Daniele Cespi

Associate Professor at University of Bologna since October 2024, and earlier Senior Assistant Professor (Oct. 2021-Oct. 2024). He works in the field of environmental chemistry and his research activity is aimed to evaluate the sustainability of chemical processes, industrial systems (services and products) and laboratory reactions through the application of the life cycle thinking perspective: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Social-LCA (S-LCA) and Safe and Sustainable by Design framework (SSbD). For 5 years he served as project manager in the consultancy sector in the field of sustainability. He completed his PhD in Chemistry at University of Bologna. He was Visiting Assistant in Research @ Yale University under the supervision of Prof. Paul Anastas. In 2015 he received the Empowering Research Award by Philip Morris International. In 2022 he received the Medal "Mario Molina" by the Italian Chemical Society. He authored 43 publications on international peer-review journals and 3 books chapters. He serves as reviewer for the Italian Ministry, UN Environment and for many international peer-review journals.