20066 Milano, Italy. Italian

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E F O R M A T O E U R O P E O/E U R O P E A N F O R M A T

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Name, Surname

_{Alessandra Forni}

_{Via Aldo Moro, 14}

20066 Milano, Italy

_{+39 02 50314273}

Fax

_{+39 02 50314300}

E-mail

_{alessandra.forni@istm.cnr.it}

_{http://www.istm.cnr.it}

Nationality

_Italian

Place and Date of birth

_{Milano, 27/07/1965}

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Se dipendente CNR indicare:

N. MATRICOLA 5204 QUALIFICA RICERCATORE LIVELLO III

Dates (from – to) 1997-today

Name and address of employer CNR – ISTM, Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie Molecolari Via Golgi 19, 20133 Milano (Italy)

Type of business or sector Research in the field of molecular and nano-structured systems by means of molecular modeling techniques and single crystal X-ray diffraction

Occupation or position held Researcher

Main activities and responsibilities -Person in charge of the module CNR PM.P07.002.002: “Nanoingegneria chimica di sistemi autoassemblati mediante legame ad alogeno” (2008-today)

- Person in charge of the X-ray Lab of CNR-ISTM (2009-today) - Referent of CNR-ISTM at Regione Lombardia (2008-today)

- Principal Investigator of the bilateral project CNR – ASM (Academy of Sciences of Moldova) 2015-2016 “Investigation of new multifunctional acentric metal-organic materials for opto-electronic applications”

- Principal Investigator of the bilateral project CNR – ASM (Academy of Sciences of Moldova) 2013-2014 “Design, synthesis and characterization of new organometallic compounds showing NLO activity”

- Principal Investigator of the Project “Studio modellistico delle interazioni proteina-proteina per lo sviluppo di nuovi farmaci” founded by Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia (19/11/2010)

2005)

- Coordinator of the Local Unit CNR-ISTM for the project “Studio sperimentale e teorico di bifenili assialmente chirali” within the Programme CNR-Agenzia 2000 (10/07/2001)

- Member of the national projects PRIN 2010-2011, PRIN 2007, Cariplo 2006, FIRB 2001 Dates (from – to) 2000-today

Name and address of employer Università degli Studi di Milano Via Festa del Perdono 7, Milano (Italy) Type of business or sector Teaching activity

Occupation or position held Professor for one module of the course of Physical Chemistry (Crystallochemistry) at the degree course in Chemical Sciences

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Dates 2009

CNR awards for the results obtained during 2005 (Provvedimento del Presidente del CNR n. 0068163 del I/10/2009)

2011

Invited paper for a Special Issue entitled: “Halogen bond in crystal engineering: Fundamentals and applications”, published on the ACS journal Crystal Growth & Design

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1980-1984 Name and type of organisation

providing education and training Liceo Ginnasio Omero di Milano Title of qualification awarded Diploma di Maturità Classica

A.A. 1984-85 – A.A. 1988-89 Name and type of organisation Università degli Studi di Milano

Title of qualification awarded Diploma di Laurea in Chimica (106/110) 1990-1993

Name and type of organisation Università degli Studi di Milano Principal subjects occupational skills

covered Theoretical chemistry (molecular dynamics studies, software development) Title of qualification awarded Dottorato di Ricerca in Scienze Chimiche

1994-1995

Name and type of organisation Politecnico di Milano Principal subjects occupational skills

covered Theoretical chemistry (Montecarlo simulations of polymeric materials, software development) Title of qualification awarded Specializzazione in Scienza dei Polimeri (100/100 cum laude)

1996

Name and type of organisation Università degli Studi di Milano Principal subjects occupational skills

covered Theoretical chemistry (Quantum Mechanical calculations, software development) Title of qualification awarded Post-Doctoral grant

Research sectors -Modeling of molecular and nano-structured materials by QM and QM/MM methods

- Structural and electronic analysis of molecular and inorganic compounds via X-ray diffraction, with particular emphasis at the accurate determination of electron density and related properties - Development of software for applications in theoretical chemistry and crystallography Recent Scientific Activities X-ray and Quantum Mechanical studies of organic and organometallic systems with enhanced

linear and/or non-linear properties

QM/MM studies of halogen bonded protein-ligand complexes

Selected recent articles 1) C. Coluccini, M. Caricato, E. Cariati, S. Righetto, A. Forni, D. Pasini

Synthesis, chiroptical and SHG properties of polarizable push-pull dyes built on pi-extended binaphthyls

RSC ADVANCES 5, 21495-21503, 2015

2) M. Saccone, V. Dichiarante, A. Forni, A. Goulet-Hanssens, G. Cavallo, J. Vapaavuori, G. Terraneo, C. J. Barrett, G. Resnati, P. Metrangolo, A. Priimagi

Supramolecular Hierarchy among Halogen and Hydrogen Bond Donors in Light-Induced Surface Patterning

J. Mater. Chem. C, 3, 759 – 768, 2015

3) E. Cariati, C. Botta, S. Danelli, A. Forni, A. Giaretta, U. Giovanella, E. Lucenti, D. Marinotto, S. Righetto, R. Ugo

Solid state and solution fine tuning of the linear and non linear optical properties of (2-pyrene-1-yl-vinyl)pyridine by protonation/deprotonation reaction

Chem. Comm. 2014, 50(91), 14225-14228

4) M. E. Crisan, P. Bourosh, M. E. Maffei, A. Forni, S. Pieraccini, M. Sironi, Y. M. Chumakov

Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Biological Activity of 2-Hydroxyethylammonium Salt of p-Aminobenzoic Acid

PLOS ONE 2014, 9, 101892_1-10

5) F. Bertolotti, A. V. Shishkina, A. Forni, G. Gervasio, A. I. Stash, V. G. Tsirelson Intermolecular Bonding Features in Solid Iodine

Cryst. Growth Des. 14, 3587-3595, 2014

6) C. Botta, E. Cariati, G. Cavallo, V. Dichiarante, A. Forni, P. Metrangolo, T. Pilati, G. Resnati, S. Righetto, G. Terraneo, E. Tordin

Fluorine-induced J-aggregation enhances emissive properties of a new NLO push-pull chromophore

J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2 (27), 5275 - 5279 7) A. Forni, S. Pieraccini, S. Rendine, M. Sironi

Halogen Bonds with Benzene: an Assessment of DFT Functionals J. Comp. Chem. 35, 386-394, 2014

8) T. Virgili, A. Forni, E. Cariati, D. Pasini, C. Botta

Direct Evidence of Torsional Motion in an Aggregation-Induced Emissive Chromophore

J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 27161-27166, 2013

9) M. Caricato, C. Coluccini, D. V. Griend, A. Forni, D. Pasini

From Red to Blue Shift: Switching the Binding Affinity from the Acceptor to the Donor End by Increasing the π-Bridge in Push-Pull Chromophores with Coordinative Ends New J. Chem. 37, 2792-2799, 2013

10) C. Coluccini, A. K. Sharma, M. Caricato, A. Sironi, E. Cariati, S. Righetto, E. Tordin, C. Botta, A. Forni, D. Pasini

Switching of emissive and NLO properties in push–pull chromophores with crescent PPV-like structures

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15, 1666-1674, 2013 11) A. Forni, S. Pieraccini, S. Rendine, F. Gabas, M. Sironi

Halogen bonding interaction with π systems: CCSD(T), MP2 and DFT calculations ChemPhysChem 13, 4224-4234, 2012

12) A. Priimagi, G. Cavallo, A. Forni, M. Gorynsztejn–Leben, M. Kaivola, P. Metrangolo, R. Milani, A. Shishido, T. Pilati, G. Resnati, G, Terraneo

Halogen bonding versus hydrogen bonding in driving self-assembly and performance of light-responsive supramolecular polymers

Cryst. Growth Des. 11, 5642-5648, 2011 14) S. Rendine, S. Pieraccini, A. Forni, M. Sironi

Halogen bonding in ligand-receptor systems in the framework of classical force fields Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22436k, 2011

15) S. Biella, M. Cametti, T. Caronna, G. Cavallo, A. Forni, P. Metrangolo, T. Pilati, G. Resnati, G. Terraneo

Site-selective assembly between 1,8-diiodoperfluorooctane and 4,7,8,11-tetraazahelicene driven by halogen bonding

Supramolecular Chemistry 23, 256-262, 2011 16) G. Gervasio, D. Marabello, R. Bianchi, A. Forni

Detection of Weak Intramolecular Interactions in Ru3(CO)12 by Topological Analysis of Charge Density Distributions

J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 9368-9373, 2010

17) L. Rigamonti, A. Forni, M. Manassero, C. Manassero, A. Pasini

Cooperation between cis and trans Influences in cis- PtII_{(PPh3)2 Complexes:} Structural, Spectroscopic and Computational Studies

Inorg. Chem. 49, 123-135, 2010 18) A. Forni

Experimental and theoretical study of the Br...N halogen bond in complexes of 1,4-dibromotetrafluorobenzene with dipyridyl derivatives

J. Phys. Chem. A 113, 3403-3412, 2009

19) E. Cariati, A. Forni, P. Metrangolo, F. Meyer, G. Resnati,S. Righetto, E. Tordin, R. Ugo Tuning Second-Order NLO Responses through Halogen Bonding

Chem. Comm., 2590-2592, 2007

20) J. Gradinaru, A. Forni, V. Druta, F. Tessore, S. Zecchin, S. Quici, N. Garbalau Structural, spectral, Electric-Field-Induced Second Harmonic, and theoretical study of Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II) and VO(II) complexes with [N2O2] unsymmetrical Schiff bases of S-methylisothiosemicarbazide derivatives

Inorg. Chem. 46, 884-895, 2007

21) L. Rigamonti, F. Demartin, A. Forni, S. Righetto, A. Pasini

Copper(II) Complexes of salen Analogues with two Differently Substituted (Push-Pull) Salicylaldehyde Moieties. A study on the Modulation of Electronic Asymmetry and NLO Properties

Inorg. Chem. 45, 10976-10989, 2006

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and more than 50 communications at national and international meetings - h-index (WoS 2015): 23

- Supervisor/Co-supervisor of 3 MSc theses

- Member of INSTM (Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology), - Diploma in Pianoforte at the Conservatorio of Verona (1988)

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