As MIPOL2025 continues to bring leading voices in polymer science to the forefront, we are delighted to introduce another distinguished keynote speaker: Claudio De Rosa. With a remarkable track record of contributions to macromolecular chemistry and an international reputation built through years of research, publications, and editorial leadership, Claudio's lecture is expected to be one of the congress's key moments. His work has shaped the understanding of polymer crystallinity and self-assembly at the nanoscale, bridging fundamental insights and practical applications.

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Claudio is Full Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry at the University of Naples “Federico II” (Italy). He has been visiting scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1998-1999). Recipient of many prizes awarded by various Italian and international Associations for his research work in the field of Macromolecular Chemistry, including the Young Scientist Award, awarded by the IUPAC Macro Committee (1999). Claudio is the author of about 370 papers published in international scientific journals, of various patents and many chapters of books and of a book published by John Wiley & Sons in 2014 titled “Crystals and Crystallinity in Polymers: Diffraction Analysis of Ordered and Disordered Crystals”. He has been a member of the Advisory Editorial Boards of the two most important journals in the field of polymer science, that is, “Macromolecules” (2003-2007) and “Polymer” (since 2004). He is also member of the Advisory Editorial Board of “Polymer Crystallization” (since 2018) and “Polymers” (since 2018).

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Claudio’s research focuses on how the structure of polymers—at both the molecular and crystalline levels—affects their physical and mechanical properties. He explores how the design of polymerization catalysts can control these structures, helping to fine-tune material properties. Another exciting area of her work involves creating nanoscale structures by self-assembly and phase separation through the crystallization of semicrystalline block copolymers. One method he developed even made it into Nature for its ability to create well-ordered nanostructures on polymer surfaces.