Gabriele Manca is a Researcher at the Institute of Chemistry of Organo-Metallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM) in Florence. His main research interests are related to the electronic structure/reactivity relations in organometallic complexes, to the complete rationalization of catalytic processes and to the development of efficient functionalization methods of 2D materials. Recently, he was one of the first researchers to propose an alternative bonding description (Inverted Ligand Field) in metal complexes of X and XI groups with many potential effects on catalysis and anticancer drugs chemistry. He is the co-author of more than 65 peer-reviewed papers.