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Politecnico di Milano

Mat4En2 – Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica “G. Natta”
https://mat4en2.cmic.polimi.it/index.php
The Materials for Energy and Environment (Mat4En2) laboratory belongs to the Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Department of Politecnico di Milano, where it has been founded in 2007. Its research activity focuses on the production and analysis of materials characterized by a low environmental impact for building and water treatment applications, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of industrial products processes, development and testing of fuel cells components and ceramic materials. All these topics are addressed in several courses taught by Mat4En2 faculty at the Schools of Engineering, Architecture and Design. The group collaborates with Italian and European universities, research centres and companies; it is also active part in many international research and exchange projects.

Prof.ssa Cinzia Cristiani
Degree in Chemistry; PhD degree in Industrial Chemistry (Politecnico di Milano; 1990).
She is associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, School of Industrial Processes Engineering (Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Department).
Her research activities regard preparation, characterization and testing of: 1) natural-based and waste-derived sorbents materials for wastewater treatment, 2) materials for metals recovery from end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment; 3) natural-based and waste derived materials for improved feed and drug delivery applications; 4) coating deposition on structured substracts with complex geometry; 5) heterogeneous catalysts for energy production and environmental protection. Moreover, she is active in wider society learning projects and activity with schools.

Dott.ssa Corinne Gandelli
Diploma in Accounting and Commercial Expert; English language diploma.
She is in staff of the Administrative office with the main tasks: Preparation and management of accounting and administrative documentation for Italian, European and international research projects; Monitoring of expenses and verification of correct attribution of costs; Drafting of financial statements for financed projects, respecting the deadlines and guidelines provided by the financiers; Collaboration with the projects teams in preparing documentation for funding requests and ensuring consistency between projects design and reporting; Management of relationships with the project PI , with partners and with financiers regarding management, accounting and reporting aspects; Participation in audits and periodic checks requested by financiers or competent authorities.
In SILCO project she is staff of the PI for governance, coordination and administrative reporting.

LCCP group – Dipartimento di Energia
https://www.lccp.polimi.it/
The Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes (LCCP) is a research group established in the early ‘70, under the guide of Professor Pio Forzatti. It has pioneered multidisciplinary research in the science and engineering of heterogeneous catalysis. In the last decades the research activity of the group has gradually expanded from applications in industrial chemical processes to novel fields associated with energy conversion, environmental protection and sustainable production of chemicals. The mission of LCCP is the education of students via relevant research in the multidisciplinary field of catalysis science, spanning from fundamental research to industrial applications, with a strong connection with the industrial world and world-leading universities and research centers.

Prof.ssa Lidia Castoldi
Degree in Industrial Chemistry; PhD in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano; 2004)
She is associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, School of Industrial Processes Engineering (Energy Department)
The major topics of her research activities are:
• Heterogeneous catalytic processes, in particular reactivity studies, reaction mechanisms and kinetic aspects of the reactions.
• Catalytic Processes for Environment Protection
• Catalytic after-treatment processes for NOx abatement (LNT, PNA…systems)
• Catalytic post-combustion abatement of emissions from mobile sources (Regeneration of catalytic diesel particulate filters)
• Advanced materials for CO₂ capture and conversion
• Catalytic methane decomposition for turquoise hydrogen production

Prof. Luca Lietti
Degree in Chemical Engineering; PhD in Chemical Engineering (Politecnico di Milano; 1989)
He is full professor at Politecnico di Milano, School of Industrial Processes Engineering (Energy Department).
His major interests are in heterogeneous catalytic processes, especially for energy and the environment. He has developed interdisciplinary skills and expertise in mechanistic and kinetic investigations, aiming to clarify the relationships between the surface and structure properties of catalysts and their ability to guide chemical reactions along specific pathways. Current researches and investigated aspects include mainly CO₂ hydrogenation to fuels and chemicals, NOx storage-reduction catalysts for NOx abatement in mobile sources, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis over Co- and Fe-based catalysts, catalytic soot oxidation and combined soot-NOx removal, Ammonia SCR of NOx.