Chairman
Biographical Sketch
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (January 2016)
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Center of Excellence in Desalination Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia (2012)
- WCU (World Class University) Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul Korea (2009)
- Emeritus Professor, School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (2012)
- Professor of Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the School of Engineering of the University of Naples (since 1968-1982)
- Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (1981-2011).
- Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria (1982-1985).
- Founding Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR (from 2011)
- Director of the Institute on Membranes and Chemical Reactors of the National Research Council (1993 – 2001).
- Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR (2002 – 2008)
- Coordinator of Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Membrane Engineering (EUDIME) (2011-present).
Awards
- Honorary Citizen Weihai City, China, for his contribution to Weihai City development (2016)
- MIAC International Award for International Collaboration and Promotion (October 2015)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2014)
- Academician Semenov Medal of Russian Academy of Engineering Science (2014)
- Honorary Membership of the Czech Society of Chemical Engineering (2012)
- “Richard MalingBarrer Prize” of the European Membrane Society, for his “outstanding contributions to membrane science and technology” (2011)
- Doctorate Honoris Causa from University of Paul Sabatier of Toulouse, France (2009)
- International Cooperation Honor Award, Membrane Industry Association of China (MIAC).
- Guest Professor, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, China (2005 – Present)
- Honorary President, European Membrane Society (1999)
- Doctorate Honoris Causa in Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Russian Academy of Science (1992)
- Honorary Professor, China Northwest University in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China (1991)
- President, European Society of Membrane Science and Technology (European Membrane Society) (1982-1998)
- Member of the Advisory Board of the “Journal of Membrane Science” and of the “Polish Journal of Chemical Technology”; Member of the Editorial Board of Desalination, Separation Science and Technology and various (12) other International Scientific Journals.
- Executive Editor: Applied Water Science Journal, Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Germany)
- Executive Editor (for Europe): Membrane Water Technology, Techno Press (Korea)
- Author of more than 800 scientific papers, 22 patents and and 24 books in the field of Membrane Science and Technology.
Research Interests
- Science and Engineering of membrane operation
- Membrane Science and Engineering
- Process Intensification
- Integrated Membrane Processes
- Regenerative Medicine
Current research topics:
- Membrane Science and Engineering
- Membranes in Artificial Organs
- Integrated Membrane Processes
- Membrane Preparation and Transport Phenomena in Membranes
- Membrane Distillation and Membrane Contactors
- Catalytic Membrane and Catalytic Membrane Reactors
- Desalination of brackish and saline water
- Salinity Gradient Energy Fuel Cells