Current position and research interests
Luca Ciacci is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari” at the University of Bologna (UNIBO). His research line includes the analysis of anthropogenic cycles of resources and assessment of the nexus between demand-supply dynamics of materials and their environmental consequences for the sustainability challenge. To this aim, material flow analysis (MFA), life cycle assessment (LCA), and chemometrics techniques are commonly applied and mainstreamed in the field of Environmental Chemistry
Academic career
He graduated in Industrial Chemistry in 2009 and received a doctorate in Industrial Chemistry in 2013 from UNIBO. In 2011, he was Visiting Assistant in Research at the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University (New Haven, United States). In 2013 he was Research Assistant at the UNIBO Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research “Energy & Environment”. From January 2014 to February 2016 he was Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Industrial Ecology at Yale University (New Haven, United States). In 2016 he was Research Assistant at the UNIBO Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research “Energy & Environment”. From June 2016 to May 2018 he was EU Marie-Curie Fellow at the Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari" at UNIBO. From June 2018 to November 2019 he was Research Assistant and Lecturer Fellow at the Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari" at UNIBO. From November 2018 to January 2019 he was Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Xiamen, China). From December 2019 to September 2021 he was Junior Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari" at UNIBO. From September 2021 he is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Chemistry “Toso Montanari" at UNIBO.
Main scientific activity (updated on March 2024)
He was involved in 6 international and national research projects, admitted to funding on the basis of peer review calls, and has been responsible for scientific and research studies entrusted by qualified public or private bodies, including appointments as EU Expert for the development of the EU Material System Analysis (2020), the preparation of the V list of Critical Raw Materials for the EU (2022), and to support the preparatory study for iron and steel products under the proposed regulation on Ecodesign for Sustainable Products (ESPR) and Strategic Autonomy (2023).
He has collaborated with research groups at national and international level. He has been invited speaker in national and international schools, seminars and workshops. He was Guest Editor for the journals Energies, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Sustainability, and he is referee of international peer-reviewed journals.
He has been supervisor / co-supervisor of 13 MD theses.
He is the author of >50 publications, including 45 articles in peer-reviewed international journals with bibliometric indication on Scopus / Web of Science (H index = 23), 7 monographs, and 1 doctoral thesis.
Awards
He received the "Mario Molina Medal" from the Italian Chemistry Society (Società Chimica Italiana, SCI) - Division of Chemistry for the Environment and the Cultural Heritage (2023), the "LCA Young Researcher Award" (2018) from the Italian LCA Network (Rete Italiana LCA), the "Best SCI Poster Award" from the Italian Chemistry Society (Società Chimica Italiana, SCI) - Division of Chemistry for the Environment and the Cultural Heritage (2018), and he was Invited Contributor to the "Avogadro Colloquia" (2019).
