Full Professor & Delagate for the Reseearch @ Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", via Selmi 2, 40126, Bologna - Italy
MB served as a referee for the following journals: Nature, Nature Chem. Nature Communication, Science, JACS; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.; Chem. Sci.; Chem.Commun. In the 2014/5 he was among the top 5% of reviewers for Angewandte Chemie in terms of number of reports completed.
MB has been executive member (1998-2012) and subsequently coordinator (up to 2015) of the committee “Conoscere la Chimica” (Knowing the Chemistry) of the Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”. Mission of team lied on the organization of shows about chemistry for visiting students coming from primary, secondary and high schools of Italy (http://www.chimica.unibo.it/it/conoscere-la-chimica, web site in Italian). Over 18 years more than 22.000 students attended the show over more then 250 performances.