FORMATIVE EXPERIENCES
Nov 2021 – to date: PhD STUDENT
(Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering – UNIBO)
Jan 2023 - to date: "Removal of micropollutants from municipal wastewater by adsorption on innovative materials for Managed Aquifer Recharge" - MAR2PROTECT (Horizon EU Programme)
Jul 2022 – to date: “Removal of ammonium, phosphate and micropollutants from combined sewage overflows by adsorption and ion exchange processes” - STOPUP (Horizon EU Programme)
Nov2021 – Jul2022: “Ammonium and phosphate recovery from municipal wastewater by adsorption and ion exchange processes” - FIT4REUSE (Horizon 2020 Programme)
Sep 2021 – to date: TEACHING TUTOR
(Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering – UNIBO)
- Environmental protection technologies (Master’s degree)
- Environmental protection and human activities (Bachelor’s degree)
- Soil and subsoil remediation technologies (Master’s degree)
Sep 2021 – Oct 2021: RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP HOLDER
(Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering – UNIBO)
“Ammonium and phosphate recovery from wastewater by adsorption and ion exchange processes”
Oct 2019 – Dec 2020: RESEARCH INTERNSHIP
(Department of Development and Management of Industrial Chemical Processes - UNIBO)
Thesis: ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF GLUCOSE ON NI-FOAM ELECTRODES FOR THE SELECTIVE PRODUCTION OF GLUCONIC ACID AND GLUCARIC ACID
Mentor: Prof. Patricia Benito Martin
Voltammetry, Amperometry, SEM-EDS microscopy, XRD, Raman spectroscopy, HPLC
Jan 2018 – May 2018: RESEARCH INTERNSHIP
(Department of Inorganic and Materials Chemistry – UCC)
Thesis: COCRYSTALS AND SALTS OF THE BIOACTIVE FLAVONOID NARINGENIN
Mentors: Prof. Simon Lawrence (UCC), Prof. Maria Carmela Iapalucci (UNIBO)
Powder-XRD, SC-XRD and ATR-FTIR, Cocrystals synthesis
EDUCATION
Jul 2021: “FRANCO MAGELLI” AWARD
Award for best thesis in the field of chemical engineering
2018 – 2020: MASTER’S DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
University of Bologna (UNIBO) – Italy
Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
Jan 2018 – May 2018: EXCHANGE PROGRAMME ERASMUS+ SCHOLARSHIP
University College Cork (UCC) - Ireland
Chosen modules: Analytical Chemistry, Forensic Science, Materials Chemistry.
2015 – 2018: BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY
University of Bologna (UNIBO) – Italy
Final grade: 104/110
