Professor
Department of Environmental, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI), Politecnico di Torino (CEAR-02/A field)
Adjunct to the Vice-Rector for Scientific and Technological Innovation with functions related to fundamental and competitive research
(Previously, 2017-2023) Scientific Manager of the Interdepartmental CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Alberto Tiraferri research interests are in: (i) membrane process engineering for water treatment, desalination, resue, and exctraction of high-value resources from aqeuous streams, (ii) decontamination and water purification using advanced oxidation, (iii) applications of innovative techniques for the reclamation of contaminated environment systems, (iv) contaminant dynamics in water.
Brief bio
Alberto Tiraferri is Professore Ordinario L. 240 (equivalent to Full Professor) in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI) at Politecnico di Torino, in the field CEAR-02/A (Applied Environmental Engineering). Prof. Tiraferri received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. During his doctoral work, he conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Menachem Elimelech. Subsequently, Prof. Tiraferri worked for two years as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in the lab of Prof. Borkovec at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. His research interests include (i) membrane process engineering for water treatment, desalination, resue, and exctraction of high-value resources from aqeuous streams, (ii) decontamination and water purification using advanced oxidation, (iii) applications of innovative techniques for the reclamation of contaminated environment systems, (iv) contaminant dynamics in water.
In the fall semester, Dr. Tiraferri teaches the Bachelor’s course “Blue gold: water supply in the 21st century” and the Masters’ course “Contaminant Dynamics”. In the spring semester, he co-instructs the Masters’ course “Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes” and the Ph.D. course “Water Desalination: Processes, Materials, and the Future”.