Giuseppe Cavallaro is Associate Professor in “Physical Chemistry” at University of Palermo, Department of Physics and Chemistry “Emilio Segrè”.

In 2014, Prof. Cavallaro obtained his PhD in Chemistry at University of Palermo. Then, he was a Research Associate at the Institute of Micromanifacturing, Lousiana Tech University, (USA) and Institut fur Chemie, Technische Universitat Berlin (Germany) within a DAAD project. In 2023, Giuseppe Cavallaro obtained the National Scientific Habilitation for Full Professorship in Physical Chemistry.

He is Editor of the book “Clay nanoparticles: properties and applications - 1st Edition” (https://doi.org/10.1016/C2018-0-00293-5)” (Publisher: Elsevier) published in February 2020. He is Associate Editor of “Thermal Advances” (Elsevier) and member of the Editorial Board of “Applied Clay Science” (Elsevier).

He is author of 6 book chapters and more than 170 scientific articles in peer review journals that received more than 7600 citations. Based on Scopus website, his current H-index is 54. He was included in the list of “World’s Top 2% Scientist” (from 2021 to 2024) published by Stanford University.

He is inventor of 3 patents related to the use of clay based colloids (gels and dispersions) for conservation of Cultural Heritage and cosmetic applications.

His research activities focus on nanoclays and polymer/nanoparticle interactions. His studies aim to develop novel sustainable materials useful for biomedicine, cosmetics and technological applications, such as catalysis, remediation and protection of artworks.