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Italian-born French-South African scientist (born 1946)
Antonio Pizzi
Born (1946-05-15) May 15, 1946 (age 78)
Rome
NationalityItalian, French, South African
Alma materUniversity of Rome
Occupations
  • Researcher
  • educator
  • polymer chemist
  • materials scientist
Years activeSince 1967
Known forStudies on synthetic wood adhesives, environmentally-friendly bioadhesive technologies, and tannin-based adhesives
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Lorraine
University of the Witwatersrand

Antonio Pizzi (born in 1946) is an Italian-born, French-South African polymer and materials chemist and professor emeritus of industrial chemistry at the University of Lorraine, who is an expert in the fields of bioadhesives, bioresins and wood adhesives and an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science.

Career

Pizzi holds multiple advanced degrees, including a doctorate in chemistry (D.Chem.) from the University of Rome (1970), as well as a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and a D.Sc. degree in wood chemistry, both from universities of South Africa. His early career combined academic roles with industry experience, which provided a foundation for his novel research contributions.

From 1989 to 1995, he served as a professor of polymer chemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he also held the position of head of the Department of Chemistry from 1991 to 1993. In 1994, he returned to Europe to join the University of Lorraine in France, specifically the Laboratory of Study and Research on Wood Materials (LERMAB-ENSTIB).

Pizzi's research primarily focuses on polycondensation resins, particularly biosourced and synthetic wood adhesives. He is widely acknowledged for advancing the development and application of adhesives derived from renewable materials, as well as the composites bonded with them.

International recognition

Throughout his career, Pizzi has published extensively, authoring more than 1,000 research articles, patents, and over 12 books, including foundational works on bioadhesives and bioresins. His contributions have earned numerous international scientific awards, reflecting his influence on the field of industrial and polymer chemistry. Pizzi's work is particularly related to the areas of renewable resources and environmentally-friendly adhesive technologies.

His research work is well recognised in the fields of materials science and wood science and technology, having almost 30,000 citations at Scopus, and more than 47,000 citations at Google Scholar with an h-index of 99.

In October 2023, a referenced meta-research conducted by John Ioannidis and his team at Stanford University included Antonio Pizzi in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked at the global top 2% of researchers of all time in the area of materials, having a superior composite index of 4.0955.

In addition, Pizzi has won the prestigious Schweighofer Wood Innovation award (2006), and also twice the Descartes Research Prize, awarded by the European Commission.

Books

  • Handbook of Adhesive Technology (2017), CRC Press
  • Lignocellulosic Fibers and Wood Handbook (2016), Wiley
  • Wood Adhesives (2010), CRC Press
  • Advanced Wood Adhesives Technology (1994), CRC Press

References

  1. "PIZZI Antonio". lermab.univ-lorraine.fr (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  2. "IUFRO Awards" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-18. Dr. Antonio Pizzi (page 140)
  3. "Antonio Pizzi". IntechOpen. 2024-10-22. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  4. "Fellows". The International Academy of Wood Science. 14 November 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  5. "Patents of Dr. Antonio Pizzi". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  6. https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7102104085 Antonio Pizzi at Scopus
  7. "A.Pizzi". ‪Google Scholar‬ (in French). Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  8. Baas, Jeroen (2023), "Bibliometrics", October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", vol. 6, Elsevier Data Repository, doi:10.17632/BTCHXKTZYW.6, retrieved 2024-12-17
  9. Pizzi, A.; Mittal, K.L. (2017). Handbook of Adhesive Technology. CRC Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-4987-3647-3. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  10. Belgacem, Naceur; Pizzi, Antonio, eds. (2016-04-25). Lignocellulosic Fibers and Wood Handbook: Renewable Materials for Today's Environment. Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118773727. ISBN 978-1-118-77352-9.
  11. "‪Wood Adhesives‬". Google Scholar. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  12. Pizzi, A. (1994). Advanced Wood Adhesives Technology. doi:10.1201/9781482293548. ISBN 978-1-4822-9354-8.

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