Degree in Chemistry and qualification as professional chemist in 1961.
Free teaching in Electrochemistry in 1967.
Full Professor, first of "Exercises of Industrial Chemistry II", then of "Exercises of Applied Chemical Analysis", at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" from 1967 to 1980.
Full Professor of "Analytical Chemistry" from a.a. 1980/81 to a.a. 2002-2003 and of Chemistry of the Environment and Cultural Heritage after that date.Holder of Agricultural Chemistry and then of "Soil Chemistry" from a.a. 1994/95 to date, of "Chemistry of Restoration" from a.a. 1998/99 to date of Food Chemistry (Faculty of Pharmacy) from a.a. 2003-2004, at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
President of the Council of the Degree Course in Industrial Chemistry from 1981 to 1983.
Director of the Department of Chemistry from 1983 to 1986. From 1988 to 1992 Coordinator of the Doctorate of Research in Chemical Sciences.

From 1988 to 1994 Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome.
Promoter and Director of the Interdepartmental Centre for Applied Sciences for the Protection of the Environment and Cultural Heritage.

Current President of the Museums of La Sapienza and of the MUSIS Project in the schools of Lazio
Student Ombudsman of La Sapienza
He is author of more than 500 papers in the fields of Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry of Cultural Heritage, Electrochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Analytical Biotechnology. In particular he has prepared, characterized and applied several biosensors, based on immobilized enzymes or plant tissues, for the determination of substances of clinical, pharmaceutical and environmental interest and for the dating of cellulosic archaeological finds.

He also studied the application of chemical and biological methods to the degradation and removal of pollutants (surfactants, hydrocarbons, pesticides, heavy metals) in civil and industrial effluents.
He has participated in more than 500 National and International Congresses.
Author of 6 books in the fields of Industrial and Applied Analysis, Analytical Chemistry, Food Chemistry, Philosophy of Chemistry, Scientific Museology and Chemistry for Art.

President of the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society in 1989-1990 and of the Division of Chemistry of the Environment and Cultural Heritage in 2004-2006.
Vice President of the Italian Chemical Society from 1990 to 1992.
President of the Italian Chemical Society for the three-year period 2008-2011.

President of MUSIS (Multipolar Museum of Science and Scientific Information) from 1991 to the present Scientific Advisor to the Mayor of Rome from 1993 to 1997
Italian representative in IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) Member of EUCHEMS and AOAC

Responsible for International Scientific Agreements with the University of Havana (Cuba) Faculty of Science and the University Lomonosov (Moscow), center of Eco Health
Guarantor for the Chemistry of the CNR
Chairman of the International Congresses of the series "Diagnostics and Conserbation of Culturakl Heritage" (Naples since 2010 'to date)

He is a member of numerous study committees of the CNR, the Ministry of Scientific and Technological Research, the University and ENEA, including the Committee for Infrastructure, Innovative Materials and Chemistry of the Ministry of Research and the Metals Group of the Water Research Institute of the CNR.
From December 2005 to 2009 President of the Interregional Order of Chemists

Latium - Umbria - Abruzzo

Winner of the "International Capire Prize for a creative future" 1994
Winner of the International "Scuola Strumento di Pace" prize in 1996
Winner of the 2003 Gold Medal of the Environmental Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society Winner of the 2005 SCIENCE FOR PEACE Prize (USA Convention)
Winner of the 2007 Liberti Medal of the Italian Chemical Society
Winner of the 2008 CROCE Prize for overcoming animal experimentation
Winner of the 2009 ANASSILAOS Prize for Scientific Research
Elected Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciencesawarded with the Vernadsky Medal

Work Photocatalysis, Photodegradation

Bellanti F; Castrucci M; Ruiu D; Visco G; L. Campanella (2010).
Comparison of catalytic efficiency of some industrial nanosized titanium dioxides in heterogeneous photodegradation by chemometric analysis, Current Analytical Chemistry
(ISSN:1573-4110), 100-110, 6;
L. Campanella; Battilotti M.; Costanza C. (2005).
Photodegradation and electrochemical degradation of dyes, Pollution (ISSN:0001-4982), 22-28, 47;

L. Campanella; C. Beni; M. Giovannangelo (2005).
Catalyzed heterogeneous photodegradation, Pollution (ISSN:0001-4982), 50- 54, 75;

L. Campanella; I. Giardina; M. V. Russo; M. P. Sammartino; G. Visco (2004). Photodegradation of azodyes: comparison of different catalytic systems and control of the effective mineralisation, Annals of Chemistry (ISSN:0003-4592), 655- 668, 94 (9-10);

L. Campanella; Battilotti M.; Borsella E.; Pastorelli A. (2003).
Photodegradation of nitrophenols catalyzed by mixed systems, Pollution (ISSN:0001-4982), 48- 55, 45;

L. Campanella; Contucci P; M.V. Russo (2003).
Photodegradation of Polyethylene Phthalate containers, Lab (ISSN:0390-069x), 14- 21, 3;

L. Campanella; Spadaro C. (2001).
Photodegradation of PVC with mixed catalysts, Pollution (ISSN:0001-4982), 52- 54, 33;

A.Macchia, S.Nunziante Cesaro, L.Campanella, A.Maras, M.Rocchia, G.Roscioli (2013). Which light for cultural heritage: comparison of light sources with respect to Realgar Photodegradation, Journal of Applied Spectroscopy (ISSN:0021-9037), 655-661, 80 ;

L. Campanella; Battilotti M; Costanza C (2005).
Studies on simulated ageing of paper by photochemical degradation, Annals of Chemistry (ISSN:0003-4592), 727- 740, 95;

L. Campanella; Battilotti M.; Costanza C. (2004).
Study of the photochemical degradation of paper, Environment Resources Health (ISSN:0393-0521), 6- 13, V;

L. Campanella; R. Grossi; E. Martini; G. Visco (2004).
Degradation of pollutants by microwaves, Current Topics In Analytical Chemistry (ISSN:0972-4451), 37-43, 4;

L. Campanella; Marturano S.; Sammartino M.P. (2001).
Degradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants by mixed catalysts, Water & Air. (ISSN:1591-237X), 77- 81, (5).