Prof. Elio Santacesaria


Education

• High School Industrial Chemistry Diplome, 1961, Technical Institute “Ettore Molinari”
• Chemistry Degree (5 years course), 1966 University of Pavia, Dissertation on “The determination of sulphur trioxide in oleum with potentiometric method” under the guidance of the Nobel Prize Giulio Natta


BRIEF CURRICULUM :

 He has been the founder of GICI the Italian Group of Colloid and Interphase Science of the Italian Chemical Society and he has been the Coordinator of this Group for more than ten years (1985 - 1995).

 He is a member of the Italian Chemical Society SCI, of the Italian Association of Chemical Engineers (AIDIC), of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and of the International Association of Colloids and Interphase (IACIS) and of IUPAC.

 He had been organizer of many national and international Congresses, workshops and post-doctoral schools.

 He has been member of the Scientific Committee of the Industrial Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society for 10 years.

 He has then been elected President of the Industrial Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society for the period 2004-2006 renowned for the 2007-2009 and member of the Council as Past President in 2010-2012.

 He has been President of the Council of the Industrial Chemistry Degree Course from 1994 until 2009.

In 2011 he was awarded from Italian Chemical Society with the Gold Medal entitled to the italian chemist “Emanuele Paternò” for the great contribution given to the Industrial Chemistry.

 He has collaborated with many Italian chemical industries.

 He has published more than 250 papers on qualified journals related to subjects of:

catalysis, kinetics, mass transfer, reactor design and simulation and separation science. He is coauthor of more than 25 Patents.

 He is now CEO of the spin-off company Eurochem Engineering srl