Full Professor of Chemical Plants. Graduated cum laude in Chemical Engineering. PhD in Chemical Engineering. Doctor Honoris Causa Environmental Engineering “Gheorghe Asachi” TU of Iasi (Romania). Editorial Board of “Int J Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulations”. Chairman of the BSC and MSc in Industrial Biotechnology. Research activities (wpage.unina.it/biop.eng.lab/home.htm): development of multiphase bioreactors and systems for intensive autotrophic cultures; bioconversions by means of free and/or immobilized cells under aerobic/anaerobic conditions; bioremediation of industrial wastewaters; dynamics of multi-phase bioreactors; production of biofuels and green-chemicals by biotechnological routes; CCS and CCU; hydrodynamics of gas-liquid-solids systems; techno-economic assessment processes. Scientifical responsible of research groups involved in international/national projects and in investigations committed by industrial partners. About 200 scientific contributions, 4 patents

Bioreactor
hydrodynamics
bioconversion
biorefinery
tecno-economic assessment