Meet the Board of ChemistryOpen : Mario Pagliaro.

Mario Pagliaro is a chemistry and energy scholar at Italy's Research Council based in Palermo (Italy). The research of his group focuses on the broad areas of nanochemistry, solar energy, and bioeconomy, which has been developed in co-operation with leading researchers in Italy and abroad. He was appointed Fellow by the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2014, and has been President of Palermo's public energy utility. In 2008, he co-founded Sicily's Solar Pole, working towards the Institute of Solar Energy and Bioeconomy at Italy's CNR. He currently serves as an active Editorial Advisory Board member for ChemistryOpen .