Claudio Pellecchia (Doctorate in Industrial Chemistry, 1984, University of Naples) is a Professor of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Salerno since 2001. He was Head of the Department of Chemistry and Biology, and a member of the Academic Senate and of the Board of Administration. His main scientific contributions concern the investigation and development of metal catalysts for the polymerization of olefins, and for the polymerization and copolymerization of monomers derived from bio-renewable sources, such as lactide and lactones. He has received several awards for his research activities: “Chemical Sciences award”, granted by the National Society of Sciences and Arts in Naples, Italy; "Flavio Bonati" Prize granted by the Organometallic Division of the Italian Chemical Society; "Nato Advanced Fellowship" for Chemical Sciences; National Award in Industrial Chemistry "Per un Futuro Intelligente", granted by the Italian Association of Chemical Companies.