Francesca Pagnanelli
Chemistry
La Sapienza University
Italy
Biography
Francesca Pagnanelli graduated with honors in Industrial Chemistry at Sapienza University of Rome (1999) with a thesis awarded with the XIII National Prize of Federchimica. In 2003 she received her PhD in Industrial Chemical Processes at Sapienza University. In 2002 Dr. Pagnanelli won a public competition and became an Assistant Professor in the field “Theory of the development of chemical processes” in the Department of Chemistry of Sapienza University. In 2012 she became Associate Professor in the same field. She is a member of the interuniversity research centre HIGH TECH RECYCLING, and she is one of the founder of the Spin-Off Eco-Recycling for technology transfer. She is unit responsible in three FPVII projects (Hydroweee: Innovative Hydrometallurgical Processes to recover Metals from WEEE including lamps and batteries; Hydroweee Demo: Innovative Hydrometallurgical Processes to recover Metals from WEEE including lamps and batteries – Demonstration; Photolife: Process and automated pilot plant for simultaneous and integral recycling of different kinds of photovoltaic Panels) for the development of innovative projects for material recovery from wastes and the realization of demonstrative plants. She has been also principal investigator and responsible of units in different national projects (Alghe Energetiche: Design and construction of a pilot plant for the cultivation of microalgae for biofuel production, cofinanced by Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare; Photorec: Development of a recycling process for end of life photovoltaic panels, cofinanced by Regione Lazio; Nanohydro: Production of metal nanoparticles from RAEE valorization, financed by Regione Lazio; Hyrpam: Process for the recovery of Pd-Ag membranes for hydrogen, financed by Regione Lazio).
Research Interest
Industrial chemistry
Publications
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Atia TA, Altimari P, Moscardini E, Pettiti I, Toro L, Pagnanelli F. Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles by Hydrothermal Route. InChemical Engineering Transactions 2016 Mar 1. Italian Association of Chemical Engineering-AIDIC.
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Pagnanelli F, Esposito A, Toro L, Vegliò F. Copper and cadmium biosorption onto Sphaerotilus natans: Application and discrimination of commonly used adsorption models. Separation science and technology. 2002 Jan 3;37(3):677-99.
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Pagnanelli F. Equilibrium, kinetic and dynamic modelling of biosorption processes. InMicrobial biosorption of metals 2011 (pp. 59-120). Springer Netherlands.
