Marcello Locatelli, PhD

Member of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI, card number 13779), of the American Chemical Society (ACS, card number 30617260), of the Italian Society of Toxicology (Sitox), and of the Italian Society of Phytochemistry (SIF, until 2018).

 

He is a member of the "Sample Preparation Task Force and Network" (all 3 Working Groups - WG1: Science and Fundamentals; WG2: Automation, Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and WG3: Information Exchange and Networking), whose formation was approved in 2019 by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the European Chemical Society (EuCheMS-DAC), to counter the under recognition of sample preparation in laboratory procedures.

He is included in the list of external experts for the evaluation of e-Cost research projects (European Cooperation in Science & Technology). He is a reviewer for the MIUR for National Projects (SIR) and is included in the REPRISE Register (Register of Expert Peer Reviewers for Italian Scientific Evaluation) in the "Basic Research" section. Referee for the VQR 2011-2014. He is referee for other universities for proposals, through competitive procedures, for the allocation of University funds for the activation of research grants (University of Insubria 2016, University of Florence 2017, and University of Insubria 2018).

He is a member of the Editorial Board of International peer-review Journals:

1. "Molecules" section "Analytical Chemistry" (MDPI, ISSN 1420-3049)

2. "Current Analytical Chemistry" (Bentham Science Publisher, ISSN: 1875-6727 Online, ISSN: 1573-4110 Print)

3. “Separations” (MDPI, ISSN 2297-8739)

4. "Current Bioactive Compounds" (Bentham Science Publisher, ISSN: 1875-6646 Online, ISSN: 1573-4072 Print)

5. "American Journal of Modern Chromatography" (Columbia International Publishing, ISSN: 2374-5479 Online)

6. "Journal of Selcuk University Science Faculty" (ISSN: 2458-9411)

7. "Review in Separation Sciences" (eISSN: 2589-1677)

8. "Cumhuriyet Science Journal" (ISSN 2587-2680; e-ISSN 2587-246X).

He is Associate Editor of the Journal "Frontiers in Pharmacology" section "Ethnopharmacology" (ISSN: 1663-9812), Review Editor of the Journal "Frontiers in Oncology" section "Pharmacology for anti-cancer drugs" (ISSN: 2234-943X), and Review Editor of the Journal " Frontiers in Medical Technology" section " Nano-Based Drug Delivery" (ISSN: 2296-858X). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the journal "Scienze e Ricerche" (ISSN 2283-5873), published by the Italian Book Association.

He is Section Editor in Chief for the Biotechnology Section of the Journal “Bioengineering International” (ISSN 2668-7119).

He is Section Editor for the Current Analytical Chemistry Section of the Journal “Chromatography” (Bentham Science Publisher, ISSN: 1875-6727 Online, ISSN: 1573-4110 Print).

 

Guest Editor for the following Special Issues:

1.      Special Issue for ANTI-INFLAMMATORY & ANTI-ALLERGY AGENTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY: “Recent advances in anti-inflammatory and immune-modulator drugs development and analytical tools for their characterization” dal 01-01-2012 al 01-12-2012

2.      Special Issue for CURRENT DRUG TARGETS: “Novel techniques as a tool to investigate on the triggering of biological targets”

3.      Special Issue for CURRENT BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS: “Analytical characterization assay for new chemical entities”

4.      Special Issue for Letters in Drug Design & Discovery: “New insights on characterization and biological activities of natural products”

5.      Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Innovative Extraction Techniques and Hyphenated Instrument Configuration for Complex Matrices Analysis”

6.      Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Natural Products Chemistry”: “Natural Product Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry”

7.      Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Advances in Chemical Analysis Procedures (Part I): Extraction and Instrument Configuration”

8.      Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Advances in Chemical Analysis Procedures (Part II): Statistical and Chemometric Approaches”

9.      Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Analytical Methods for Toxics Determination”

10.    Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Innovative Extraction Techniques and Hyphenated Instrument Configuration for Complex Matrices Analysis, 2nd edition”

11.    Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Analytical Chemistry”: “Forensic Practices and Innovations: Instrumental Analyses, Data Correlations, Legislative Comments, and Case Studies”

12.    Special Issue for Molecules, Section “Natural Products Chemistry”: “Natural Product Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry II”

 

PRIZES AND RECOGNITIONS

07/12/2017              Prize - Funding of Basic Research Activities (FFABR) - 2017 - Scientific production score: 86 (Admitted to financing)

 

12/10/2018              Recognition - Analytical Scientist magazine has published its annual Power List, with 40 rising stars under the age of 40 that are having a great impact in the field of analytical science. The dott. Marcello Locatelli has been included in this list as "an excellent researcher, with many publications, a vast knowledge of his area of expertise, combined with great networking skills and insightful ideas for future research projects".

 

25/02/2019              2019 TOP CITED PAPER 2017-2018 Award - PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH JOURNAL - Article: "Optimization of Aqueous Extraction and Biological Activity of Harpagophytum Procumbens Root on Ex Vivo Rat Colon Inflammatory Model"; M. Locatelli, C. Ferrante, S. Carradori, D. Secci, L. Leporini, A. Chiavaroli, S. Leone, L. Recinella, G. Orlando, S. Martinotti, L. Brunetti, M. Vacca, L. Menghini, Phytotheraphy Research (ISSN: 0951-418X), 31, 937-944, 2017. doi: 10.1002 / ptr.5821 The article is among the most cited articles of the magazine between January 2017 and December 2018 (the highest number of citations taken from Clarivate Analytics).

 

15/03/2019              Recognition 2019 HOT PAPER - Article: "UHPLC-QTOF-MS analysis of bioactive constituents from two Romanian Goji (Lycium barbarum L.) berries cultivars and their antioxidant, enzyme inhibitory and real-time cytotoxicological evaluation". A. Mocan, C. Moldovan, G. Zengin, O. Bender, M. Locatelli, M. Simirgiotis, A. Atalay, D.C. Vodnar, S. Rohn, G. Crișan. Food and Chemical Toxicology (ISSN: 0278-6915), 115, 414-424, 2018. DOI: 10.1016 / j.fct.2018.01.054; SCOPUS code: 2-s2.0-85042725891; WOS code: 000432644400043; IF (2017): 3.977 - full article. This work has received citations in November / December 2018 such as to place it in the top 0.1% of the articles in the subject category: Pharmacology and Toxicology.

 

15/03/2019              Recognition 2018 HOT PAPER - Article: "Bioactive isoflavones from Pueraria lobata root and starch: different extraction techniques and carbonic anhydrase inhibition"; A. Mocan, S. Carradori, M. Locatelli, D. Secci, S. Cesa, A. Mollica, S. Riga, A. Angeli, CT Supuran, C. Celia, L. Di Marzio, Food and Chemical Toxicology (ISSN : 0278-6915), 112, 441-447, 2018. DOI: 10.1016 / j.fct.2017.08.009; SCOPUS code: 2-s2.0-85027395216; WOS code: 000425568900050; IF (2017): 3.977 - full article. This work has received citations in November / December 2018 such as to place it in the top 0.1% of the articles in the subject category: Pharmacology and Toxicology.

 

15/03/2019              Recognition 2019 HIGHLY CITED PAPERS - 6 highly cited articles (between November / December 2018, have received citations such as to place them in the top 1% of the respective subject categories).

 

17/09/2019              Recognition Top Peer Reviewer 2019 - For placing in the top 1% of reviewers in Chemistry on Publons global reviewer database, determined by the number of peer review reports performed during the 2018-2019 award year. The Top Peer Reviewer Award is part of the Global Peer Review Award - honoring the elite contributions to scholarly peer review and editorial pursuits internationally. Publons (Web of Science Group)

 

28/01/2020              Recognition 2020 Top cited paper 2018-2019 - Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology JOURNAL - Articolo: " Multiple pharmacological approaches on Fibigia eriocarpa extracts by in vitro and computational assays”; Gokhan Zengin, Devina Lobine, Adriano Mollica, Marcello Locatelli, Simone Carradori, Mohamad Fawzi Mahomoodally, Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology (ISSN: 1472-8206), 32, 400-413, 2018. doi: 10.1111/fcp.12362.

 

28/01/2020              Recognition 2020 Top cited paper 2018-2019 – PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS JOURNAL - Articolo: " Use of Innovative (Micro)Extraction Techniques to Characterise Harpagophytum procumbens Root and its Commercial Food Supplements”; Alina Diuzheva, Simone Carradori, Vasil Andruch, Marcello Locatelli, Elisa De Luca, Matteo Tiecco, Raimondo Germani, Luigi Menghini, Alessio Nocentini, Paola Gratteri, Cristina Campestre, Phytochemical Analysis (ISSN: 1099-1565), 29(3), 233-241, 2018. doi: 10.1002/pca.2737.

 

Pursuant to art. 16, paragraph 1, Law 240/10, has obtained the qualification to perform the functions of FULL PROFESSOR (from 06/09/2018).