Augugliaro, Vincenzo: -
Vincenzo Augugliaro (b.1949) is Full Professor of Transport Phenomena at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Palermo from 1994. In the course of his scientific activity, he has contributed to the following fields: chemical absorption kinetics, biochemical reactor modelling, diffusional kinetics in metalliding alloys, chemical kinetics of heterogeneous photocatalytic systems; modelling of heterogeneous photoreactors, radiation field modelling in absorbing-reacting media, advanced oxidation processes for environment remediation. Since ca. 30 years its main research topic has been TiO2-based photocatalysis and in particular recent research deals with the modeling of thin-film reactors. He is author of many papers in international journals, communications at international conferences and book chapters. He has been also guest editor of various special issues and co-chairman of the international conference SPEA5 (Solar Chemistry & Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications) held in Palermo in October 2008.
Loddo, Vittorio: -
Vittorio Loddo (b.1963) received a MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Palermo in 1993 and a PhD degree from the University Federico II of Naples in 1998. Since August 2000 he has been Assistant Professor at the University of Palermo. In the course of his scientific activity, he has contributed to the following fields: chemical kinetics of heterogeneous photocatalytic systems; modelling of heterogeneous photoreactors, radiation field modelling in absorbing-reacting media, advanced oxidation processes for environment remediation and green synthesis. He actually works mainly in modeling of photocatalytic reactors where TiO2 is supported as a thin film. He has spent some 6 months in Spain at Plataforma Solar de Almeria in order to test the developed photocatalytic devices under solar irradiation. He is author of many papers in international journals, communications at international conferences and book chapters.
Pagliaro, Mario: - Professor Pagliaro is a research chemist and science methodology professor at Italy's National Research Council based in Palermo where he leads a research group collaborating with researchers of 10 countries and the new Institute for Scientific Methodology. His research interests lie at the interface of materials science, chemistry and biology. Reported in 60 scientific papers, book chapters and several patents, his achievements include chemical technologies now on the market.
Palmisano, Giovanni: - Giovanni Palmisano (b.1981) ended (Dec 2008) his PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Palermo, where he got his MSc cum laude in Chemical Engineering (2005). He works on sol-gel materials and reactors for selective photo- and electro-catalytic conversions and photovoltaics based on dye sensitized solar cells, under the supervision of Prof. V. Augugliaro and Dr. M. Pagliaro. He is co-author of two books (on thin film photovoltaics), ca. 25 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, 20 oral or poster communications and 2 book chapters. The recently co-authored feature article Photocatalysis: A Promising Route for 21st Century Organic Chemistry was the most accessed paper from the online version of ChemComm in Aug 2007.
