THEMATIC AREAS

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY CARRIERS AND CO₂ RECYCLING – SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

EDUCATION

• 2013 – Master’s Degree with full marks in Chemical Science c/o Università degli Studi di Messina
• 2014 – Qualification to chemical professional practice c/o Università degli Studi di Messina
• 2015 – Master “Emergent Technologies for wind generators” c/o Information, Infrastructure, Sustainable Energy Engineering department of Università degli Studi “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria
• 2018 – PhD in “Energy production from Renewable soures” (XXX cycle) c/o Information, Infrastructure, Sustainable Energy Engineering department of Università degli Studi “Mediterranea” di Reggio Calabria

WORK EXPERIENCE

• From December 2022 to today – Researcher III level c/o National Research Council – Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano” of Messina – Production of hydrogen through water electrolysis with anion and proton exchange membrane, technical-economic analysis through LCA – Life Cycle Assessment and LCC – Life Cycle Costing approach
• From March 2021 to December 2022 – Research and Development Manager in a multinational company – Improvement of the production process aimed at innovation, recycling and sustainability of components and products.
• From November 2018 to March 2021 – Post-doc c/o National Research Council – Institute of Advanced Technologies for Energy “Nicola Giordano” of Messina – Development of catalysts and experimental tests for electrolysis processes with proton exchange membranes.
• From April 2018 to September 2018 – Fellow c/o ‘Mediterranea’ University of Reggio Calabria – Department of Civil Engineering, Energy, Environment and Materials – Development of catalytic systems for methanation processes.
• Academic year 2015 – 2016 – Professor of Chemistry c/o Department of Information, Infrastructure and Sustainable Energy Engineering of the “Mediterranea” University of Reggio Calabria
• From June 2014 to October 2014 – Fellow c/o University of Messina – Department of Electronic, Chemical and Industrial Engineering – Physico-chemical characterization of electrodes for the electro-oxidation of wastewater.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Hydrogen production via AEM and PEM electrolysis
• Life Cycle Assessment LCA and Life Cycle Costing LCC
• Lithium and sodium ion batteries

The scientific activity is documented by 26 scientific articles published in international journals, 2 books, 30 technical reports and 40 contributions in international conference proceedings (SCOPUS >423 citations, H index 16). Young researcher award for the energy pillar from Hydrogen Europe Research during the Program Review Days 2020 of Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, now Clean Hydrogen JU. Short Term Mobility year 2020 – Research project concerning the development of catalysts free from critical materials for the oxygen evolution reaction c/o Energy and Climate Research Institute (IEK14) of the Forschungszentrum Jülich – Germany.