Lorenzo Costanzo, Phd Email & Phone Number

Levico Terme, It

Levico Terme, It

Italy

Developing bioinspired technologies to support agro-afforestation.- passive desalination systems for salt and brackish water- salt production/collection systems to prevent brine release- watering devices to support establishment of seedlings on dryland- coordinating two development projects of devices made with mycelium materials with Novobiom and CNR

Brescia Area, Italy

Implementation of new technologies for the efficiency improvement of the Mangrove solar still- validation of designs and functionalities- prototyping- biomimicry- hydrophilic/hydrophobic coatings- wicking textiles- NaCl salt based batteriesThe mangrove solar still project aims at the development of a salt water distillation system/plant using direct solar energy and is part of the www.hydrousa.org horizon 2020 project

Europe

Writing articles on innovative textiles and materials for sports apparel and footwear, with a main focus on alternative materials to fossil based ones and sustainability.- Finetuning carbon plates for the outdoors- Disrupting PA: Emergent nylon alternatives- Biomimicry: inspiration from Nature's genius. A dive into new nature inspired technologies to create colour pigments and fibers, waterproof textiles, bio-fabricated textiles and reverse engineer spider silk- Ones to watch: Leather alternatives. An overview of the current players in the alternatives to animal leather, from mycelium to bio-fabrication through fermentation and from plant waste - Disrupting PET: Bio-based polyester alternatives. - 3D printed footwear: Past, present and future- Circularity through the footwear lens- The evolution of the midsole

Milan Area, Italy

Bringing a new approach to solve your tech problems.- design of new solutions- approach to sustainability- step into circular economy

Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

- Materials' team management to support product development- Scoping of new technologies and materials- Early support in the implementation of company's PLM

Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

- Innovative materials development & sourcing- Testing and evaluating materials- Lead raw material QC team to improve efficiency- Initiated material library as resource for Design and Product Development- coordination of LCA projects for our internal production in Ziano

London Area, United Kingdom

- supported the initial development of the synthesis strategy and protocol of innovative low-cost aerogels- set the basis for the technology IP- market research for aerogel technologies

Milan

- Innovation in non-wovens for thermal insulation of apparel- Developed products for each yearly launch (1 ISPO awards winner, 1 ISPO best product), including the first 100% recycled PET thermal padding- Designed and developed products in direct collaboration with customers - COLMAR Graphene G+Thermocolmar- Thorough knowledge in materials and products characterization- Raw materials sourcing- Quality control and supervision of materials certifications (Oekotex, Bluesign, GRS)- Production plant installationwww.thermore.com

Barcelona Area, Spain

- Development of insulating materials- Inorganic and polymeric aerogels- Prepared several patent landscapes on different technologies- Patent application writing- Responsible of safety in a materials chemistry lab with 20+ people and coordination of safety meetings

Milan Area, Italy

- Mapped hundreds of km of tracks and cycleways- Prepared maps in QGIS environment- Prepared several roadbooks for touristic itineraries in northern Italy

Sydney, Australia

- Developed a new catalytic composite to operate photolysis of water for the production of hydrogen. - Composite device based on a polymeric structure, which supports a dye (sensitiser) and platinised TiO2 nanocrystals, the catalyst.- Presented my research at different international conferences, in Australia and in Europe- Collaborated with different research groups to improve photocatalytic properties of photonic fibres- Research project funded by CSIRO

Sydney

- Supervised bachelor students during laboratory work- Organised team work for the students

Sydney

- Shaped and laminated custom surfboards

University Of Sydney

Researcher on different projects in optics and photonics- Developed prototypes for a microfluidic device for detection of glucose in liquids- Worked on modification of optic fibres to collimate laser beams to create an optical tweezers effect

Paramatta, Sydney

- Assembled solar powered kayaks, Solorayhttp://www.soloray.com.au/

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemistry

- Developed a novel photocatalyst based on a composite structure with a polymeric substrate and nanoparticles of a metal oxide catalyst.

Erasmus Program, Chemistry - Material Science

Activities and Societies: Erasmus Program, Proteus Eretes rowing club - Developed a new technique for the production of nanoparticles.

Masters, Inorganic And Physical Chemistry

Activities and Societies: University rowing club Focused on Material Science related courses. Semiconductors, polymers, aerogels.

Bachelor, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: rowing club Acquired a broad background in chemistry - Thesis on Fuel Cells

Education record