Federico Rosei (MSc (1996) and PhD (2001) from the University of Rome La Sapienza holds the Chair of Industrial Chemistry at the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste since March 2023. Previously he was Full Professor at the Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Varennes (QC) Canada, where he served as Director (07/2011–03/2019). He held the Canada Research Chair (Junior) in Nanostructured Organic and Inorganic Materials (2003–2013), the Canada Research Chair (Senior) in Nanostructured Materials (2016–2023) and the UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage (2013–2023).
Dr. Rosei’s research interests focus on structure/property relationships in nanomaterials and their use as building blocks in emerging technologies. His research has been supported by multiple funding sources, for a total in excess of M$ 18. He has worked in partnership with >twenty Canadian R&D companies. He has published >520 articles in prestigious international journals, which have been cited >29,400 times (H index = 91). He has been invited to speak at >385 international conferences (50 Keynotes, 35 Plenaries) and has given >300 seminars/colloquia, >80 professional development lectures and 50 public lectures in 52 countries.
He is Fellow of multiple prestigious national and international societies and academies, including: the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the Academia Europaea, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Foreign), the African Academy of Sciences, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, AAAS, the American Ceramic Society, Optica, SPIE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, ASM International, the Chinese Chemical Society (Honorary), the Mexican Academy of Engineering (Corresponding) and the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Foreign).
He received several awards and honours, including a Bessel Award (Humboldt foundation 2011), the Rutherford Medal in Chemistry (Royal Society of Canada 2011), the NSERC Steacie Fellowship (2014), the Vasconcelos Award for Education (World Cultural Council 2014), the Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship (AVS 2015), the Polanyi Award (Canadian Society for Chemistry 2016), the Outstanding Engineer Award (IEEE Canada 2017), the President’s Visiting Fellowship for Distinguished Scientists (Chinese Academy of Sciences), the APS John Wheatley Award (2019), the Blaise Pascal Medal (European Academy of Science 2019), the TMS Brimacombe Medal (2021), the Wolfson Fellowship (Royal Society), the Prix du Quebec Marie Victorin (2021), the Spirit of Salam Award (ICTP 2023), a Guggenheim Fellowship in Engineering (2023), Knight of the National Order of Quebec (2023), the AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award (2024) and the Nano Energy Award (2025).