Biographical Sketch

Born in Sapri (Italy) in 1986, he received a degree in Pharmacy (with honours) in 2009 from the University of Calabria and obtained his Ph.D. at the same University in 2013. From 2010 to 2019 he has been working as a research fellow at ITM-CNR where he has been appointed a full-time researcher in July 2019. In addition, from 2013 to 2019 he has been an adjunct professor in the course of general chemistry at the University of Calabria. From 15/10/2018 to 26/10/2018 he was a visiting researcher at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (Germany). In 2019, he was awarded the “seal of excellence” by the European Commission for the high-quality project proposal submitted under the Horizon 2020’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions call. He has participated in several international EU-funded projects and is the author of more than 40 scientific articles in international journals, 2 international patents, 11 book chapters and more than 50 contributions in national and international conferences.

Main fields of research:

• Preparation of polymeric membranes in flat and hollow fiber configuration with new sustainable routes;
• Preparation of anti-fouling and self-cleaning catalytic coatings based on polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsions;
• Chemical-physical characterization of polymeric membranes;
• Microfiltration and ultrafiltration processes;
• Pervaporation process for the separation of azeotropic mixtures, aroma recovery, solvent dehydration

Most representive publication:

• Galiano, A. H. Ghanim, K. T. Rashid, T. Marino, S. Simone, Q. F. Alsalhy, A. Figoli, Preparation and characterization of green polylactic acid (PLA) membranes for organic/organic separation by pervaporation, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (2019) 21:109–120.
• Russo, R. Castro-Muñoz, F. Galiano, A. Figoli, Unprecedented preparation of porous Matrimid® 5218 membranes, Journal of Membrane Science 585 (2019) 166–174
• Marino, F. Galiano, A. Molino, A. Figoli, New frontiers in sustainable membrane preparation: Cyrene™ as green bioderived solvent, Journal of Membrane Science 580 (2019) 224–234
• Galiano, K. Briceño, T. Marino, A. Molino, K. Villy Christensen, A. Figoli, Advances in biopolymerbased membrane preparation and applications, Journal of Membrane Science 564 (2018) 562–586
• Galiano, I. Friha, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, Y. Xiaoyun, D. Johnson, R. Mancuso, N. Hilal, B. Gabriele, S. Sayadi, A. Figoli, Novel low-fouling membranes from lab to pilot application in textile wastewater treatment, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 515 (2018) 208–220
• Galiano, S. A. Schmidt, X. Ye, R. Kumar, R. Mancuso, E. Curcio, B. Gabriele, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, UV-LED induced bicontinuous microemulsions polymerisation for surface modification of commercial membranes – Enhancing the antifouling properties, Separation and Purification Technology 194 (2018) 149–160.
• A. Deowan, F. Galiano, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, D. Johnson, N. Hilal, S. A. Altinkaya, B. Gabriele, E. Drioli, Novel low-fouling membrane bioreactor (MBR) for industrial wastewater treatment, , Journal of Membrane Science 510 (2016) 524-532
• Johnson, F. Galiano, S. A. Deowan, J. Hoinkis, A. Figoli, N. Hilal, Adhesion forces between humic acid functionalized colloidal probes and polymer membranes to assess fouling potential, Journal of Membrane Science, 484 (2015) 35–46.
• Galiano, A. Figoli, S. A. Deowan, D. Johnson, S. A. Altinkaya, L. Veltri, G. De Luca, R. Mancuso, N. Hilal, B. Gabriele, J. Hoinkis, A step forward to a more efficient wastewater treatment by membrane surface modification via polymerizable bicontinuous microemulsion, Journal of Membrane Science 482 (2015) 103–114.
• Bagnato, A. Figoli, C. Ursino, F. Galiano, A. Sanna, A novel Ru–polyethersulfone (PES) catalytic membrane for highly efficient and selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol, Journal of Material Chemistry A, 2018, 6, 4955