CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor (scientific area ING-IND/22- Science and technology of materials), Department of Chemical Engineering Materials & Environment, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome
Member of the PhD doctoral board in “Chemical Engineering and Processes”
Member of the Monitoring Committee of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Member of the Board of the Bachelor’s program in Sustainable Building Engineering
Member of the Research Committee of the Chemical Engineering Department
Other memberships: ISE (International Society of Electrochemistry), of SCI (Italian Chemical Society), of AIMAT (Italian Association of Materials Engineering), of AIDIC (Italian Association of Chemical Engineering), and CRITEVAT (Rieti Center for Engineering Research for the Protection and Enhancement of the Environment and the Territory)
COURSES TAUGHT
Currently:
-Applied Chemistry Technologies (9 CFU) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering (Sapienza University of Rome)
-Applied Chemistry Technologies (6 CFU) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering (Sapienza University of Rome)
-Materials Technology for sustainable construction with applied chemistry elements (9 CFU) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainable Building Engineering (Sapienza University of Rome - Rieti)
Previously:
-AA 2012/2015 Materials Technology and Applied Chemistry (6CFU) for the first degree course in Environmental and Territorial Engineering (Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome – Rieti Area)
-AA 2008/2010 and AA 2011/2013, Module of Industrial Chemistry for the first degree course in Job Site Environment Control and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome.
-AA 2008/20010 Materials Technology (5CFU), for the first degree course in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome.
Other teaching experiences
-Baku, Azerbaijan, 6-20 Dicembre 2014, short course on Environmental Monitoring (December 6-19, 2014) for the Tempus Econano project (543924-TEMPUS-1-2013-1) entitled “Curriculum reform and the modernization of ecology engineering based on nanotechnolgy ”
-Ischia (NA), Italy, July 17 – 20, 2013, 19° Scuola AIMAT, lecture on “Materials technology for environmental remediations”
-Ischia (NA), Italy, July 15 – 19, 2009, 15° Scuola AIMAT, lecture on “Characterization and disposal of excavated materials”
- Lecturer for the advanced professional course in "Urban and indoor air pollution ", held at the Engineering Faculty of Sapienza University of Rome, on topics related to the pollution-induced damage of materials (2008).
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
Research has focused mainly on the following field of applied chemical and electrochemical technologies. The main topics have been:
-Development of innovative electrode materials
-Preparation of Nanostructured materials for advanced remediation processes
- Electrogeneration of highly oxidizing species with application to disinfection and toxic and recalcitrant compounds removal
- Combined treatments for the oxidation of synthetic and industrial effluent
The scientific activity is documented by 80 papers, among which 65 were published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, 1 patent (no. RM2013A000477), and 4 book chapters.
Since 1995 she has been involved as a team member in research projects funded by Sapienza University of Rome, by the Faculty of Engineering, by AST (Science and Technology Academy), and by ISPESL. Moreover, she has been involved in four national interuniversity Biennal Project funded by MURST and MIUR, all dealing with electrochemical technologies for the treatment of pathogens and recalcitrant and toxic compounds (1999- 2000, 2002-2004, 2006-2007, 2008-2009) and three European projects (JEP 32101 e Econano 543924, ERANETMED project CrITERIA).
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Reviewer for more than 20 international journals
Guest Editor in the Vol. 27, Supp, 107–118 (2011) of the Chemistry and Ecology Journal.
Guest Editor in the Vol. 47 (2016) of the Chemical Engineering Transactions Journal.
Guest Editor in the Vol. 60 (2017) of the Chemical Engineering Transactions Journal.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Member of the Steering Committee and Scientific Secretariat of the:
-ERA: National Conferences on Electrochemistry for Environmental Recovery, Rome, 29-30 September 2003
-ERA: National Conferences on Electrochemistry for Environmental Recovery, Rome, 19-20 November 2004
-Bosicon: International Conference on Soil and Sediment Remediation, Rome, May 2009
-Bosicon: International Conference on Soil and Sediment Remediation, Rome, September 2012
-10th European Symposium on Electrochemical Engineering”, Chia (Ca), 28 September-2 October 2014
-XXXV Meeting of the Electrochemistry Group of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and 1st E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for environment and Energy, Burgos, Spain, 14-16 July 2014
-NINE: international conference on Nanotechnology based INnovative applications for the Environment, Rome, Italy (20-23 March 2016).
-NINE: international Second International Conference of Nanotechnology based innovative applications for the environment, Rome, September 2017
-4th E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for environment and Energy that will be held in Orvieto (PG), Italy (14-16 September 2022).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the:
-Congress GEIERA 2012,Salina (ME), Italy, 17-22 June 2012
-2nd E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for environment and Energy, Gargnano (BS), Italy (14-16 September 2016).
-4th E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for environment and Energy that will be held in Orvieto (PG), Italy (14-16 September 2022).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Since 2001 - Environmental consultant for CITCA Interuniversity Centre for Environmental Technology and Chemistry for studies on environamental impact (ENEA, Comune di Anagni) and sampling and characterisation of contaminated water, soil and sediments (Autorità Portuale della Spezia, Cantieri Ferretti, Fincantieri, Sviluppo Italia, Autorità Portuale di Piombino, Beconcini, Malagrotta).