Air Pollution, Air Quality, and Climate Change

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where is responsible of the research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes: Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.

Didem Saloglu, a Chemical Engineer, is an Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Istanbul Technical University and Vice Director of Disaster Management Institute. She has a long experience in the field of general chemical engineering, adsorption, extraction, purification, biotechnology, composite materials, industrial pollution, explosion, emissions, wastewater treatment, and microwave assisted extraction. Dr. Saloglu has more than 35 scientific contributions as international peer reviewed articles, with a total 186 citations. She has 8 scientific papers in national peer reviewed articles, 2 international and 4 national book chapters, and 58 papers in national and international congresses. She is a reviewer for 45 national and international journals. Dr. Saloglu is also editor of the Water Science and Technology. She is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Scientific Research Projects Units of Universities, and private companies and also international projects funded by European Union.

Alfredo Cassano, a Biologist, is senior Researcher at ITM-CNR since 2000. He has a long experience in the field of membrane science and technology with research expertise including pressure-driven membrane processes, membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations mainly applied to wastewater treatments and agro-food productions.Cassano also prepared 4 special issues on membrane science and technology for 3 international journals (Membranes, Foods and Journal of Membrane Science and Research). He is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with both Italian Ministry of Education, University & Research and private companies and international projects funded by EU. He has been tutoring of 28 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at ITM-CNR.