Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Qualification to the profession of Chemist in 1961.
Libera docenza (habilitation) in Electrochemistry in 1967.
Tenured lecturer, first in “Industrial Chemistry Practicals II”, then in “Applied Chemical Analysis Practicals”, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” from 1967 to 1980.
Full Professor of “Analytical Chemistry” from academic year 1980/81 to 2002-2003, and of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry thereafter. Holder of the chair of Agricultural Chemistry and then “Soil Chemistry” from 1994/95 to date, of “Restoration Chemistry” from 1998/99 to date and of Food Chemistry (Faculty of Pharmacy) from 2003-2004, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
Chair of the Industrial Chemistry Degree Course Council from 1981 to 1983.
Director of the Department of Chemistry from 1983 to 1986. From 1988 to 1992 Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in Chemical Sciences.

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

Current President of the La Sapienza Museum Centre and of the MUSIS Project in schools in Lazio
Students' Ombudsman at La Sapienza
He is the author of over 500 papers in Analytical Chemistry, Cultural Heritage Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Biotechnology. In particular, he has prepared, characterised and applied numerous biosensors based on immobilised enzymes or plant tissues to determine substances of clinical, pharmaceutical and environmental interest and to date cellulose-based archaeological finds.

He has 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 over 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 the Arts

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

President of MUSIS (Multipolar Museum of Science and Scientific Information) from 1991 to 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

Head of International Scientific Agreements with the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Havana (Cuba) and with Lomonosov University (Moscow), Eco Health Centre
CNR Guarantor for Chemistry
Chairman of the International Congresses of the series “Diagnostics and Conservation of Cultural Heritage” (Naples since 2010 to present)

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

Lazio – Umbria – Abruzzo

Winner of the “International Capire Prize for a creative future” 1994
Winner of the international “Scuola Strumento di Pace” (School as an Instrument of Peace) award in 1996
Winner of the 2003 Gold Medal of the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society Winner of the SCIENCE FOR PEACE Award 2005 (USA Convention)
Winner of the 2007 Liberti Medal of the Italian Chemical Society
Winner of the 2008 CROCE Award for overcoming animal testing
Winner of the ANASSILAOS Award for Scientific Research in 2009
Elected Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, awarded the Vernadsky Medal

Papers: Fotocatalisi, Fotodegradazione, 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).
Photo-degradation and electrochemical degradation of dyes, Pollution (ISSN:0001-4982), 22-28, 47;

L. Campanella; C. Beni; M. Giovannangelo (2005).
Heterogeneous catalyzed 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, Annali di Chimica (ISSN:0003-4592), 655- 668, 94 (9-10);

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

L. Campanella; Contucci P; M.V. Russo (2003).
Photodegradation of polyethylene terephthalate 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, Annali di Chimica (ISSN:0003-4592), 727-740, 95;

L. Campanella; Battilotti M.; Costanza C. (2004).
Study of the photochemical degradation of paper, Ambiente Risorse Salute (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 using mixed catalysts, Water & Air. (ISSN:1591-237X), 77-81, (5)