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<\/figure>ALBERTO TIRAFERRI<\/h3>Principal Investigator, Professor. Please click here for more info.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Alberto Tiraferri is Professor of Applied Environmnetal Engineering in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI). He is the principal investigator of the en.sur.e. water lab.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/EB_profile-e1704041140276-300x300.jpeg\")
<\/figure>ERICA BERTOZZI<\/h3>Post-doctoral Researcher. Click here for more info.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Erica’s research focuses on catalytic membranes with dual function for the removal of recalcitrant molecules in water.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/LC_foto-e1752744664965-300x300.jpeg\")
<\/figure>Lorenzo Craveri<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Lorenzo is a Ph.D. student since November 2023. His research focuses on membrane distillation for desalination and resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Photo-e1703777193993.jpg\")
<\/figure>REZA SALLAKHNIKNEZHAD<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Reza obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. He is currently optimizing membrane processes for resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/foto-profilo-e1752744693394-300x300.jpg\")
<\/figure>Gabriele Copetti<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Gabriele is a Ph.D. student since November 2024. His research focuses on off-grid desalination and water reuse systems.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/20230909_125710-scaled-e1704008554157-300x300.jpg\")
<\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>ERICA BERTOZZI<\/h3>Post-doctoral Researcher. Click here for more info.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Erica’s research focuses on catalytic membranes with dual function for the removal of recalcitrant molecules in water.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Lorenzo Craveri<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Lorenzo is a Ph.D. student since November 2023. His research focuses on membrane distillation for desalination and resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>REZA SALLAKHNIKNEZHAD<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Reza obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. He is currently optimizing membrane processes for resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Gabriele Copetti<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Gabriele is a Ph.D. student since November 2024. His research focuses on off-grid desalination and water reuse systems.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>Lorenzo Craveri<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Lorenzo is a Ph.D. student since November 2023. His research focuses on membrane distillation for desalination and resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>REZA SALLAKHNIKNEZHAD<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Reza obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. He is currently optimizing membrane processes for resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Gabriele Copetti<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Gabriele is a Ph.D. student since November 2024. His research focuses on off-grid desalination and water reuse systems.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>REZA SALLAKHNIKNEZHAD<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Reza obtained his M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 2023. He is currently optimizing membrane processes for resource recovery.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Gabriele Copetti<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Gabriele is a Ph.D. student since November 2024. His research focuses on off-grid desalination and water reuse systems.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>Gabriele Copetti<\/h3>Ph.D. Student. Click here for more info.<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Gabriele is a Ph.D. student since November 2024. His research focuses on off-grid desalination and water reuse systems.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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<\/figure>NICOLAS LESNIEWSKA<\/h3>Post-doctoral associate.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/ul><\/div>Nicolas joined the group in April 2024, with a focus on modeling of heat and mass transport phenomena in membrane-based separation processes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n\nPast Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Past Lab Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPost-doctoral Associates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Antonio Amelio<\/strong> (left June 2018):<\/strong> Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\nPh.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark)
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong> (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)
Giulio Farinelli<\/strong> (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation processes and their coupling with membrane-based water and wastewater treatment (currently at University of Montpellier, France)
Francesco Ricceri<\/strong> (left July 2023): Membrane distillation and osmotic membrane distillation (currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Marco Malaguti:<\/strong> “Towards efficient applications of membrane distillation: impact of configuration on process performance”, graduated February 2026, currently post-doctoral researcher at Aalborg U. (Denmark) Roberto Bert<\/strong> (currently at SMAT, Turin, Italy): “Hydrodynamic Techniques for Fouling Control in Membrane Systems”, graduated October 2022 Marco Coha:<\/strong> Advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment Mehryar Jafari<\/strong>: modeling and optimization of forward osmosis PEOPLE Core Team Past Lab Members Post-doctoral Associates Antonio Amelio (left June 2018): Fabrication and functionalization of hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes for solvent resistant nanofiltration and for water purification; life-cycle assessment (currently at JRC Ispra)Mattia Giagnorio (left July 2021): Forward osmosis modeling, techno-economic, and environmental assessment – (currently at Deloitte)Giulio Farinelli (left October 2021): Advanced oxidation Read more about People<\/span>[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":218,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2060,"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/2060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ensurewater\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Madina Mohamed:<\/strong> “Technical Feasibility Study of the Treatment of Liquid Waste from the Oil & Gas Industry with Membrane-based Techniques”, graduated December 2025, currently R&D researcher at VITO (Belgium)
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> “Efficient membrane-based solutions to promote water recovery within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies”, graduated March 2023, currently water & membrane specialist at GVS Filter Technology
Mehdi Pejman: <\/strong>“Double-barrier membranes: coupling hydrophilic coatings with biocidal Ag-MOFs for sustainable (bio)fouling mitigation and biofilm inhibition”, graduated February 2022, currently Product Developer at Retein AB (Sweden)
Giulio Farinelli:<\/strong> “Improving the sustainability and effectiveness of oxidative processes for water and wastewater purification”, graduated May 2021, currently chemist at Farm Srl
Mattia Giagnorio<\/strong>: “<\/strong>Membrane-based Technologies for the Production of High-quality Water from Contaminated Sources: from Lab Experiments to Full-scale System Design”, graduated April 2020, currently Product Development Manager and Head of R&D for Mann-Hummel Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\nCo-supervised Ph.D. students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Mostafa Dadashi Firouzjaei <\/strong>(currently at University of Alabama, USA): Water and wastewater treatment with novel membrane-based processes (co-supervision with Prof. Mark Elliott), graduated March 2022
Maria Di Vincenzo <\/strong>(currently at KAUST, Saudi Arabia): “Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Incorporating Biomimetic Artificial Water Channels”, graduated December 2020
Matteo Alberghini<\/strong>: “Heat and mass transfer in porous materials for passive energy-conversion devices”, (co-supervision with Prof. Pietro Asinari and Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo – Ph.D. funded by the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo), graduated July 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\nResearch Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Giulia Blandini:<\/strong>Treatment of contaminated brackish groundwater with nanofiltration
Daria Grinic:<\/strong> Synthesis of polymers and membranes for osmotically-driven applicationsNicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Fabrication and testing of lab-made hybrid organic\/inorganic membranes
Laura Andrea Saldarriaga Hernandez<\/strong>: Aggregation and deposition of iron oxide colloids, in the Environmental Nanotechnology Lab
<\/a>Yasmine Ellaban<\/strong>: president of the NGO “Spring<\/a>“<\/p>\n\n\n\nMasters’ students (graduated)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Andrea Sansebastiano: a<\/strong>nalysis and improvement of a real-scale reverse osmosis plant in the north of Italy
Marco Malaguti: <\/strong>microalgae biomass concentration and growth solution recovery with ceramic membrane filtration
Stefano Chiampo: <\/strong>experimental study and optimization of a nanofiltration system for the reuse of contaminated groundwater
Aurora Zamboi: <\/strong>development of a process for the removal of high-molecular weight polymers from the wastewater produced during enhanced oil recovery operations
Arianna Milano:<\/strong> Assessing the impact of water carrying on women in Western Nepal (work performed at EPFL and EAWAG, Switzerland)
Ilaria Righetto: <\/strong>Nitrogen recovery from landfill leachate using gas-permeable membrane: selection of pre-treatments needed and analysis of membrane performance over time (performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Pierluca Oliveri<\/strong>: Investigation of the transport mechanism in forward osmosis vs. reverse osmosis (thesis work performed at Aquaporin A\/S, Denmark)
Brenda Insonne<\/strong>: Understanding fouling mechanisms in pressure- vs. osmosis-driven membrane processes
Crawford Lang: <\/strong>Desalination of produced water with high salinity and laden with organics using membrane distillation; Erasmus+ thesis student from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Luigi Antonio Sequi: <\/strong>Novel membranes for nanofiltration. This work was performed at IEM, Montpellier, France, with the supervision of Dr. Maria Di Vincenzo and Prof. Mihail Barboiu; it involved the synthesis of anti-fouling nanofiltration membranes through the functionalization with polyols.
Paola Cipollone<\/strong>: Design and evaluation of small-scale desalination units for applications in Oman (co-supervisor: Prof. Pietro Asinari, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Anna Mate<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Francesco Artuso<\/strong>: Solar Concentration and Membrane Distillation coupling: System Model and Case Studies (main supervisor: Prof. Eliodoro Chiavazzo, SMaLL Lab) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Andrea Maizzi<\/strong>: Water \/ energy nexus: assessment of future water treatment scenarios and their energy sustainability (co-supervision: Prof. Francesco Laio) – in the framework of the CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo
Giorgio Paradies:<\/strong> Application of forward osmosis for the treatment of wastewater of beer production (work performed at Technical University of Denmark, DTU, and in collaboration with Aquaporin A\/S)
Federica Granato <\/strong>(co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT):<\/strong> functionalized polyethersulfone-based membranes for pervaporation (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Roy Bernstein<\/a>)
Edoardo Carlo Massasso<\/strong>: Rimozione di cromo esavalente da acque potabili con impianto pilota (in collaboration with SMAT S.p.A.<\/a>)
Emmanuele Castiglione<\/strong>: Adsorption and desorption of a positively charged polymer on silica and implications for environmental processes
Andrea Cosola<\/strong>: Fabrication and characterization of membranes made of sulfonated polyethersulfone for nanofiltration and as support for forward osmosis membranes
Simone Cascia<\/strong>: Removal of phosphate from aqueous solutions through adsorption onto dolomite in a depth filter (in collaboration with University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, lab of Prof. Susana Boeykens)<\/a>
Jacopo De Tommaso<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Tiziana Tosco, DIATI): Transport and fate of nanoparticles in soils and acquifers (thesis work performed at McGill University, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji<\/a>)
Daniela Russo<\/strong> (co-advisor; main advisor: Prof. Marco Sangermano, DISAT): Thin-film composite membranes with covalent binding between polyamide and the support layer resistant to backwashing (in collaboration with Ben Gurion University, Israel, lab of Dr. Ron Kasher<\/a>)
Salvatore Manuel Sortino<\/strong>: Engineered biological processes for resource recovery from waste streams (thesis work performed at Columbia University, USA, in Prof. Kartik Chandran’s lab<\/a>)
Nicola Duimovich:<\/strong> Use of biochar for removal of organic matter (thesis work performed at Aalto University, Finland)
Sara Abbenante<\/strong>: Renewable energy-powered membrane processes (thesis work performed at KIT, Germany, in the lab of Prof. Andrea Iris Sch\u04d3fer<\/a>)
Santino Nanni<\/strong>: Development of antifouling RO membranes by incorporation of nanomaterials (thesis work performed at University of Concordia, Canada, in the lab of Prof. Saifur Rahaman<\/a>)
Massimiliano Bolettieri<\/strong>: Graphene oxide-based multifunctional membrane for water purification (thesis work performed at UC Berkeley, USA, in Prof. Baoxia Mi’s lab<\/a>)
C\u00e9dric Le Teuff:<\/strong> Preventive maintenance of the water and wastewater treatment plants of Noum\u00e9a, New Caledonia
Francesco Ricceri:<\/strong> Graphene-based membranes for nanofiltration (thesis work performed at KAUST, Saudi Arabia, in the lab of Prof. Peng Wang<\/a>)
Cristina Andriollo:<\/strong> Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Elisabetta Averna<\/strong>: Chromium removal by nanofiltration for potable water, in collaboration with Prof. Mariachiara Zanetti and Dr. Barbara Ruffino of DIATI
Maria Di Vincenzo<\/strong>: Improving boron removal in thin-film composite membranes (thesis work performed at IEM, France in collaboration with Dr. Yves-Marie Legrand and Prof. Mihai Barboiu<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"