Biographical Sketch: 

Adolfo Iulianelli, Master Degree in Chemical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemical and Material Engineering at the University of Calabria (Italy). Nowadays, he is Senior Researcher at the National Research Council - Institute on Membrane Technology of Italy. He is/was scientific responsible of various scientific projects, coordinating the activities focusing on the application of membrane engineering in the field of green chemistry, renewable energy, decarbonized H₂ generation, fuel processing, CO₂ capture and valorization, gas separation.

Iulianelli is author and co-author of more than 270 scientific products (h-index = 47 (SCOPUS), 50 (GOOGLE SCHOLAR)) as peer reviewed articles, patents, books, chapters book, etc., and has been included since 2020 in the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list compiled by Stanford University & Elsevier

Iulianelli has been Editor of various Elsevier’s books about hydrogen, membrane engineering and renewable sources, and currently he serves as Associate Editor of Fuel Processing Technology (Elsevier), co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Membrane Science and Technology (Cosmos), Associate Editor of Frontiers of Chemical Engineering (Frontiers), Executive Guest Editor for International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier), Renewable Energy (Elsevier), and Chemical Engineering and Processing Process Intensification (Elsevier), and editorial board member of several others.

Iulianelli delivered several Plenary/Keynote and Invited lectures, serving as Chair/President and Member of numerous Scientific/Organizing Committees in international conferences, workshops and further scientific events.

He is President of the International Agency for Green Energy – Italian Chapter and served as Monitor Expert for the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and as Expert Independent Rapporteur for the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA), Expert Referee for MERANET agencies as well as for the US Department of Energy (DOE), the Fulbright Award Romania-U.S. Program, etc. and as Expert Evaluator for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Commerce as well as for the Ministry of University and Research (ANVUR-VQR).

Iulianelli is qualified as Full Professor in “Chemical plants and technologies” & “Systems, methods and technologies of chemical and process engineering” and is Member of the “Industrial & Civil Engineering Ph.D. board“ at University of Calabria (Italy), supervising several Post-doc researchers, PhD and Master Degree students.

Main fields of research:

• Inorganic membrane reactors for decarbonised H₂ generation via reforming reactions of derived of fossil fuels and renewable sources.
• Pd/Pd-alloys, carbon, graphene oxide, polymeric membranes for H₂ separation/purification.
• CO₂ separation and conversion into added value products (bio & e-fuels) by membrane processes (polymeric, inorganic.)
• Energy Efficiency, Renewable Sources & Electrification

Selected Publications:

(* Corresponding Author)

1. F. Zito, A. Iulianelli, CO₂ capture combined with H₂ and CH₄ purification via a membrane plant: Process design, energy integration and economic analysis, Energy Conversion and Management, 347 (2026) 120538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.120538
2. B. Trujillo Ruales, A. Vita, C. Italiano, A. Iulianelli*, Low impact emissions H₂ production via biogas steam reforming in a foam structured membrane reactor: energy efficiency and exergy analyses, and H₂ production cost assessment, Energy Conversion and Management 326 (2025) 119504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.119504
3. Nalbant Atak, A.C. Ince, C.O. Colpan, A. Iulianelli*, M.F. Serincan, U. Pasaogullari, Thermo-economic analysis of an integrated membrane reactor and CO₂ capture system producing hydrogen, Energy Conversion and Management, 326 (2025) 119506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.119506
4. Torabi, A. Bairami, K. Ghasemzadeh, M.J. Shojaei, A. Iulianelli*, Optimization of Sustainable Biogas Valorization to Hydrogen via Tri-Reforming Process in Packed bed Membrane Reactor: An integrated CFD-ML Digital Twin Approach, Renewable Energy, 249 (2025) 123139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2025.123139
5. Bakhtyari, M. Mofarahi, A. Iulianelli*, Large-scale Fluidized-bed CH₄ Pyrolysis Reactor for Simultaneous CO_x-free H₂ and Carbon Production: Multi-objective Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Modeling of Different Process Schemes, Energy Conversion and Management, 336 (2025) 119885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2025.119885
6. B. Trujillo Ruales, A. Spadafora, P. Fiore, J. Veres, A. Caravella, A. Iulianelli*, Reformer + Membrane Separator Plant for Decarbonized Hydrogen Production from Biogas/Biomethane: an Experimental Study combined to Energy Efficiency and Exergy Analyses, Energy Conversion and Management, 315 (2024) 118748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.118748
7. Iulianelli*, A. Brunetti, L. Pino, C. Italiano, G. Drago Ferrante, M. Gensini, A. Vita, An integrated two stages inorganic membrane-based system to generate and recover decarbonized H₂: an experimental study and performance indexes analysis, Renewable Energy, 210 (2023) 472-485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.04.095
8. Bakhtyari, M. Mofarahi, A. Iulianelli*, Combined Mathematical and Artificial Intelligence Modeling of Catalytic Bio-methanol Conversion to Dimethyl Ether, Energy Conversion and Management, 276 (2023) 116562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.116562
9. Binazadeh, S. Mamivand, R. Sohrabi, H. Taghvaei, A. Iulianelli*, Membrane Reactors for Hydrogen Generation: from Single Stage to Integrated Systems, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48 (2023) 39225-39253, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.266
10. A. Iulianelli*, F. Russo, F. Galiano, M. Manisco, A. Figoli, Novel bio-polymer based membranes for CO2/CH4 separation, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 117 (2022) 103657. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103657