People

Roberta Bongiovanni graduated with honors in Chemistry in 1986 at the University of Torino (I). She attended the M.Sc. course in Surface Chemistry and Colloids at the University of Bristol (UK), at the same University she obtained her PhD in 1998. After a period spent as a
researcher at the R&D of ENI SpA in Milano, she did a post-doc at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Torino. In 1992 she joined the Politecnico di Torino where she is currently Full Professor of Chemistry. In 2019 she received the Doctorate Honoris Causa in Engineering by the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (F). She is nominated member of the Scientific Board of the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (F) and of the National Scientific Board of the Institut de Chimie of CNRS (F). She was Visiting Scholar at the Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY, USA) in 2006, Visiting Researcher at the Bragg Institute, Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation (Sydney, AUS) in 2010, Professeur Invitè at the Institut National Polytechnique (Grenoble, F) in 2011. She is currently PI of the following projects: Fondazione Cariplo BioStarPack 2021-2024; Horizon Europe MSCA DN ESPERANTO 2022- 2026. She was Coordinator of bilateral projects with UK and Morocco; she is referee for the H2020 and HE programmes, evaluator for the French Research Agency and the European Science Fundation. At present the scientific activities of Roberta Bongiovanni concern a) the preparation of polymers with 'tailor-made' surfaces b) biobased composites with natural fillers like clays and cellulosic fibres through photoinduced polymerisation and/or curing (eventually photoreversible) c) electrospinning processes coupled with photoinduced reactions. The results of her research work are collected in 221 works published on peer-reviewed international journals. She is also co-author of 3 international patents and 5 Italian patents. Her H-index is 39 (WoS 25/4/2022).

Dr. Hassan Hefni has been working at the Egyptian Petroleum Research institute as Assistant Professor in polymers science and in filtration membranes. He has many years’ experience in the field of functionalized polymer and smart membranes. Dr. Hassan Hefni has more than 27 international publications in high-impacted journals and acts as a reviewer for many international indexed journals. In addition, his research outcomes were presented at international and national conferences. His previous international research collaborations with the Central Salt And Marine Chemicals Research Institute in India (CSMCRI) and the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea, will support and expand his networks with Italy for future applying for several projects. His experience and broad knowledge serve as the background for the proposed work.