Biographical Sketch

Degree and PhD in Chemical Engineering. Expert in membrane operations, also as integrated systems, especially in membrane contactors applied to water and wastewater treatment and to water desalination. Member of the Council of the European Membrane Society (EMS) (2011-2014), with responsibility for Education and Awards activities. Member of evaluation boards and of scientific and organising committees of international conferences. Reviewer of scientific journals, research projects and PhD theses. Scientific responsible of national and international research projects. Participant, also as chairperson and with invited key-notes, at several national and international conferences on membranes. Lecturer at courses on membrane operations.

Co-author of 1 book on membrane contactors and of 90 contributions published in international journals and as book chapters. Co-editor of 3 books on membrane operations and water treatment and of journal special issues on membrane technology.

Main fields of research:

• Membrane distillation in wastewater treatment and desalination.
• Membrane dryer for solid microparticles recovery from liquid streams.
• Membrane contactors in food and beverage industries.
• Membrane contactors for the control of dissolved gases content into liquids.
• Study and optimization of membrane operations in the logic of the process intensification and sustainable development.

Most representive publication:

• Criscuoli, A. “Experimental investigation of the thermal performance of new flat membrane module designs for membrane distillation”, Comm. Heat and Mass Trans., 2019, 103, 83-89. DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2019.02.015
• Criscuoli, A.; Frison, N.; Drioli, E. “Membrane Contactors for measuring the alcohol content of wines: a preliminary investigation”, Purif. Tech., 2019, 215, 384-389. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.01.034
• Criscuoli, ; Drioli, E. “Vacuum membrane distillation for the treatment of coffee products”, Sep. Purif. Tech., 2019, 209, 990-996. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2018.09.058
• Santoro, S.; Vidorreta, I.M.; Sebastian, V.; Moro, A.; Coelhoso, I.M.; Portugal, C. A. M.; Lima, J.C.; Desiderio, G.; Lombardo, G.; Drioli, E.; Mallada, R.; Crespo, J.G.; Criscuoli, ; Figoli, A. “A non-invasive optical method for mapping temperature polarization in direct contact membrane distillation”, J. Membr. Sci., 2017, 536, 156-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2017.05.001
• Garofalo, A.; Carnevale, M.C.; Donato, L.; Drioli, E.; Alharbi, O.; Aljlil, S.A.; Criscuoli, ; Algieri, C. “Scale-Up of MFI Zeolite Membranes for Desalination by Vacuum Membrane Distillation”, Desalination, 2016, 397, 205-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2016.07.010
• Criscuoli, “Improvement of the Membrane Distillation performance through the integration of different configurations”, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2016, 111, 316-322. DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.05.020
• Criscuoli, ; Carnevale, M.C.; Drioli, E. “Study of the performance of a membrane-based vacuum drying process”, Sep. Purif. Tech., 2016, 158, 259-265. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2015.12.028
• Criscuoli, ; Carnevale, M.C. “Desalination by vacuum membrane distillation: the role of cleaning on the permeate conductivity”, Desalination, 2015, 365, 213-219. DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.03.003
• Criscuoli, ; Carnevale, M.C.; Drioli, E. “Modeling the performance of flat and capillary membrane modules in vacuum membrane distillation”, J. Membr. Sci., 2013, 447, 369–375. DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.07.044
• Criscuoli, ; Bafaro, P.; Drioli, E. “Vacuum membrane distillation for purifying waters containing arsenic. Desalination Special Issue: Membrane Distillation, Desalination, 2013, 323, 17–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.08.004