Pier Luigi Luisi

Pier Luigi Luisi (23 May 1938 – 26 August 2025) was an Italian chemist and academic. He received the title of professor emeritus from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ). Luisi worked there as a scientist from 1970 until 2003, and as a Professor of Chemistry from 1980 until he departed. He then moved to the Roma Tre University as a Professor of Biochemistry, where he worked until 2015.

In 1985, Luisi founded the Cortona Week, an international summer school.