, her experience as visiting scientist and lecturer, her active participation to communicating science to the wide audience and the media, her promotion of the female role in science and research and that of young students”. LINKS: European Commission Webpage W la Chimica Webpage CRANN Webpage Jury and winners. From left: Alberto Pieri, Fabiola Gianotti, Silvia Giordani, Fiorenzo Galli, Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Giovanni Caprara, Edoardo Boncinelli November 2012 Prof. Silvia Giordani received the ROTARY Premio alla professionalita’ on November 19th in Bergamo, Italy. Silvia Giordani receiving the price from Cristina Moro and Marco Milanesi Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the 19th National Youth Orientation Day, organized by Confindustria, held in Florence, Italy on 16 November 2012. The event was coordinated by Riccardo Luna, who entertained the public, composed of approx 1,000 high school students, with an interactive program. The event was followed in live streaming. Link to Webpage October 2012 Prof. Silvia Giordani was a keynote speaker at the Policy dialogue workshop – Exchange and Capacity Building Measures, organized by the European Commission, held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 23-24 October 2012. Link to Webpage Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited guest at the Italian National TV Program: "Alle falde del Kilimangiaro" on Sunday 14th October on RAI 3. Link to Webpage Prof. Silvia Giordani was a Keynote speaker at the Intel Ireland Research Conference 2012, held at Croke Park in Dublin, from 3-4 October 2012. Link to Webpage September 2012 Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the Nanoweek Conference 2012, Nanoscience Excellence with Impact, held at CRANN in Dublin, from 17-18 September 2012. Link to Webpage Welcome to Gary Hudson who joins the SG group for his final year undergraduate research project. Congratulations to Dr. Manuel Natali on getting a job at Intel! Congratulations to Stephanie Moffitt (research summer student in SG group in 2010) who is awarded a full tuition scholarship for her PhD in material science and engineering at Nortwestern University! Link August 2012 Prof. Silvia Giordani was a Keynote speaker at the NanoteC12 Conference, Carbon Nanoscience and Nanotechnology conference, held at University of Sussex in Brighton, UK, from 29 August to 1 September 2012. Link to Webpage Summer Student Simona Morochnik wins prize for best poster at the SURE poster competition. Simona, an undergraduate student at the University of California – Santa Barbara in the United States (UCSB), joined the group of Prof. Silvia Giordani at the School of Chemistry during the summer months under the sponsorship of the SURE programme (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience). Simona, who originally comes from Los Angeles, CA is a bright third year student at UCSB where she is finishing her degree in Biology. She worked for 10 weeks together with postdoctoral fellow Ilaria Biondi on a project aimed at functionalising the surface of carbon nano-onions with a spiropyran derivative. Her results were presented at the SURE poster competition on August 22, where she was awarded the first prize for her presentation. Congratulations Simona!!! Simona Morochnik receiving the prize from Prof. Charles Patterson (left). Dr. Ilaria Biondi, Simona Morochnik and Prof. Silvia Giordani next to the winning poster (right). Prof. Silvia Giordani has been interviewed by the Irish Times. Link to website. July 2012 ESOF 2012 was held in Dublin's convention centre from the 11th - 15th of July. ESOF is Europe's largest general science meeting and is held every two years in a leading Europe city. Prof. Giordani was an invited speacker at the Careers Section of the event "Engaging in a researcher's career in the 21st century" on the 12th of July and "Role models for mobility: portraits of women from the Marie Curie Fellowship Association" on the 13th of July. In her talks she shared her experience as a Marie Curie Fellow, as a woman in science and as a mentor for young students. She invited Charlotte Borra from the high school "Natta" in Bergamo (Italy) to talk about her passion in science and about her research as part of the Mentoring Juniors Project, designed and coordinated by Silvia Giordani. Charlotte Borra and Prof. Silvia Giordani at the Conference Centre Prof. Silvia Giordani spoke on Morning Ireland and Mooney Goes Wild about her research into "smart medicines", the 2012 L'Oréal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women in Science Fellowship and careers for women in science. Welcome to Ilaria Biondi who joins the SG group as a Postdoc. June 2012 Silvia Giordani Wins 2012 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship Prof. Silvia Giordani is the recipient of the 2012 L’Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science for her work on a new avenue towards “smart” medicines. LINKS: UNESCO Webpage L'Oréal: Women in Science London Press Service European Commission Webpage SFI Webpage TCD Webpage CRANN Webpage Wiser Webpage The eight finalists, short-listed from 229 applicants, were interviewed on 28 June at an awards ceremony held at the Royal Society in London by a panel of eminent scientists. The judging panel comprised: Chair - Professor Dame Athene Donald DBE FRS - Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge Professor Lorna Casselton - Emeritus Professor of Fungal Genetics, VP & Ex Foreign Secretary the Royal Society, (FRS), University of Oxford & the Royal Society Julie McManus – Head of Scientific, L’Oréal UK and Ireland, (Biochemistry) Professor John O’Halloran - Head of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork Dr Beth Taylor - Director of Communications & External Relations, Institute of Physics Professor Naomi Chayen - Professor of Biomedical Sciences (Res Fellow), Head of Crystallization Group in Biomolecular Medicine, Imperial College London Professor Matthew Rosseinsky - Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (DPHIL, FRSC, FRS), University of Liverpool The four 2012 winners were announced on the evening of the 28th of June at an awards ceremony held at the Royal Society in London. The Fellowships are awarded annually by L’Oréal UK & Ireland and the UK and Irish National Commissions for UNESCO, in partnership with the Royal Society. The £15,000 fellowships have been designed to provide practical help for the winners to undertake research in their chosen fields. The full list of the four 2012 winners can be found at the UNESCO website: www.unesco.org.uk/honouring_the_next_generation_of_female_scientists Welcome to Simona Morochnik who joins the SG group as a Visiting Undergraduate on the SURE program. May 2012 Welcome to Associate Professor Gagik Shmavonyan who joins the Giordani’s group as visiting Professor for three months to work on a project "Characterization of graphene and graphene based materials by Raman Spectroscopy /AFM" supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology STSM exchange, COST Action MP0901 "Designing Novel Materials for Nanodevices - from Theory to Practice (NanoTP)". Prof. Silvia Giordani has been interviewed by Corriere della Sera. Link to website. April 2012 Congratulations to Dania who wins the prize for the Best Paper (postgrad) at the CRANN Quaterly. Movia D., Prina Mello A., Bazou D., Volkov Y. and Giordani S. “Integration of 3D Cellular Models in the Toxicity Screening of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes” ACS Nano 2011, 5, 9278–9290 Congratulations to Dr. Dania Movia who is awarded a PhD in Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin (third graduate from group SG). March 2012 Welcome to Nicola Pesenti who joins the SG group as a Visiting Research Assistant. Congratulations to Dr. Elisa Del Canto on getting a job at Intel! Fabruary 2012 Welcome to Gianfranco Sfuncia who joins the SG group as a Visiting PhD student from the University of Catania, Italy. November 2011 Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the COST Project MP0901 "NanoTP" Scientific Meeting, held at the Abdus Salam ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) in Trieste, Italy from 9-11th November 2011. Congratulations to Dr. Elisa Del Canto who is awarded a PhD in Chemistry at Trinity College Dublin (second graduate from group SG). October 2011 Prof. Giordani was an invited speaker at the 18th National Youth Orientation Day, organized by Confindustria, held in Milan on the 11th October 2011. The event was coordinated by Enrico Bertolino, who entertained the public, composed of approx 1,200 high school students, with an interactive program. The event was followed in live streaming by over 40,000 people. Link: Agenda September 2011 Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the session "SCIENCE – Passion, Mission, Responsibilities” of the Marie Curie Researchers Symposium, held in Warsaw, Poland from 25-27 September 2011. Link to website. August 2011 Congratulations to Yulia who wins the prize for the Best Presentation at the SURE poster competition (TCD). Prof. Silvia Giordani was an invited speaker at the “60 years and 60 Carbons: A Symposium on Fullerenes and Supramolecular Chemistry” to honor Professor Luis Echegoyen in his 60th Birthday, during the 43rd IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 2nd August 2011. Oral presentations were given by his friends and collaborators on the general topics of fullerene and supramolecular chemistry. Symposium speakers and Organizer From left to right: Chun-Ru Wang, Javier De Mendoza, George Gokel, Josep Poblet, Alan Balch, Takeshi Akasaka, Tomas Torres, Steve Nelson, Silvia Giordani, Angel Kaifer (organizer), Luis Echegoyen, Jerry Atwood, Maurizio Prato, Nazario Martin, Andreas Hirsch, Fraser Stoddart, David Schuster, George Newkome, Maria Angeles Herranz ...more news
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