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Prof.ssa Silvia Licoccia

Ordinario di Fondamenti Chimici per le Tecnologie

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

 

  1. CENNI BIOGRAFICI

 

Università degli studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”

Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1 - 00133 Rome, Italy

+39.06.72594386 (ufficio)

+39.06.72594328 (fax)

+39 339 726 6029 (cellulare)

e-mail: licoccia@uniroma2.it

 

  1. FORMAZIONE

Laurea Summa cum Laudein Chimica, Università di Roma La Sapienza, 1978

 

Scuole Post-dottorato:

 

 

  1. POSIZIONI ACCADEMICHE

 

dal 2001

Professore Ordinario di Fondamenti Chimici delle Tecnologie (SSD CHIM/07, SC 03/B2), Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

2000

Visiting Professor, University of Arizona, Phoenix, USA, NATO Fellow

1993-2001

Professore Associato di Chimica, Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

1992

Professore Associato di Chimica Generale ed Inorganica, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Siena

1987

Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis, CNR Fellow

1984-1992

Ricercatore (Chimica), Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

1983-1984

Borsista AIRI (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale) Università di Roma La Sapienza

1981-1983

Professore a contratto, Università della Calabria

1979-1981

Postdoctoral fellow, York University, Toronto, Ont., Canada

 

 

  1. INCARICHI ISTITUZIONALI

 

dal 2021

Referente Ricerca Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

dal 2020

Coordinatore della IR distribuita ISIS@MACH ITALIA, Nodo della IR Globale ISIS Pulsed Neutron and Muon Source (UK)

dal 2019

Direttore del NAST, Centro Interdipartimentale “Nanoscienze, Nanotecnologie e Strumentazione Avanzata a Tor Vergata”

2013-2019

Delegato del Rettore alla Ricerca Scientifica di Ateneo

2017-2019

Componente della Commissione Performance dell’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

2012-2018

Direttore Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”

2016- 2019

Coordinatore Corso di Formazione Tutela della Salute Pubblica per i Carabinieri per la Tutela della Salute (NAS)

2011-2013

Direttore del NAST, Centro Interdipartimentale “Nanoscienze, Nanotecnologie e Strumentazione Avanzata a Tor Vergata”

2010-2014

Presidente dell'AICIng (Associazione Italiana Chimica per l’Ingegneria)

2009-2010

Vice-Direttore del NAST, Centro Interdipartimentale “Nanoscienze, Nanotecnologie e Strumentazione Avanzata a Tor Vergata”

2009-2019

Coordinatore del Dottorato di Ricerca in “Materials for Health, Environment and Energy”

2009-2017

Direttore del Laboratorio Congiunto Italia-Québec " Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications"

1995-2001

Membro del Senato Accademico dell’Università di Roma Tor Vergata

  1. RESPONSABILITÀ EDITORIALI

 

 

 

  1. PREMI E RICONOSCIMENTI

 

2018     Associazione Italiana Chimica per l’Ingegneria (AICIng): Premio per preclari meriti scientifici e didattici e per i servizi svolti per AICIng

2017     Vincitrice della selezione di una delle 12 eccellenze italiane (4 nel Lazio) presenti all’ EXPO 2017 – FUTURE ENERGY Astana (Kazakistan).

La selezione è stata effettuata da un Comitato Scientifico nazionale, presieduto dal Commissario Generale di Sezione per il Padiglione Italia e composto, tra gli altri, da rappresentanti del MAECI e MISE.

2011                 American Ceramic Society ACerS Ross Coffin Purdy Award

Il premio viene conferito agli autori che hanno prodotto il miglior contributo alla letteratura tecnica sui materiali ceramici nell’anno precedente alla selezione.

 

Ha inoltre co-organizzato numerose Conferenze e Simposi nell’ambito di Congressi organizzati da Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society, European Ceramic Society, AICIng.

In particolare, recentemente è o è stata:

 

 

  1. ASSOCIAZIONI PROFESSIONALI

 

Electrochemical Society

Materials Research Society

American Chemical Society

Società Chimica Italiana

Associazione Italiana Chimica per l’Ingegneria

Consorzio Interuniversitario Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM)

 

 

  1. ATTIVITA’ DIDATTICA

 

Chimica, Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria (9 CFU, 90 ore, ca. 150 studenti/anno)

Relatore di numerose Tesi di Laurea triennale e Magistrale in Ingegneria, Scienze dei Materiali e Chimica e di Dottorato in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy.

  1. ATTIVITA’ SCIENTIFICA

 

Autore di 4 brevetti, 2 libri e 312 pubblicazioni su riviste indicizzate, e di più di 300 Contributi orali o poster a conferenze Internazionali.

 

Direttore del gruppo di ricerca Materials and Devices for Energy (MaDE@Tor Vergata, http://made.uniroma2.it/) costituito da 3 Professori Associati, 1 Tecnico Laureato, 2 assegnisti di ricerca e 9 studenti di Dottorato.

 

Indicatori Bibliometrici:

Scopus: h-index 54; citazioni 10285

Google Scholar: h-index 62; citazioni 13115; i-10 index: 199

 

L’attività di ricerca è principalmente rivolta allo sviluppo di materiali avanzati per lo sviluppo sostenibile, in particolare alla sintesi e caratterizzazione di materiali nanostrutturati per applicazioni energetiche, ambientali e biomedicali. Sono oggetto di studio materiali per applicazioni in celle a combustibile (sia polimeriche, PEMFC, che ad ossidi solidi, SOFC, che biologiche, MFC) sensori chimici (elettrochimici e a semiconduzione), batterie a flusso, nuovi materiali per celle fotovoltaiche di quarta generazione, materiali e configurazioni per solare termodinamico, materiali compositi per l’ingegneria tissutale e la medicina rigenerativa, studi struttura/funzione di composti modello di sistemi biologici.

 

Principali Progetti di Ricerca (dal 2010 ad oggi)

2010-2012

MATTM (Ministry for Environment)

Development of MEC-based devices for the production of bio-hydrogen, (€ 456.000, PI).

2010-2012

MiUR PRIN (Ministry for University)

PC-SOFCs, Protonic Conductors Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on nanostructured proton conductors: from materials synthesis to prototype fabrication. (€ 130,000; Responsabile Nazionale).

2010-2012

FILAS-POR (Piano Operativo Regionale)

Sustainable energy production and waste management cia MEC technology. (€ 138,000; Local PI).

2011-2015

EU: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme

METAMaterials Enhancement for Technological Applications. (€ 403,000; PI).

2011-2015

AGER Consortium

Valorisation of winemaking by-products and waste by application of innovative technologies for extraction of natural products of high added value (€ 120,000; Local PI)

2013-2015

MIUR PRIN 2011 (Ministry for University)

Nanocomposite Advanced Membranes and innovative Electrocatalysts for Durable Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, NAMED-PEM (€ 132,000; local PI)

2018-2020

AGER Consortium

BIOVALE:Enologic byproducts added value (€ 25,000; local PI)

2019-2021

MAECI (Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)

BlueAPP: Bioinspired tool for surface water monitoring based on Algal Polyphenol Production (€ 85.000; PI)

2020-2022

Accordo di collaborazione nell’ambito dell’Accordo di programma MISE-ENEA per le attività di ricerca e sviluppo di interesse generale per il sistema elettrico nazionale (€ 50.000; PI)

2021-2023

POR FESR Lazio 2014-2020: DIME: Dispositivi Medicali Elastici in UROLOGIA (€ 150.000; PI)

     

 

  1. CONFERENZE SU INVITO (selezionate)

 

 

 

  1. PUBBLICAZIONI RECENTI (Selezionate)
  2. M. Gigli, B. Mecheri, S. Licoccia, A. D’Epifanio Crosslinked sulfonated poly(phenylene sulfide sulfone) membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries. ACS Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2021, 28, Article number e00249
  3. V. Tripi, S. Sau, A. C. Tizzoni, E. Mansi, A. Spadoni, N. Corsaro, C. D’Ottavi, M. Capocelli, S. Licoccia, T. Delise A general thermodynamic model for eutectics of phase change molten salts in concentrating solar power applications.Journal of Energy Storage 2021, 33, Article number 102065
  4. T. Delise, A. C. Tizzoni, C. Menale, M.T.F. Telling, R. Bubbico, T. Crescenzi, N. Corsaro, S. Sau, S. Licoccia Technical and economic analysis of a CSP plant presenting a low freezing ternary mixture as storage and transfer fluid. Applied Energy, 2020, 265, Article number 114676
  5. M. Gigli, J. A. Kowalski, B. J. Neyhouse, A. D'Epifanio, F. R. Brushett, S. Licoccia Investigating the factors that influence resistance rise of PIM-1 membranes in nonaqueous electrolytes. Electrochemistry Communications, 2019, 107, Article n. 106530
  6. F. Shahbazi Farahani, B.Mecheri, M. Reza Majidi, M.A. Costa de Oliveira, A. D'Epifanio, F. Zurlo, E. Placidi, F. Arciprete, S. LicocciaMnOx-based electrocatalysts for enhanced oxygen reduction in microbial fuel cell air cathodes. Journal of Power Sources, 2018, 390, 45-53
  7. M. A. Costa de Oliveira, B. Mecheri, A. D'Epifanio, E. Placidi, F. Arciprete, F. Valentini, A. Perandini, V. Valentini, S. Licoccia Graphene oxide nanoplatforms to enhance catalytic performance of iron phthalocyanine for oxygen reduction reaction in bioelectrochemical systems.Journal of Power Sources, 2017, 356, 381-388
  8. M.-T. Nguyen, B. Mecheri, A. Iannaci, A. D’Epifanio, S. Licoccia Iron/polyindole-based electrocatalysts to enhance oxygen reduction in Microbial Fuel Cells. Electrochimica Acta 2016, 190, 338-395
  9. B. Mecheri,D. De Porcellinis, P.T. Campana, A. Rainer, M. Trombetta, A. Marletta, O.N. Oliveira, S. LicocciaTuning Structural Changes in Glucose Oxidase for Enzyme Fuel Cell Applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2015 7(51), 28311-28318
  10. F. Zurlo, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. D’Epifanio, V. Felice, I. Natali Sora, L. Tortora, S LicocciaLa0.8Sr0.2Fe0.8Cu0.2O3-δas “cobalt free” cathode for La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3-δelectrolyte.Journal of Power Sources, 2014, 271, 187-194
  11. B. Mecheri, V. Felice, A. D'Epifanio, A. Tavares, S. LicocciaComposite polymer electrolytes for fuel cell applications: filler-induced effect on water sorption and transport properties.ChemPhysChem, 2013, 14, 3814-3821
  12. E. Di Bartolomeo, A. D’Epifanio, C. Pugnalini, F. Giannici, A. Longo, A. Martorana, S. LicocciaStructural analysis, phase stability and electrochemical characterization of Nb doped BaCe0.9Y0.1O3-x electrolyte for IT-SOFCs. Journal of Power Sources, 2012, 199, 201-206.
  13. C. P. Brown, F. Rosei, E. Traversa, S. LicocciaSpider Silk as a load bearing biomaterial: tailoring mechanical properties via structural modifications.Nanoscale, feature article, 2011, 3, 870-876
  14. E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, S. Sanna, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, E. TraversaA novel single chamber solid oxide fuel cell based on chemically stable thin films of Y-doped BaZrO3 proton conducting electrolyte. Energy and Environmental Science 2010,3, 618-621
  15. D. Pergolesi, E. Fabbri, A. D’Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. Tebano, S. Sanna, S. Licoccia, G. Balestrino, E. Traversa High proton conduction in grain-boundary free yttrium-doped barium zirconate films grown by pulsed laser deposition. Nature Materials 2010, 9, 846 – 852.

Professor Silvia Licoccia

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

 

  1. BIOGRAPHICAL

Born                                              Rome, October 9th, 1955.

        Address                         Department of Chemical Science and Technologies

                                               University of Rome Tor Vergata

                                               Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1 - 00133 Rome, Italy

                                               +39.06.72594386 (office)

                                               +39.06.72594328 (fax)

                                              +39 339 726 6029 (mobile)

                                                                              e-mail: licoccia@uniroma2.it

Orcid ID 0000-0002-2285-7780

 

      Education

      Laurea Summa cum Laudein Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, 1978

      Postdoctoral Schools:

      April 1979: Theoretical Chemistry, Pisa, Italy, CNR Fellow

      June 1982: Coordination Chemistry of Metalloenzymes, San Miniato, Italy, NATO Fellow

      May 1986: NMR Spectroscopy, Rome, Italy

 

      Academic Positions

      2001-present    Professor of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata

      2000                   Visiting Professor, University of Arizona, Phoenix, USA, NATO Fellow

      1993-2001        Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata

      1992                   Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Siena

      1987                   Visiting Professor, University of California, Davis, CNR Fellow

      1984-1992        Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Rome Tor Vergata

      1983-1984        AIRI (Italian Association for Applied Research) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rome La Sapienza

      1981-1983        Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Calabria

      1979-1981        Postdoctoral Fellow, York University, Toronto, Ont., Canada

 

      Services

      2019-presentDirector, NAST: Center for Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Instrumentation at Tor Vergata

      2013-2019                     Deputy Rector for Research

      2012-2018                     Director, Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata

      2016-2020                     Director, Training Course “Protection of Public Health”

      2011-2013                    Director, NAST: Center for Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Instrumentation at Tor Vergata

      2010-2014                     President AICIng (Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering)

      2009-2010                     Deputy Director, NAST

      2009- present                Director, Italy-Québec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications

      2009- present                Director of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the Ph.D. Program “Materials for Health, Environment and Energy”

      2006- present                Member of the Board of Directors and of the Scientific Council of NAST

      2001-presentMember of the Board of Directors AICIng

      1995-2001                     Member of the Academic Senate of the University of Rome Tor Vergata

 

Editorial Activity

 

Peer Reviewer for several international Journals. Among them: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Electroceramics, Journal of Electrochemical Society, Electrochimica Acta, Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, Solid State Ionics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Advanced Functional Materials, Journal of Power Sources, European Polymer Journal, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Polymer.

 

Awards

2011                      American Ceramic Society ACerS Ross Coffin Purdy Award

The Purdy Award is given to the author or authors who made the most valuable contribution to ceramic technical literature during the calendar year prior to selection.

2018                      Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering(AICIng): Distinguished Scientific and Educational Award

 

Co-organizers of several Conferences and symposia under the framework of Materials Research Society, Electrochemical Society, European Ceramic Society, AICIng.

 

Recent she is or has been:

 

Professional Memberships

Electrochemical Society

Materials Research Society

American Chemical Society

Italian Chemical Society

Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering

Interuniversy Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM)

 

 

  1. TEACHING

 

Tutor for numerous Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. theses in Engineering, Materials Science, and Chemistry.

At present, tutor of 3 Ph.D. students.

 

 

  1. RESEARCH

 

Author of 4 patents, 2 books and 305 publications on international refereed journals, and over 300 contributions to international conferences, meetings, and schools.

Director of the Materials and Devices for Energy Group (MaDE@Tor Vergata, http://made.uniroma2.it/), a research group consisting of 3 Associate Professors, 1 Technician, and 9 Ph.D. students.

Her papers received over 9300 citations and her h-index is 51.

 

Her research activity is mainly directed towards sustainability issues, in particular: synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for energy, environmental and biomedical applications.

The research is now mainly focused on the study of materials and components for fuel cells (polymeric, PEMFC, solid oxide, SOFC, and microbial, MFC), for fourth generation solar cells, thermal solar, flow batteries, and biomaterials.

 

Main Research Projects (2010 -present)

2010-2012

MATTM (Ministry for Environment)

Development of MEC-based devices for the production of bio-hydrogen, (€ 456.000, PI).

2010-2012

MiUR PRIN (Ministry for University)

PC-SOFCs, Protonic Conductors Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on nanostructured proton conductors: from materials synthesis to prototype fabrication. (€ 130,000; Responsabile Nazionale).

2010-2012

FILAS-POR (Piano Operativo Regionale)

Sustainable energy production and waste management cia MEC technology. (€ 138,000; Local PI).

2011-2015

EU: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme

METAMaterials Enhancement for Technological Applications. (€ 403,000; PI).

2011-2015

AGER Consortium

Valorisation of winemaking by-products and waste by application of innovative technologies for extraction of natural products of high added value (€ 120,000; Local PI)

2013-2015

MIUR PRIN 2011 (Ministry for University)

Nanocomposite Advanced Membranes and innovative Electrocatalysts for Durable Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, NAMED-PEM (€ 132,000; local PI)

2018-2020

AGER Consortium

BIOVALE:Enologic byproducts added value (€ 25,000; local PI)

2019-2021

MAECI (Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation)

BlueAPP: Bioinspired tool for surface water monitoring based on Algal Polyphenol Production (€ 85.000; PI)

     

 

 

  1. INVITED CONFERENCES (SELECTED)

 

International Conference on “New Proton Conducting Membranes and Electrodes for PEMFCs, Assisi (Italy), 2005

 

 

  1. RECENT PUBLICATIONS (selected )

 

 

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