Dario Braga is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna. He has published more than 300 papers in international journals and is the scientific editor of the RSC journal CrystEngComm. He has been awarded the Nasini Prize from the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Society of Chemistry and the FEDERCHIMICA prize from the Italian chemical industry. He is the current Director of the Collegio Superiore of the university of Bologna. Fabrizia Grepioni held an associate professorship position at the University of Sassari from 1998 to 2004, and is now Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bologna. She has published more than 200 papers in international journals and has won the Nasini Prize from the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Society of Chemistry.

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• GEOMETRY AND ENERGETICSSupramolecular Interactions -Energetic ConsiderationsUnderstanding the Nature of Intermolecular Interactions in Molecular Crystals. A Theoretical PerspectiveNetworks, Topologies and EntanglementsDESIGN AND REACTIVITYPrediction of Reactivity in Solid-state ChemistryMaking Crystals by Reacting CrystalsMaking Crystals by Reactions in Crystals. Supramolecular Approaches to Crystal-to-crystal Transformations within Molecular Co-crystalsMaking Coordination FrameworksAssembly of Molecular Solids via Non-covalent InteractionsCHARACTERIZATIONS AND APPLICATIONSDiffraction Studies in Crystal EngineeringSolid State NMRCrystal Polymorphism: Challenges at the Crossroads of Science and TechnologyNanoporosity, Gas Storage, Gas Sensing