Vincenzo Algieri (b. Acri (CS), Italy) is a graduate of Chemistry (2014) at the University of Calabria where he received his Ph.D. (2018). He spent a year of his doctorate (2016) at the University of Zaragoza in the research group of Prof. Pedro Merino. His main research interests are the synthesis and characterization of heterocyclic compounds with potential biological activity, Lewis acid catalysis, enantioselective organocatalysis, 1,3-Dipolar cycloadditions in non-conventional solvents, and the synthesis of new innovative materials.