Luka (Giorgio) Ðorđević
Positions
2023-now Principal Investigator, University of Padova (IT), Department of Chemical Sciences
Synthesis; self-assembly; supramolecular materials; soft matter; photocatalysis
2018-2022 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University (USA),
with Prof. Samuel I. Stupp (link), Department of Chemistry and Center for Bio-inspired Energy Sciences
2016-2018 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cardiff University (UK) and University of Trieste (IT)
with Prof. Maurizio Prato (link) and Prof. Davide Bonifazi (link)
2012-2016 Ph.D. Student, University of Trieste (Italy), Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Davide Bonifazi (link)
2014-2015 Visiting scholar, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (USA)
Supervisors: Ed Holson and Florence Wagner (link)
2014-2015 Student, Harvard University, Extension School (USA)
Classes in Org. Chem./Drug Synthesis and Action, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry in Context
2007-2011 Student, University of Trieste (Italy)
Master's degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology
Selected Awards and Distinctions
2024 Nanoscale Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry)
2024 "Rita Levi Montalcini for young researchers" programme (Italian Ministry of University and Research)
2023 ERC Starting Grant (EU’s Horizon Europe)
2022 European Young Chemists' Award − Finalist (European Chemical Society)
2021 Dream Chemistry Award − Top 5 (IChF Polish Academy of Sciences and IOCB Czech Academy of Sciences)
2020 “Giacomo Ciamician Medal" (Italian Chemical Society)
2020 "Stanislao Cannizzaro International Prize for Chemistry and Chemical-Physics" (Accademia dei Lincei)
2018 "Primo Levi Award" (Italian Chemical Society − Young Group)
2017 Award for the “Best PhD dissertation” (CINMPIS)
Selected Invited Presentations to International Conferences
2024 Second Symposium for Young Chemists (SYNC) (25-06-2024, Rome)
Invited keynote speaker
2024 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 2024 (04-06-2024, INFN Frascati)
Invited plenary speaker
2024 5th China-Italy Bilateral Symposium of Organic Chemistry (V-CISOC) (12-05-2024, Hangzhou)
Invited lecture
2024 International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC) (09-05-2024, Hangzhou)
Oral speaker and session chair
2022 EuChemS Chemistry Congress (30-08-2022, Lisbon)
Invited oral presentation
2022 Supramol 2022 (30-06-2022, Salerno)
Invited keynote lecture
2021 Dream Chemistry Award 2021 (06-12-2021, Prague)
Invited oral presentation
2021 Awards and medals ceremony (25-06-2021, Rome, Italian Chemical Society)
Invited oral presentation
2020 Energy Frontiers Research Centers Meeting (16-11-2020, online, U.S. Department of Energy)
Invited oral presentation
2019 Merck Young Chemists Symposium, MYCS 2019 (XIX Edition, 26-11-2019, Rimini)
Invited oral presentation
2018 Towards a New Vision of Chemistry in Everyday Life and Technology (16-12-2017, Cagliari, CINMPIS XVII Edition)
Invited plenary
Patents
Arcudi, F.; Ðorđević, L.; B.; Stupp. S.; Weiss, E.; Selective Photocatalytic Reduction of Acetylene to Ethylene, US20240208885A1
Stone, A.; Arcudi, F.; Ðorđević, L.; B.; Weiss, E.; Hupp, J.; Stupp. S.; Selective photocatalytic reduction of alkynes to alkenes powered by a cobalt-porphyrin metal-organic frameworks, Selective photocatalytic reduction of alkynes to alkenes powered by a cobalt-porphyrin metal-organic frameworks, US20240208884A1
Arcudi, F.; Ðorđević, L.; Nagasing, B.; Stupp. S.; Weiss, E.; Quantum Dot Sensitized Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide, US20240132362A1; WO2022183107A1
Holson, E. B.; Wagner, F. F.; Weïwer, M.; Scolnick, E. M.; Palmer, M.; Đorđević, L.; Lewis, M.; Pan, J. Q.; Zhang, Y.-L.; Xu, Q. Dopamine D2 Receptor Ligands, 2020, US 10,633,336 B2
Holson, E.; Wagner, F. F.; Weiwer, M.; Scolnick, E. M.; Palmer, M.; Đorđević, L.; Lewis, M.; Pan, J. Q.; Zhang, Y.-L.; Xu, Q.; Dopamine D2 Receptor Ligands, 2016, WO2016100940
Teaching
Instructor for "Laboratorio Chimica 2" (Chemistry), "Laboratorio Chimica 2" (Industrial Chemistry), and "Chimica Organica" (Pharmacy) (2025)
Instructor for "Chimica Organica", "Advanced Laboratory For The Preparation And Characterization Of Materials", and "Laboratorio Chimica 2" (2024)
Instructor for "Laboratorio Chimica Applicata" and "Laboratorio Chimica 2" (2023)
Co-instructor (with Prof. Stupp) “Chemical Synthesis of Materials” (MSE 336, 2021)
Faculty of Pharmacy (University of Trieste), Master in “Chimica e Technologie Farmaceutiche”):
- Teaching assistant “Organic Chemistry” (Prof. Bonifazi, 2015)
- Teaching assistant “Organic Chemistry” (Prof. Prato, 2012)
- Teaching assistant “Advanced Organic Chemistry” (Prof. Prato, 2012)
Selected Memberships
American Chemical Society
Italian Chemical Society
European Photochemistry Association
Catalysis Club Chicago
Selected Reviewing Activity
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) Call
American Chemical Society: Journal of the American Chemical Society, ACS Catalysis, ACS Nano, ACS Materials Letters, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Organic Chemistry, ACS Omega, etc.
Royal Society of Chemistry: Chemical Communications, Chemical Science, Nanoscale, New Journal of Chemistry, RSC Sustainability, etc.
Wiley: Advanced Materials, Small, European Journal of Organic Chemistry, Particle & particle systems characterization, etc.
Taylor & Francis: Supramolecular Chemistry
Springer Nature: Nature Communications, Light Science & Applications, etc.