Catia Algieri is a researcher at Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy (ITMJ-CNR) since 2001.

She collaborated in several international and national projects focused on membranes preparation and characterization for application in water treatment, catalytic reactions and gas separations.

She is author of 33 papers on International Journals and eleven contribution in books and Encyclopedia of membranes, one patent and many oral presentations (also as invited lecture) in National and International Conferences and Workshops.

She also was chairwoman in different international conferences.

She is advisor of foreign and Italian students, external advisor of international projects and referee of different international Journals.

Research Activity

Preparation and characterization of zeolite membranes for water treatment, catalytic reactions and gas separations.

Preparation and characterization of mixed matrix membranes for drug controlled release and gas separations.

Preparation and characterization of membrane bioreactors for drug production.

Highlights

Preparation of zeolite membranes for water treatment.

Preparation of membranes for controlled drug release.

Select Publications

1. A. Medrano, A. Garofalo, L. Donato, F. Basile, M.P. De Santo, F. Gallucci, F. Cofone, F. Ciuchi, C. Algieri, CO selective oxidation using catalytic zeolite membranes, Chem. Eng. J., 351 (2018) 40-47.

2. Catia Algieri, Ortensia Ilaria Parisi, Maria Raffaella Gullo, Francesco Puoci Enrico Drioli, L. Donato, Development of novel hybrid imprinted membranes for selective recovery of Theophylline, Sep. Pur. , 192 (2018) 513-519.

3. Iulianelli, C. Algieri, L. Donato, A. Garofalo, F. Galiano, G. Bagnato A. Basile, A. Figoli, New PEEK-WC and PLA membranes for H2 separation, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 42 (2017) 22138-22148.

4. Garofalo, M. C. Carnevale, L. Donato, E. Drioli, O. Alharbi, S. A. Aljlil, A. Criscuoli, C. Algieri, Scale-Up of MFI Zeolite Membranes for Desalination by Vacuum Membrane Distillation, Desalination, 397 (2016) 205-212.

5. Iben Nasser, C. Algieri, A. Garofalo, E. Drioli, C. Ahmed, L. Donato, Hybrid imprinted membranes for selective recognition of Quercetin, Separation and Purification Technology, 163 (2016) 331–340.

6. Catia Algieri, Enrico Drioli, Laura Guzzo, Laura Donato, Bio-Mimetic Sensors Based on Molecularly Imprinted Membranes, Sensors 14 (2014) 13863-13912.

7. Garofalo, L. Donato, E. Drioli, A. Criscuoli, M. C. Carnevale, O. Alharbi, S. A. Aljlil, C. Algieri, Supported MFI Zeolite Membranes by Cross Flow Filtration for Water Treatment, Separation and Purification Technology, 135 (2014) 28-35.

8. Donato, C. Algieri, A. Rizzi, L. Giorno, Kinetic study of tyrosinase immobilized on polymeric Membrane, Journal of Membrane Science, 454 (2014) 346-350.

9. Algieri, E. Drioli, L. Donato, Development of Mixed Matrix Membranes for Controlled Release of Ibuprofen, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 128, (2013) 754-760.

10. Teresa Poerio, Teresa F. Mastropietro, Enrico Drioli, Catia Algieri, Organic-template-free synthesis of nanosized NaY crystals induced by a FAU membrane, RSC Advances, 3 (2013) 24038-24040.

11. Catia Algieri, Laura Donato, Paola Bonacci, Lidia Giorno, Tyrosinase immobilised on polyamide tubular membrane for the L-DOPA production: Total recycle and continuous reactor study, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 66 (2012) 14-19.

12. Laura Donato, Catia Algieri, Valentina Miriello, Rosalinda Mazzei, Gabriele Clarizia, Lidietta Giorno, Biocatalytic zeolite membrane for the production of l-DOPA, Journal of Membrane Science, 407–408 (2012) 86–92.

13. Algieri, P. Bernardo, G. Barbieri, E. Drioli, A novel seeding procedure for preparing tubular NaY zeolite membranes, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 119 (2009) 129-136.

14. Clarizia, C. Algieri, A. Regina, E. Drioli, Zeolite-based composite membranes: gas transport and surface properties, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 115 (2008) 67-74.

15. Bernardo, C. Algieri, G. Barbieri, E. Drioli, Hydrogen purification from Carbon monoxide by means of Selective oxidation using zeolite catalytic membranes, Separation and Purification Technology, 62 (2008) 629-635.

16. Bernardo, C. Algieri, G. Barbieri, E. Drioli, Catalytic (Pt-Y) membranes for the purification of H₂-rich streams, Catalysis Today , 118/1-2 (2006) 90-97.

17. Bernardo, C. Algieri, G. Barbieri, E. Drioli, Catalytic zeolite membrane reactors for the selective CO oxidation, Desalination, 200 (2006) 702-704.

18. Clarizia, C. Algieri, E. Drioli, Filler-polymer combination: a route to modify gas transport properties of a polymeric membrane, Polymer, 45 (2004) 5671-5681.

19. Algieri, P. Bernardo, G. Golemme, G. Barbieri, E. Drioli, Permeation properties of a thin silicalite-1 (MFI) membrane, Journal of Membrane Science, 222 (2003) 181-190.

20. Golemme, J.B. Nagy, A. Fonseca, C. Algieri, Yu. Yampolskii, ¹²⁹Xe-NMR study of free volume in amorphous perfluorinated polymers, Polymer, 44 (2003) 5039-5045.