•
van der Waals Prize 2021 (awarded in 2022 by the 2nd International Conference on Noncovalent Interactions, ICNI-2022) •
RSC-SCI Award Lectureship in the Chemical Sciences (awarded in 2010 by
Royal Society of Chemistry/
Società Chimica Italiana) •
Intermolecular Interactions and Structural Aspects in Organic Chemistry Award (awarded in 2008 by
Società Chimica Italiana) •
Corrado Fuortes award (awarded in 1986 by
Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere) • Invited professor at the
University of Strasbourg (2012,
Strasbourg, France) • Invited professor at the
Nagoya University (2001,
Nagoya, Japan) • Invited professor at the
Paris-Sud University (1996,
Châtenay-Malabry, France) • Senior
NATO Fellowship (1989-1990,
Clemson University,
SC, USA) • Member of the
Academia Europaea (since 2012) • Member of the International Advisory Board of the
Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (
Elsevier, 2001-2023); of
Crystals (
MDPI, 2015 onwards); of
Sustainable Chemistry & Pharmacy (Elsevier, 2017-2019) • Topic Editor of
Crystal Growth & Design (
ACS) (2012 onwards) • Member of the International Steering Committee of the: -International Conference on Noncovalent Intereactions (ICNI) from ICNI-1 (
Lisbon,
Portugal; 2019) onwards; -
International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ISFC) from ISFC-15 (
Vancouver,
Canada; 1997) to ISFC-24 (
Shanghai,
China; 2024); -International Meeting on Halogen Chemistry (HalChem) from Halchem-V (
Cagliari,
Italy; 2010) onwards; -
European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (ESFC) from ESFC-11 (
Bled,
Slovenia; 1995) onwards • Chair of the: -
21st International Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry (23-28 August 2015,
Como,
Italy); -1st International Symposium on Halogen Bonding (ISXB-1)(18-22 June 2014,
Porto Cesareo,
Lecce, Italy) • Member of the National Organizing Committee of the 6th
International IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry (4-8 September 2016,
Venice, Italy); member of the International Scientific Committee of the 2nd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference, 14–17 May 2017,
Berlin,
Germany; member of the Committee of the Faraday Discussion "Halogen Bonding in Supramolecular and Solid State Chemistry", 10–12 July 2017,
Ottawa,
Canada • Coordinator of the
UNESCO UNITWIN Network “GREENOMIcS - Green Chemistry Excellence from the Baltic See to the Mediterranean See and Beyond” (2017–2021) • President of the
Rotary Club Rozzano Parco Sud in the rotarian year 2006-'07; assistant of the Governor of the District 2050 (south
Lombardy) from 2009 to 2013; advisor of District 2050 Governor for starting Rotary Club
Morimondo Abbazia (2012), Club charter member (2013) and president (2015–16) • Knight of Magistral Grace of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta (2022) • Knight Commander with Star of the
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2025) • Knight of Merit with Silver Star of the
Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (2020); Grand Officer of the
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (2022); Knight of the
Order of Prince Danilo I (2022). ==References==