Mechanochemistry and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing (PDF)

Evelina Colacino received her double Ph.D. (with European Label) in 2002 at the University of Montpellier II (France), and at the University of Calabria (Italy). She was appointed Research Fellow at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium, 2003), working on the preparation of new hydantoin scaffolds as antibacterial agents. Research Scientist at Sigma- Tau Pharmaceuticals (Italy, 2004), Post-Doctoral Fellow University of Montpellier II, (France, until 2007), she was hired as Assistant Professor in 2008. Associate Professor of Organic and Green Chemistry since 2013, at the University of Montpellier, France, her main research activities concern the development of eco-friendly methodologies for the preparation of biomolecules, heterocyclic compounds and hybrid materials by mechanochemistry, with a main focus on Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (medicinal mechanochemistry). She also investigates sustainable approaches to homogeneous or heterogeneous metal-catalysed processes by combining enabling technologies with non-conventional media. She is also promoter of sustainability in Higher Education by integrating green chemistry at undergraduate level in organic chemistry courses, teaching laboratories and across the sub-disciplines of chemistry, with a special focus on the fundamentals and the practice of mechanochemistry. She is member of the Advisory Board of the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC, www.beyondbenign.org) and the International Mechanochemical Association (IMA, http://imamechanochemical.com). She leads the European Programme COST Action CA18112 (MechSustInd, 2019-2023) - 'Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Industry (www.mechsustind.eu and https://www.cost.eu) and the EU Horizon Project IMPACTIVE (Innovative Mechanochemical Processes to synthesise green ACTIVE pharmaceutical ingredients, 2022-2026).

Felipe García is originally from the coastal town of Gijon (Spain) and gained both his B.Sc. and M.Sc.