Petroleum Processing, Petrochemistry and Geology

Biography

Degree in Engineering and PhD in Physics of Matter at Politecnico di Torino. Full Professor of Physics of Matter at Politecnico di Torino. In 1999 he was the founder of the Materials and Microsystems Labs (CHI-LAB) of Politecnico di Torino. He is Director of the Lab with a Research Staff working in the field of micro-technologies and nano-science (http://www.polito.it/micronanotech). Since 2003 he is Coordinator, for the Polytechnic of Turin, of the International Master of Science in Micro and Nanotechnologies for Integrated Systems (POLITO, INP Grenoble, EPF Losanne: http://www.master-nanotech.com/). Since 2005 he is Coordinator of the National MIUR Excellence Laboratory “LATEMAR” funded by FIRB 2003 call (http://www.latemar.polito.it/). From March 2011 to May 2016 he was Director of the Center for Space Human Robotics of the Italian Institute of Technology (http://shr.iit.it ). From May 2016 he is Senior Scientist and P.I. of “Advanced Materials Lab” at Italian Institute of Technology (https://www.iit.it/lines/advanced-materials ). From 2015 he is member of the steering committee of Safety & Environmental Analysis Division for Oil & Gas Lab of Politecnico of Torino and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico.

Research Interest

Nanotechnologies applied to biological systems (in particular sensors, lab on chip and organ on chip) Graphene and 2D materials for energy, bioenergy and environment (solar cells, supercapacitors, microbial fuel cells) Nanotechnologies for oil&gas applications Nanomaterials and nanostructures for CO2 trapping and reduction Multifunctional nanocomposites for 3D printing