PROFILO PROFESSIONALE
Competenze di ricerca: Materiali porosi, catalisi, organocatalisi, ossidi solidi, materiali funzionalizzati, zeoliti, chimica sostenibile, adsorbimento in mezzi porosi, interazioni fluido/solido, membrane, trasporto e diffusione in fluidi e mezzi porosi, diffusione e adsorbimento in catalisi, dinamica molecolare, soft matter, liquidi ionici, deep eutectic solvents, green solvents, chimica fine, prodotti petrolchimici, spettroscopia di risonanza magnetica nucleare (NMR), diffusometria NMR a gradiente di campo pulsato (PFG) e rilassometria NMR, spettroscopia Terahertz (THz), spettroscopia a infrarossi (IR), spettroscopia Raman, analisi termica (TGA, TPD, TPO, TPR), spettrometria di massa, gascromatografia.
Competenze tecniche: Progettazione ingegneristica di processo nell'industria petrolchimica, di raffinazione e alimentare; Progettazione meccanica di apparecchiature di processo; Tecnologia dell'energia nucleare; Rimozione di inquinanti dalle acque reflue; Sviluppo sostenibile; Pianificazione, monitoraggio e rendicontazione dei piani di progetto, scheduling per progetti di grandi dimensioni nel settore oil & gas.
STUDI
University of Cambridge, Dottorato di Ricerca in Ingegneria Chimica, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Biotecnologie, Cambridge, Regno Unito (2008 – 2011)
Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Laurea Magistrale (MEng) in Ingegneria Chimica, Napoli, Italia (2004 – 2006)
Loughborough University, Borsa di studio Erasmus, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, Loughborough University, Regno Unito (2005)
Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Laurea Triennale (BEng) in Ingegneria Chimica, Napoli, Italia (2001 – 2004)
ESPERIENZA PROFESSIONALE
Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Regno Unito (06/2021 – Oggi)
Associate Professorship, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italia (09/2022 – Oggi)
University Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Manchester, Regno Unito (02/2018 – 06/2021)
University Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Regno Unito (10/2013 – 12/2017)
Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Regno Unito (01/2012 – 10/2013)
Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Regno Unito (11/2008 – 12/2011)
Process Engineer, Oil & Gas, Technip, Italia (04/2008 – 11/2008)
Planning/Project Control Engineer, Oil & Gas, Technip, Italia (03/2007 – 04/2008)
Process Technologist, Oil Refining, ENI, Italia (01/2007 – 03/2007)
ATTIVITA' EDITORIALI
Advisory Board member of Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Reviewer for the UK Research Council, the Energy Market Authority of Singapore and CONICYT of Chile.
Reviewer for Nature Communications (Nature), ACS Catalysis (ACS), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (ACS); ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (ACS), The Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS), The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (ACS), Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS), Energy & Fuels (ACS), Organic Process Research & Development (ACS), Chemical Communications (RSC), PCCP (RSC), New Journal of Chemistry (RSC), Journal of Material Chemistry (RSC), Dalton Transactions (RSC), RSC Advances (RSC), Reaction Chemistry & Engineering (RSC), Catalysis Today (Elsevier), Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier), Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier), Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (Elsevier), Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier), Chemical Physics Letters (Elsevier), Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics (Elsevier), Energy (Elsevier), Resource-Efficient Technologies (Elsevier), Colloids and Surfaces (Elsevier), Colloids and Surfaces (Elsevier), Polymer (Elsevier), Materials Chemistry and Physics (Elsevier), Chemical Engineering Research and Design (IChemE/Elsevier), Frontiers in Chemistry (Frontiers), Angewandte Chemie (Wiley), Chemistry - A European Journal (Wiley), Chemical Engineering & Technology (Wiley), ChemCatChem (Wiley).
PUBBLICAZIONI
Autore di oltre 100 pubblicazioni e 46 atti di convegno in Ingegneria Chimica, Chimica, Catalisi e Chimica Fisica.
PREMI E RICONOSCIMENTI
- “Highly cited article” of the year in all Royal Society of Chemistry Journals, 2023
- “Outstanding Reviewer 2022” for the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022
- “2020 Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Outstanding Early Career Paper Award”, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2021
- “Tsinghua University Visiting Professorship”, Beijing, China, 2021
- “Junior Moulton Medal” for the most meritorious paper published by IChemE, 2021
- Press release for breakthrough article on Science Advances, 2020
- “Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Emerging Investigator” in recognition of potential to influence future directions in the field, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019
- “Extraordinary Fellowship”, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, 2016
- “Junior Research Fellowship” (JRF), Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, 2013
- “Young Scientist Award”, 15th International Congress on Catalysis, Germany, 2012
- “Top cited article” of the year in Green Chemistry, 2011
- Prize for “Best UK poster” at the Japan-UK Symposium: Catalysis for a Sustainable World, awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK, 2010
