Biography

University of Cagliari, Italy Nov. 1979 - Feb. 1986 Awarded: Dottore in Ingegneria Chimica [(110/110) cum laude] (equivalent to a first class honours master degree in Chemical Engineering) Thesis' title: Reduction Kinetics of Hydrometallurgical Residuals with Carbon Monoxide - Hydrogen Mixtures University of Bologna, Italy Jan. 1987 - Sep. 1990 Awarded: Dottore di Ricerca in Ingegneria Chimica (equivalent to Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering) Thesis' title: Parametric Sensitivity in Reacting Systems

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Research Interest

Gas-Liquid Reactions and Reactors Engineering Self-Propagating High-Temperature Reactions Adsorption and Ion Exchange Synthesis of Advanced Materials by SHS, FACS, BM and SPS Mechanochemical Reactions and Reactors Contaminated Sites Remediation Toxic Wastes Inertization and Recycling Tissue Engineering Microalgae Technology Toxicology of Nano-particles and Chemicals using hMSCs ISRU and ISFR processes for space exploration