The group is part of the Laboratory of Catalysis and Catalytic Processes of the Politecnico di Milano.
Principal Investigator:
Prof. Matteo Maestri – full professor
Senior scientist:
Dr. Mauro Bracconi – assistant professor – CFD and multiscale modeling (Project: ERC-SHAPE, H2020 ReaxPro, FARE-Miur SPOON)
Post-doctoral fellows:
Dr. Matteo Ferri – atomistic calculations (Project: ERC-SHAPE)
Dr. Chiara Negri – operando spectroscopy and kinetic analysis (Project: ERC-SHAPE, FARE-Miur SPOON)
Dr. Kaustav Niyogi – multiscale modeling of CO2 electrocatalytic reduction processes (Seal of Excellence MSCA)
Ph.D. students:
Gianluca Moroni – operando spectroscopy and kinetic analysis (Projects: ERC-SHAPE, Spectrokin)
Riccardo Uglietti – CFD of fluidized beds (Projects: ERC-SHAPE, H2020 ReaxPro)
Daniele Micale – CFD of catalytic reactors (Projects: ERC-SHAPE, H2020 ReaxPro, ARPA-E US)
Luca Nardi – multiscale analysis of catalytic processes (Projects: ERC-SHAPE, FARE Miur SPOON, Spectrokin)
Claudio Ferroni – CFD modeling of structured reactors (co-advised)
Davide Cafaro – multiscale modeling and CFD modeling of fluidized systems (Projects: H2020 ReaxPro, Spectrokin)
Gabriele Contaldo – DFT calculations and multiscale modeling (Project: H2020 ReaxPro)
M. Sc. Students: ~8 per year
Past members:
Dr. Imteyaz Alam (2019-2021, Marie Curie Fellow)
Dr. Raffaele Cheula (2016-2021)
Dr. Giulio Cordaro (2019-2020)
Luca Dietz (2013-2014)
Dr. Zhao-Bin Ding (2016-2020)
Dr. Torstein Fjermestad (2019-2021, Marie Curie Fellow)
Dr. Tiziano Maffei (2013-2014)
Dr. Ali Maghsoumi (2015-2017)
Dr. Stefano Rebughini (2013-2017)