Massimo Nespolo

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Born Siena (Tuscany, Italy) 14^th November 1964
Married 24^th March 1997 at Nezu Shrine (page in Japanese)
One son (born in Nancy 7^th November 2004)

Education

Laurea (M.Sc.) in Chemistry, University of Torino, 11^thJuly 1991
Italian National Professional Habilitation (Chemistry), April 1992
Dr.Sc. in Mineralogy, University ofTokyo, 30^thSeptember 1998
Post-doc at Teikyo Heisei University Chiba, Japan (1998-1999)
Post-doc at National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba, Japan (1999-2001)

Current roles

Chairman of the Commission on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr-MaThCryst)
Consultant of the Commission on Inorganic and Mineral Structures of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr-CIMS)
Member of the Executive Committee of the European Crystallographic Association
Associate Editor of the European Journal of Mineralogy
Member of the Advisory Board, Crystal Research and Technology
Director of the Materials Group of the CRM2
Member of the Council of the Graduate School Molecular Chemistry and Physics
Member of the Laboratory Council, CRM2
Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Co-author of the IUCr Online Dictionary of Crystallography

Past roles

Consultant of the Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage (IUCr-CrysAC) (2008-2011)
Secretary of the SIG (Special InterestGroup) #5 (Mineral and Inorganic Crystallography) of the European Crystallographic Association (ECA) (1999-2011)
Chair of the International Program Committee of the Crystallography School, Montevideo, Uruguay, 29 November - 3 December 2010
Organiser of the Satellite Conference at the XXVI European Crystallographic Meeting, Darmstadt, Germany, 27-29 August 2010
Organiser of the Schools on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Nancy, 21 June - 2 July 2010
Chair of the International Program Committee of the School on Fundamental Crystallography in South Africa, Bloemfontein, 12 - 16 April 2010
Organiser of the micro-symposium FA2-MS1: Mineralogical Crystallography: Layered and Framework Structures at the XXV European Crystallographic Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-211 August 2009
Organiser of the Satellite Conference Symmetry and Crystallography in Turkish Art and Culture, Istanbul, Turkey, 14-16 August 2009
Councillor representative of the Individual Members of the European Crystallographic Association (2006-2009)
Member of the International Programme Committee and invited lecturer at the School Crystallography Online: International School on the Use and Applications of the Bilbao Crystallographic Server, Lekeitio, Spain, 21-27 june 2009
Co-chair of the Microsymposium on "Space groups and their generalizations: A tribute to E. Ascher and J.J Burckhardt" and of the "Evening Session on Art and Crystallography" at the XXI Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Osaka, Japan, 23-31 August 2008
Chairman of the program committee of the Summer School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Gargnano, Italy, 27 April-2 May 2008
Organiser of the Satellite Conference The enchanting crystallography of Moroccan ornaments, Marrakech, Morocco, 20-22 August 2007
Chairman of the program committee of the International School on Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography, Havana, Cuba, 15-20 July 2007
Chairman of the program committee of the Satellite Conference Theoretical Crystallography and Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, 18-19 November 2006
Chairman of the microsymposium MS19: Phase transitions in inorganic and mineralogical materials at the ECM-23 (XXIII European Crystallographic Meeting)
Co-convener of the session "Crystal structure, topology and crystal chemistry" at the IMA-2006 19th General Meeting on the International Mineralogical Association, Kobe, Japan, 23-28 July 2006
Organizer of the satellite on "Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography" at ECM-23 (XXIII European Crystallographic Meeting, Leuven, Belgium, August 2006)
Organizer of the International School on "Mathematical and Theoretical Crystallography", Nancy, June 2005
Organizer of the satellite on "Crystallography at the start of the 21st century: Mathematical and Symmetry Aspects" at ECM-22 (XXII European Crystallographic Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, August 2004)
Chair of the Microsymposium on "Investigation techniques in mineral science" at ECM-22 (XXII European Crystallographic Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 26-31/08/2004)
Co-chair of the Microsymposium on "Modular aspects of inorganic crystals" at ECM-21 (XXI European Crystallographic Meeting, Durban, South-Africa, 24-30/08/2003)
Co-chair of the Microsymposium on "Polymorphism and Solid State Chemistry" - ECM-20 (XX European Crystallographic Meeting, Krakow)
Co-chair of the Microsymposium and Open Commission Meeting on "Mineralogical Crystallography" at IUCr-19, Geneva
Substitute member of the UHP Specialists' Commission, CNU section 35-36 (2004-2008)
Substitute member of the INPL Specialists' Commission, CNU section 34-35-36 (2004-2007)