Academic
Career
Professor of
Chemistry and Electrochemistry at the School of Engineering of
the University of Naples (since 1968)
Full Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of
Calabria (since 1981).
Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of Calabria
(1982-1985).
Research
Activities
- Membranes
in Artificial Organs
- Integrated Membrane Processes
- Membrane Preparation Transport Phenomena
- Membrane Distillation and Membrane Contactors
- Catalytic Membrane and Catalytic Membrane Reactors
Other
Assignments
Director of the Institute on Membranes and Chemical Reactors of
the National Research Council (since 1993)
Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM) of CNR (since
2002)
Awards and
Honors
Doctorate Honoris Causa in Chemistry and Chemical Technology
from Russian Academy of Science (February 1992).
Honorary Professor at the China Northwest University in Xi'an,
Shaanxi, People's Republic of China (Sept. 1991).
Honorary Member of the A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical
Synthesis at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (since
1999).
Guest Professor in the Environment and Safety Engineering
Department at the Jiangsu Polytechnic University, China (since
June 2005)
International Cooperation Honor Award on September 2005 given by
the Membrane Industry Association of China (MIAC) for his
special dedication to the International Cooperation between
China and Europe in the field of membrane and science technology.
Scientific
Activity
Involved in the
following international societies and scientific committees
President of the
European Society of Membrane Science and Technology (today
European Membrane Society) (1982 - 1998).
Honorary President of the European Membrane Society (since 1999)
Member of Executive Council of the European Federation of Chem.
Engineering (1996 - 2004)
Chairman of the Working Party on Membranes of the European
Federation of Chemical Engineering (since 1985)
Patron Member of the Indian Membrane Society
Member of the Interim Board of Governors of the Middle East
Desalination Research Center, Oman, Muscat (1994 - 1996)
Member of the Advisor Board of the UNESCO Center on Membrane
Science and Technology at the New South Wales University,
Australia.
Member of the International Scientific Advisory Committee of the
Grand Water Research Institute at Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology, Israel (since 2004)
Member and Moderator of the Research Advisory Council of the
Middle East Desalination Research Center , Oman, Muscat (since
May 1997)
Member of the NATO/CCMS Pilot Study on "Clean Products and
Processes" (Phase II) (2002-2007)
International Scientific Counselor of the Membrane Industry
Association of China (since 2002)
Member of the International Advisory Board of the State Key
Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences (since 2007).
Member of the Integrative Management Team of the European
Network of Excellence on Nanoscale-based Membrane Technologies (NanoMemPro)
funded within the 3rd priority of the European Commission’s
Sixth Framework Programme (since 2004)
Founding member of the European Federation on Regenerative
Medicine (since 2006)
Expert in the panels of the OECD project “Nanotechnology and
clean water” (www.oecd.org/sti/nano)
Member of the ASME Industrial Water Treatment Committee
Director of Research Projects on Membrane Science and Technology
sponsored by the C.N.R., M.U.R.S.T., E.N.E.L.-C.R.I.S.,
E.N.E.L.-G.R.E., F.I.A.T., Montedison, Assoreni, S.A.M.I.M.,
U.S.A.F., Committee Energy Atomique (France), DGXII - E.U.,
Progetto Finalizzato Chimica Fine, Progetto Finalizzato Energia
II, Tecnofarmaci, Unioncamere, Parmalat, Technip Italia, Biofil,
TecnoProgetti, Tecnomare, ABB and other National and
International Agencies and Industries, Ausimont, Alteco,
Supercolori Spa, BEA, Barilla, Renco, Procter & Gamble Italia
S.p.a., ITESTS, ENEL, etc.
Director and/or lecturer in various postdoctoral Schools on
Membrane Science and Technology sponsored by CESVITEC, Italian
Chemical Society, FAST, FORMEZ, Plastic Institute of America,
NATO Advanced Study Institute, European Society of Membrane
Science and Technology, Comm. Eur. Communities, FOIST, etc.
Director of various international bilateral research programs
(USA/Italy, France/Italy, Korea/Italy, China/Italy, Egypt/Italy,
Japan/Italy, Russia/Italy, etc.).
Author of more than 520 scientific papers and 18 patents in
the field of Membrane Science and Technology.
Member of the
Advisory Board
Journal of Membrane
Science – Elsevier
Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
Member of the
International Advisory Board
Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA
Senior
Advisor
Chinese Journal of
Membrane Science and Technology
Technology of Water
Treatment Journal
Editorial
Board Member
Chemical
Engineering and Processing - Elsevier
Desalination - Elsevier
Chemical Engineering and Technology Journal - Wiley-VCH;
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (from Jan. 2002) –
American Chemical Society;
Separation Science and Technology - M. Dekker
Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy - Springer-Verlag;
Water Treatment - China Ocean Press (China);
Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry - MAIK Nauka,
Interperiodica Publ. (Russia);
Journal of Separation and Purification Technology - Childwall
University Press (China);
Guest Editor
Special Issue on Membrane Engineering for Process
Intensification, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,
Volume 46, Issue 8 (April 2007)
Special Issue on Membrane Contactors, Journal of Membrane
Science, Volume 257, Issues 1-2 (July 2005)
Special Issue on Membrane Reactors, Chemical Engineering and
Processing: Process Intensification, Volume 43, Issue 9
(September 2004)
Other
Activities
Member of the Scientific Committee of
ENICHEM S.p.A., Milan (1985-87), Tecnofarmaci S.p.A. (Rome);
Member of the Technical Committee of CESVITEC (Naples); Concia
Ricerche (Milan), Rhone Poulenc Industrialisation (France)
(1993-2000), Danish Separation Systems AS (DSS) – Nakskov
(Denmark), etc.
Served as expert or consultant of various
National and International Organizations as U.N.D.P.; Economic
Council of EUROPE, UN, Geneve; Commission of the European
Community; DG XII, Brussels, Belgium; Nat. Science Foundation,
Washington, USA; Australian Research Council, Canberra,
Australia; Swedish Research Council for Engineering Science,
Sweden; NATO (Science for Peace Program); Ministero
dell'istruzione, dell'universitą e della Ricerca,
Ministero per le Attivitą Produttive (Italy); etc.
Member of the National Committee for
Chemistry of the Ministry for University and Scientific Research
(1988).
Member of “Commissione tecnico-consultiva
“Innovazione e Trasferimento Tecnologico” of IPI (The Institute
for Industrial Promotion) of Ministry of Productive Activities
Served as Member of the Commission for the
Evaluation of Doctorate Thesis in Chemical Engineering at the
University of Twente (The Netherlands), at the University of New
South Wales (Sydney, Australia), at the Ecole Polytechnique
Federale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland), at Dept. of Food
Eng. University of Lund (Sweden), at Dept. of Chemistry, Glascow
University (U.K.), at Indian Institute of Technology, (Kanpur,
India), at ENSIC - University of Nancy (France); at University
of Paul Sabatier of Toulouse (France); etc.
Chairman or Co-chairman of various
International Conference on Membranes (e.g., Ravello Conference
in 1977 and 1988; Europe-Japan Conference in 1984 - Stresa; ICOM
in Tokyo 1987; International Conference on Membranes for gas and
vapor separation, Suzdal, USSR, 1989; World Desalination in 1991
- Malta; Int'l symposium on Membranes and Membrane Processes,
Hangzhou, China, 1994, etc.); Summer Schools (E.E.C.-China in
Lanzhou, 1986; and in Nantong, 1988) and Workshops (e.g.
Workshop on Membrane Distillation, Rome), EC-Indian Workshop on
Membranes, New Delhi, 1991; EEC China Workshop on Preservation
of Cultural Heritages, Xian, Shaanxi, P. R. of China (1991);
EC-Brazil Workshop on Membranes, Rio de Janeiro, 1992, etc);
International Symposium on Membranes and Membrane Processes,
Hangzhou, China (1994); ASEAN-EU, Workshop on Membrane
Technology in Agro-Based Industry, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
(1994); International Conference on Membrane Science and
Technology (ICMST ’98); Ravello Conference on “Catalysis in
Membrane Reactors, New Frontiers for Catalytic Membrane Reactors
& Other Membrane Systems”, organized with the European Science
Foundation of Strasbourg (France) and the Kenan Inst. for
Engineering, Technology & Science (USA) (1999); 2001
International Conference on Membrane Technology Application,
Shanghai & Hangzhou, P. R. China (2001); China - Italy Workshop
on Membrane Process for Clean Production and for sustainable
Growth, Beijing, P. R. China (2001); Engineering Foundation
Conference on Advanced Membrane Technology, Barga, Italy (2001);
Workshop on Sino-Italian Joint Application for the EU Sixth
Framework Programme, Pechino (2002); The 2nd International
Conference on Application of Membrane Technology, Pechino
(2002); 1st Italy – China Workshop on the “State of research and
applications of membrane operations for a sustainable growth”,
Cetraro – CS (2002); 1st Workshop Italy - Russia on "Membrane
Technology for a Sustainable Industrial Production”, Cetraro –
CS (2003); Forum italo-coreano sulla scienza e la tecnologia,
Seoul (2003); Sino-Italian Seminar on Dairy Products Technology,
Weihai (2004); Sino-Italian Training Course & Workshop on
Membrane Technology in Food Industry, Weihai (2005); Intensive
Membrane Course at the Jiangsu Polytechnic University (JPU),
Changzhou - China (2005); Forum on Water Industry, Qingdao,
China (2005); ICOM2005, the International Congress on Membrane
and Membranes and Membrane Processes, Seoul – Korea (2005); 7th
International Conference on Catalysis in Membrane Reactors
(ICCMR7), Cetraro (2005); “Advanced Membrane Technology III:
Membrane Engineering for Process Intensification”, Cetraro,
Grand Hotel San Michele, 11 - 16 June 2006; EUROMEMBRANE 2006,
the Conference of the European Membrane Society, September
24-28, 2006, Hotel Naxos Beach Resort in Giardini Naxos,
Taormina (Messina); 5th Korea-Italy Workshop on “Membranes and
membrane processes for the clean environment and clean Energy”,
Giardini Naxos–Taormina ME (Italy) 29-30 September 2006;
China-EU Seminar on the Application of Membrane Technology &
Cooperation Fair, Golden Bay Hotel, Weihai, China, July 8-12,
2007.
Visiting scientist at the Max Plank
Institut für Biophysic, Frankfurt a.m.; at the Chemical
Engineering Department of the North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, USA; at The Bend Research, USA; at the Institute of
Membrane Science and Technology, Lanzhow, R.P.China; at the
Demokritos Nuclear Research Center, Athens, Greece, etc.
Invited lecturer at various
Universities, Scientific Institutions and Industrial Research
Groups in Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Bielorussia,
Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Demark, Egypt, Finland, France, Greece,
Holland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Malesia, Malta, Norway,
Oman, P.R. China, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore,
Slovakia., Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK,USA, USSR, Germany;
Bangladesh, South Korea.
Member of A.I. Ch. E., ACS, Soc. Chim.
Ital., European Membrane Society, NAMS, etc.
Various bilateral agreements have been
recently signed by Prof. E. Drioli (as ITM-CNR Director) for
collaboration with Korean and Chinese Institutions (e.g.
Gyeongsang National University (Korea); Korea Research Institute
of Chemical Technology – KRICT (Korea); Seoul National
University (Korea); Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai
(China); Shandong Science & Technology Department (China);
Membrane Industry Association of China.
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