Giovanni Villani
Curriculum Vitae of Giovanni Villani
Dr. Giovanni Villani is a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds at CNR (Pisa, Italy). He is an expert in computational chemistry, quantum dynamics of biological processes, DNA and philosophical issues of chemistry.
His research interests include:
• Development of models and methods for applications on large systems of biological interest.
• Conceptual and fundamental chemical issues, included the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics.
• Educational issues of science.
In 2016-2018, he was President of Educational Chemical Division of Italian Chemical Society.
He is deputy director of the educational journal of the Italian Chemical Society "La Chimica nella Scuola".
He has published about over 150 papers on specialized journals and 5 books:
1) La Chiave del Mondo. Dalla Filosofia alla Scienza: l’Onnipotenza delle Molecole (CUEN, Napoli, 2001).
2) Complesso e Organizzato. Sistemi Strutturati in Fisica, Chimica, Biologia ed oltre (Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008).
3) Mendeleev. La Tavola Periodica degli Elementi (Grandangolo Scienza [distributed with the most popular Italian newspaper “il Corriere della sera”], Milano, 2017).
4) Chemistry: A Systemic Complexity Science (Pisa University Press, Pisa, 2017).
5) L’Interpretazione Chimica del Vivente. Fondamenti sistemici delle scienze della vita (Clueb, Bologna, 2023).
He is author with Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino of:
From the Atom to Living Systems: A Chemical and Philosophical Journey Into Modern and Contemporary Science (Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK), 2023)
He was author with others of several books, such as Conical Intersections. Electronic Structure, Dynamics & Spectroscopy (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2004), Complessità dinamica dei processi educativi. Aspetti pratici e teorici (Franco Angeli, Milano, 2009), Strutture di mondo. Il pensiero sistemico come specchio di una realtà complessa (Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010) and I tanti volti della chimica. Percorsi innovativi per insegnarla e comprenderla (Clueb, Bologna, 2024),
He was editor of :
• Molecole. La chimica oggi: filosofia, scienza e ricerca avanzata (CUEN, Napoli, 2001)
• Riflessioni sulla Chimica: radici, specificità, attualità e prospettive, Vol. I e II (Rai Eri, Roma, 2004).
• The special issue “La chimica e le altre Discipline” of the journal "La Chimica nella Scuola".
He was editor of (with E. Aquilini, E. Ghibaudi and M. Venturi):
• I tanti volti della chimica. Percorsi innovativi per insegnarla e comprenderla (Clueb, Bologna, 2024),
He has organized several conferences and schools and has collaborated with important institutions ((see https://bit.ly/Videos-Giovanni_Villani), such as RAI (Rai Educational 2 and Radio3 Scienza), Scuola Normale di Pisa, Accademia dei Lincei di Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana “Treccani”, Invalsi (Istituto Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Educativo di Istruzione e di Formazione), Master in Comunicazione della Scienza di Trieste and Istituto di Cultura Italiana di Prague (Czech Republic).
He was referee of international projects (also for National Science Foundation (USA)) and national projects of Ministero dell’Istruzione - Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca of Italian government.
He was invited to several scientific dissemination, such as Festival della Scienza di Genova, Festival della Chimica di Potenza, Pianeta Galileo, Festival Infinitamente di Verona, Street Science di L’Aquila and activities of the Science Museums.
Dr. Giovanni Villani is a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds at CNR (Pisa, Italy). He is an expert in computational chemistry, quantum dynamics of biological processes, DNA and philosophical issues of chemistry.
His research interests include:
• Development of models and methods for applications on large systems of biological interest.
• Conceptual and fundamental chemical issues, included the autonomous role of chemistry between physics and biology and the question of the reduction of chemistry to quantum mechanics.
• Educational issues of science.
In 2016-2018, he was President of Educational Chemical Division of Italian Chemical Society.
He is deputy director of the educational journal of the Italian Chemical Society "La Chimica nella Scuola".
He has published about over 150 papers on specialized journals and 5 books:
1) La Chiave del Mondo. Dalla Filosofia alla Scienza: l’Onnipotenza delle Molecole (CUEN, Napoli, 2001).
2) Complesso e Organizzato. Sistemi Strutturati in Fisica, Chimica, Biologia ed oltre (Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008).
3) Mendeleev. La Tavola Periodica degli Elementi (Grandangolo Scienza [distributed with the most popular Italian newspaper “il Corriere della sera”], Milano, 2017).
4) Chemistry: A Systemic Complexity Science (Pisa University Press, Pisa, 2017).
5) L’Interpretazione Chimica del Vivente. Fondamenti sistemici delle scienze della vita (Clueb, Bologna, 2023).
He is author with Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino of:
From the Atom to Living Systems: A Chemical and Philosophical Journey Into Modern and Contemporary Science (Oxford University Press, Oxford (UK), 2023)
He was author with others of several books, such as Conical Intersections. Electronic Structure, Dynamics & Spectroscopy (World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2004), Complessità dinamica dei processi educativi. Aspetti pratici e teorici (Franco Angeli, Milano, 2009), Strutture di mondo. Il pensiero sistemico come specchio di una realtà complessa (Il Mulino, Bologna, 2010) and I tanti volti della chimica. Percorsi innovativi per insegnarla e comprenderla (Clueb, Bologna, 2024),
He was editor of :
• Molecole. La chimica oggi: filosofia, scienza e ricerca avanzata (CUEN, Napoli, 2001)
• Riflessioni sulla Chimica: radici, specificità, attualità e prospettive, Vol. I e II (Rai Eri, Roma, 2004).
• The special issue “La chimica e le altre Discipline” of the journal "La Chimica nella Scuola".
He was editor of (with E. Aquilini, E. Ghibaudi and M. Venturi):
• I tanti volti della chimica. Percorsi innovativi per insegnarla e comprenderla (Clueb, Bologna, 2024),
He has organized several conferences and schools and has collaborated with important institutions ((see https://bit.ly/Videos-Giovanni_Villani), such as RAI (Rai Educational 2 and Radio3 Scienza), Scuola Normale di Pisa, Accademia dei Lincei di Roma, Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana “Treccani”, Invalsi (Istituto Nazionale per la Valutazione del Sistema Educativo di Istruzione e di Formazione), Master in Comunicazione della Scienza di Trieste and Istituto di Cultura Italiana di Prague (Czech Republic).
He was referee of international projects (also for National Science Foundation (USA)) and national projects of Ministero dell’Istruzione - Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca of Italian government.
He was invited to several scientific dissemination, such as Festival della Scienza di Genova, Festival della Chimica di Potenza, Pianeta Galileo, Festival Infinitamente di Verona, Street Science di L’Aquila and activities of the Science Museums.
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