In 1978, he was awarded the “Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation Fellowship” by the
renowned Institute für Physikalische Chemie
at Bonn University. At the beginning of the
1980s, Professor Sindona became a NATO
scholar at King’s College London under the
direction of Professor Colin B. Reese where
he developed new strategies for the synthesis
of nucleic acids.
In 1990, he became Full Professor of
Organic Chemistry at the University of
Calabria and the University of Magna
Graecia Catanzaro teaching organic
chemistry. Throughout his academic career,
he held important management positions:
Dean of Mathematics, Physics, and Natural
Sciences faculty from 1994 to 1997.
Professor Sindona directed the Department
of Chemistry from 1997 to 2003 and from
2007 to 2015 during the establishment of the
former Department of Chemistry and
Chemical Technologies.
Between 1990 to 2019, Professor Sindona
organized and directed five NATO
International Schools for young researchers
on the application of mass spectrometry to
biomolecular chemistry in Italy and abroad.
In 2009, he became Co-director of NATOASI, Science for Peace and Security
Programme for experts on the Detection of
Biological Agents and Toxins for the
Prevention of Bioterrorism in Homeland
Security.
Professor Sindona has been a member of
the Italian Society of Chemistry (SCI), where
he was President of the Mass Spectrometry
Division and coordinator of the
interdivisional group of proteomic. He was