Industrial Chemistry and Aqua Technology

Lidietta Giorno is serving as the Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology of the National Research Council of Italy, ITM-CNR since 2009. She has been involved in membrane science, engineering research and development some 25 years, being involved in research co-operations at European and international level. She awarded The International Awards "Guido Dorso" for Research in 2011, sponsored by the Italian Senate and the University of Naples Federico II. She awarded the Sapio Red Carpet Award in 2016 among the female scientists of highest scientific profile who are engaged for the development of the Country. She worked abroad in the USA at Sepracor Inc. 1992; in The Netherlands at ATO-DLO, 1994; in France, at The University of Compiegne 1997 and 2000. She is Visiting Porfessor at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, since 2008. Lidietta Giorno is co-author of several books, over 100 peer reviewed scientific papers in international journals, and co-editor of the Encyclopedia of Membranes, Springer, 2016. She is member of editorial board of scientific journals, member of the referee pool of scientific journals and research agencies, member of international committees and several scientific societies. She has served as member of the Board of Directors of the European Membrane House – EMH, (Belgium), born to continue the activity of the NanoMemPro Network of Excellence funded by the European Commission within the FP6. She has served on the European Membrane Society Council as the President of the EMS Council and the Editor of the EMS Membrane Newsletter. She was nominated Honorary Member of the European Membrane Society in 2014

Membrane bio engineering, Bio catalytic membrane reactors, Integrated membrane systems for bio separations and bioconversions, Downstream processing based on molecular separation, Membrane chirotechnology, Membrane emulsifier, Integrated membrane operations for water treatment

Twenty five years of industrial experience in Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion (ENDESA). Twenty-two years of experience in the development of technologies for water/wastewater treatment including fixed film bioreactors; nitrification-denitrification in rotating biological contactors and fluidized beds; nutrient removal (phosphorous and nitrogen) in wastewater; President of Ecotechnos Inc. (Toronto). The firm designs and manufactures advanced wastewater treatment plants for small and medium-size industries. Ecotechnos develops and manufactures compact, modular fixed film technologies for the treatment of wastewater from food processing industries, subdivisions, tourist resorts, shopping centres and in general for the replacement or upgrading of obsolete facilities like septic tanks, ponds and conventional activated sludge facilities.Extensive experience in the design, and execution of technology development programs: technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporations; development of strategic alliances with the private sector and Government agencies; consulting services; technical and economic feasibility studies. Chairman of numerous congresses and international conferences and author of over fifty technical papers and international presentations. Co-author and Co-editor of the book “Pressurized Fluid Bed Combustion”, Chapman & Hall (1995). Author of five patents (One pending) on bioreactors applied to the removal of BOD and nutrients from wastewater. Twenty four years of research and academic experience as university professor in Canada, Spain and Iberoamerica: Ryerson University, U. of Western Ontario, U of Waterloo, U. of Guelph, U of Windsor (Canada); U.Politécnica de Madrid ( Spain),), U de Cartagena (Colombia), Corporacion Universitaria de la Costa(Colombia ), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia).

Wastewater Treatment (ECOTECHNOS INC.), Energy Transformation, Liquid and Solid Fuels (ESSO); coal combustion and environmental pollution (ONTARIO HYDRO); pressurised fluid bed combustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporationscombustion,technology transfer and evaluation with major energy corporations

Dr. Roger M. Leblanc received a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Université Laval in 1964, followed by a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1968. Then, he obtained a postdoc position at the Royal Institution of Great Britain for two years before moving to the University of Québec, Trois-Rivières, Canada, where he spent 20+ years of studying photobiophysics. He moved his research to the University of Miami in 1994. Dr. Leblanc is Professor and Chair of Chemistry Department at University of Miami. And his research interests are centered on biophotophysics, spectroscopy and surface chemistry and he has published 502 research articles related to these topics and has guided more than 100 Ph.D. and M.Sc.

Biophotophysics, Spectroscopy and Surface chemistry

He completed his Ph.D. Metallurgy and Materials Science, University of Denver, 1976

Metal hydrides,Thermal energy storage, Thin and thick film CVD deposition, Vapor pressure measurements Phase diagrams

Masayoshi Tabata has completed his PhD from Hokkaido University, Japan and Postdoctoral studies from United Kingdom and Sweden. After that he became Assistant Professor and Associated Professors at Hokkaido Univ., and Professor of Muroran Inst.of Tech., Japan. Moreover, he also became a senior research director at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Tech. (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan, and Guest Professor at Paris Univ. in France.

Polymers Technology

Prof. Hyoyoung Lee received his Ph.D. degree at Department of Chemistry, University of Mississippi (USA) in 1997. He did his postdoctoral associate at North Carolina State University, USA, for 2 years. He worked at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute from 2000 to 2009 as team leader. He moved to Sungkyunkwan University and has served as a full professor at dept. of chemistry, lecturing organic chemistry. He served as a director of National Creative Research Initiatives (NCRI), Center of Smart Molecular Memory from 2006 to Feb., 2015. Currently, he has served as an associate director of Centre for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP), Institute of Basic Science (IBS) from November 2015. His current research area is an organic semiconducting materials including low bandgap TiO2and devices including Molecular/Organic memory, OLED, OTFT, Sensors, Energy harvesting and storage, Graphene oxide, Reduced graphene oxide, and 2D transition metal chalcogenide (TMC). He has written more than 120 journal articles with top-tier journals.

Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Catalysis, Graphene Based materials,Nano Science, Nano Electronics

Dr. Ing. A. Brunetti got her PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2008 at the University of Calabria. Since 2004 works at ITM-CNR in the framework of several projects at international and national level. Since 2012, researcher at ITM-CNR. Author of 50 papers published on referenced international scientific journals, 9 book chapters edited by Elsevier, Wiley, Royal Society of Chemistry and about 150 international conference proceedings, she has participated with oral presentations and key notes to several international conferences. Referee of several scientific journal of international level (ISI). Winner of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering - Excellence Award in Membrane Engineering 2010 for the best recognized PhD thesis in the years 2006-2009 Selected and invited as young researcher to participate to the CEICS Nobel Campus - Chemistry for Life 2012. Awarded as young talent in the research field for the “Festival dei Giovani Talenti”, supported by Ministro della Gioventù and realized by Agenzia Nazionale per i Giovani, 2010. Awarded for the best oral presentation at PERMEA 2010 Membrane Technology Conference.

Membrane condensers for water recovery; Catalytic membrane reactors for high temperature reactions; Design of membrane separation unit for the recovery of high purity hydrogen; Study of integrated membrane plants for high purity (CO<10 ppm) hydrogen production; Membrane gas separation; CO2 capture by membrane technology; Testing and characterization of polymeric, zeolitic, ceramic membranes for gas separation, also in controlled relative humidity conditions.