Biographical Sketch: 

Researcher at CNR-ITM since 2001.

Participation in several national and international research projects on membrane processes.

Co-author of over 50 articles published in international scientific journals.

Co-author of book chapters and author of two monographs in the field of membrane science.

Numerous contributions to national and international scientific conferences. Reviewer of scientific journals.

First position in the Top 10 of articles published in the same domain from the date of publication (Source: BioMedLib, June, 2011): L. Donato, A. Figoli, E. Drioli, Novel composite poly(4-vinylpyridine)/polypropylene membranes with recognition properties for (S)-naproxen, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 37 (2005) 1003-1008.

Main topics of interest:

• Molecularly imprinted and polymeric membranes for liquid phase separations
• Membrane systems for the controlled release of drugs and/or bioactive principles
• Membrane operations in the agro-food, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and water treatment fields

Representative publications 

Bhattacharyya, S., Donato, L., Chakraborty, S. et al., Synergistic Efficiency of TiO₂-GO Nanocomposite Membranes in Dye Degradation for Sustainable Water Pollution Remedy. Earth Syst Environ., (2024). https://doi.org./10.007/s41748-024-00527-5

Fontananova, E., Pantuso, E., Donato, L. et al. Turning mine-tailing streams into sources of water and mineral salts in a membrane-sustained circular scenario. npj Clean Water 7, 112 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-024-00404-8

Enrica Fontananova, Valentina Grosso, Elvira Pantuso, Laura Donato, Gianluca Di Profio, Energy duty in direct contact membrane distillation of hypersaline brines operating at the water-energy nexus, J. Membr. Sci., 676 (2023) 121585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2023.121585

Donato L, Nasser II, Majdoub M, Drioli E. Green Chemistry and Molecularly Imprinted Membranes. Membranes 12(5) (2022) 472. https://doi.org./10.3090/membranes12050472

Carmela Conidi, Laura Donato, Catia Algieri, Alfredo Cassano, Valorization of chestnut processing by-products: A membrane-assisted green strategy for purifying valuable compounds from shells, J. Clean Prod., 378 (2022) 134564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134564

Laura Donato, Enrico Drioli, Imprinted membranes for sustainable separation processes, Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 15 (2021) 775–792. https://DOI:10.1007/s11705-020-1991-0

L. Donato, A. Garofalo, E. Drioli, O. Alharbi, S.A. Aljlil, A. Criscuoli, C. Algieri,  Improved performance of vacuum membrane distillation in desalination with zeolite membranes, Sep. Purif. Technol., 237 (2020) 116376-116381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116376

Algieri, C., Epifanio, A., Garofalo, A., Aljlil, S. A., Donato, L. (2020) Poly(vinyl alcohol)-based membranes for metoprolol transdermal delivery. Mat. Technol., 36(7), 430–439. https://doi.org/10.1080/10667857.2020.1769259

C. Algieri, O.I. Parisi, M.R. Gullo, F. Puoci, E. Drioli, L. Donato, Development of novel hybrid imprinted membranes for selective recovery of theophylline, Sep. Purif. Technol., 192 (2018) 513–519. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2017.10.023I.

I. Iben Nasser, C. Algieri, A. Garofalo, E. Drioli, C. Ahmed, L. Donato, Hybrid Imprinted Membranes for Selective Recognition of Quercetin, Sep.  Purif. Technol. 163 (2016) 331–340.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2016.03.015

Donato, L., Guzzo, L., Drioli, E. and Algieri, C. (2014), Mixed matrix membranes as potential transdermal devices for gemfibrozil release. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 132,  (2014) 41698. https://doi.org./10.1002/app.41698

L. Donato, F. Tasselli, G. De Luca, S. Garcia Del Blanco, E. Drioli, Novel hybrid molecularly imprinted membranes for targeted 4,4-methylendianiline, Separation and Purification Technology, 116 (2013) 184–191. https://doi.org./10.1016/j.seppur.2013.05.027