Actually: Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of “La Sapienza” University of Rome from March 2019.•Lecturer of the course of "Technologies and equipment for the production of micro-and nanoparticles"​, "Computer-aided process control" and "Combustion and Treatment of gas and liquid effluents"​•Author of more than 105 papers published in international journals about membrane technology, crystallization, and nanotechnologies.•Foreign expert in China for nanotechnologies (Plan 111) nominated by the Chinese Ministry of Education at China Medical University Shenyang, CH•Editor of Chemical Papers, Springer•Associate Editor of Nanomaterials, MDPI•Partecipation in more than 12 European Projects.•Member of the Council of the European Membrane Society•Member of the EFCE Membrane Engineering SectionResearch topics: membrane process optimization, membrane fouling inhibition, nanotechnologies, process intensification, waste water treatment, crystallization, development of advanced control systems and devicesShort CV:•Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of “La Sapienza” University of Rome from 2012 to 2019.•Post-Doc at the Department of Chemical Engineering of “La Sapienza” University of Rome from the 1st April 2005 (6 years). The research topics are entitled “Use of ceramic nanoparticles for photocatalytic and coating applications” and “Production of nanopowders by chemical precipitation”.•Philosophy Doctor in “Chemical Engineering for environmental and security issues” (Ph.D.), after 3 years, at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, finished the 20th December 2005, research topic entitled “Optimization of membrane processes for the purification of olive mill factory wastewater”. •Chemical Engineer from January 2002, at “La Sapienza” University of Rome.•Postgraduate degree in Chemical Engineering (it. Dottore in Ingegneria Chimica), finished May 2001.•Erasmus at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany, for 3 months, Spring 1998.