Antonio Pizzi (born in 1946)[1] is an Italian-born, French-South African polymer and materials chemist and professor emeritus of industrial chemistry at the University of Lorraine, who is an expert in the fields of bioadhesives, bioresins and wood adhesives[2][3] and an elected fellow (FIAWS) of the International Academy of Wood Science.

In 1994, he returned to Europe to join the University of Lorraine in France, specifically the Laboratory of Study and Research on Wood Materials (LERMAB-ENSTIB).

Throughout his career, Pizzi has published extensively, authoring more than 1,000 research articles, patents,[5] and over 12 books, including foundational works on bioadhesives and bioresins.

His contributions have earned numerous international scientific awards, reflecting his influence on the field of industrial and polymer chemistry.

In October 2023, a referenced meta-research conducted by John Ioannidis and his team at Stanford University included Antonio Pizzi in Elsevier Data 2022, where he was ranked at the global top 2% of researchers of all time in the area of materials, having a superior composite index of 4.0955.