The research areas of the Department are:

» Catalysis, synthetic methodology and  processes of fine chemistry
» Materials and Nanostructures
» Life Science: Natural products and biologically relevant compounds
» Biocatalysis and Chemical Biotechnology
» Molecular recognition and structural analysis

The Depatment is strongly involved in research topics aimed to improve the synthesis of new molecules useful to the growing needs of everiday’s life, with particular attention to the economic and ecologicy aspects.