Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)
Profile
Research interests
Biography
Marco Piumetti obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, continuing his education and research activities at the Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface (LRS) of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Sorbonne Université) in Paris. In 2010, he earned a European PhD in Materials Science and Technology, also at the Politecnico di Torino, and subsequently engaged in postdoctoral research, collaborating for several months with prestigious international institutions such as the Fritz-Haber Institute in Berlin, Peterhouse College in Cambridge, and Purdue University in West Lafayette. Since 2019, Marco Piumetti has been an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Torino. Within the PhD program in Chemical Engineering, he teaches the courses "Catalysis and Biocatalysis: Fundamentals and Perspectives" and "Sustainable Engineering." For the Master's Degree in Industrial Chemistry for Circular and Bio Economy at the Università Federico II di Napoli and the Politecnico di Torino, he is responsible for the course "Circular Platforms for Energy and Materials Recovery I," while for the Master's Degree in Chemical and Sustainable Process Engineering, he teaches the course "Biochemistry and Sustainable Biotechnologies." Additionally, he lectures on "The Sustainability Society" (Grand Challenges - Climate) for the Bachelor's Degree in Chemical and Food Engineering. Marco Piumetti's research activity primarily focuses on the study of nanostructured materials, natural zeolites, and catalytic and photocatalytic technologies for environmental applications. His main areas of interest include the abatement of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO2 capture and valorization and the removal of pollutants from liquid phases. In recent years, he has expanded his scientific interests to include biocatalysis and the development of enzymatic biosensors for biomedical applications. His research, characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, reflects a continuous commitment to innovation and sustainability. Marco Piumetti is the author of over a hundred scientific articles published in international journals and four academic monographs.
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- Enzymatic biosensors for biomedical applications
- Heterogeneous catalysis and photocatalysis for environment and energy-related applications
- Nanostructured materials and natural zeolites for environment and energy-related applications
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO - INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente
Teachings
PhD
- Catalysis and biocatalysis: fundamentals and perspectives. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Sustainable engineering. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Catalysis and biocatalysis: fundamentals and perspectives. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Sustainable engineering. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Catalysis and biocatalysis: fundamentals and perspectives. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Sustainable engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Catalysis and biocatalysis: fundamentals and perspectives. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Photo-Electro-Catalytic Technologies for a Sustainable Chemical Industry: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
- Catalisi molecolare eterogenea: teoria e pratica. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Catalysis and biocatalysis: fundamentals and perspectives. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Main teacher
- Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
- Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery I). A.A. 2024/25, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Titolare del corso
- Biochimica e Biotecnologie sostenibili. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery I). A.A. 2023/24, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Titolare del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery I). A.A. 2022/23, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Titolare del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Catalisi per l'ambiente e l'energia. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
- Biochimica industriale. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Titolare del corso
Bachelor of Science
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Titolare del corso
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Titolare del corso
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Titolare del corso
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Titolare del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Impianti per l'industria chimica e alimentare. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Chimica industriale. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Introduction to Sustainable Engineering. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Titolare del corso
- Chimica industriale. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Processi di re-impiego e valorizzazione energetica. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Institute
Research groups/teams
Laboratories
- Biorefinery Processes Laboratory (DISAT)
- CIRCLE Characterization Lab (DISAT)
- Enviromental Catalysis Laboratory (Blu Nox) (DISAT)
- Laboratory of Enviromental Catalysis Characterization (DISAT)
- Solar Fuels Laboratory (DISAT)
- Spectroscopy and surface characterization Laboratory (DISAT)
- Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory (DISAT)
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- GUARDIAN - Design of Dual Action Filter for Indoor Air Treatment, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 4 - 3A ITALY Spoke 4 - Circular and sustainable Made-in-Italy (Made in Italy Circolare e Sostenibile - 3A-ITALY - Spoke 4), (2022-2025) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca
PNRR – Mission 4 - BIOSENSOR - Design of a protoype-biosensor effectives for the screening of anticancer drugs, (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Non-EU international research - DIRECTBIOPOWER - Direct utilization of bio-fuels in solid oxide fuel cells for sustainable and decentralised production of electric power and heat, (2019-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Catalytic reactor tests, (2021-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting
Supervised PhD students
- Nadia Grifasi. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
- Francesca Stella. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Clarissa Cocuzza. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
- Andrea Rizzetto. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
- Sabrina Ballauri. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (36th cycle, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Praseodymium doping in Pd/CeO2 systems: material properties and application for the complete methane oxidation reaction
Publications
Publications by type
PoliTO co-authors
Last years publications
Last years publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Grifasi, Nadia; Sartoretti, Enrico; Montesi, Daniel; Bensaid, Samir; Russo, Nunzio; ... (2025)
Mesostructured manganese oxides for efficient catalytic oxidation of CO, ethylene, and propylene at mild temperatures: Insight into the role of crystalline phases and physico-chemical properties. In: APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL, vol. 362. ISSN 0926-3373
Contributo su Rivista - Cocuzza, Clarissa; Vincenzi, Chiara; Ottone, Carminna; Illanes, Andrés; Fino, Debora; ... (2024)
Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous silicas with dendritic and spongy-like structures: potential supports for human lactate dehydrogenase-based microreactors aimed at anticancer inhibitor screening. In: MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, vol. 376. ISSN 1387-1811
Contributo su Rivista - Grifasi, N.; Ziantoni, B.; Fino, D.; Piumetti, M. (2024)
Fundamental properties and sustainable applications of the natural zeolite clinoptilolite. In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. ISSN 0944-1344
Contributo su Rivista - Ballauri, S.; Sartoretti, E.; Castellino, M.; Armandi, M.; Piumetti, M.; Fino, D.; ... (2024)
Mesoporous Ceria and Ceria-Praseodymia as High Surface Area Supports for Pd-based Catalysts with Enhanced Methane Oxidation Activity. In: CHEMCATCHEM, vol. 16, pp. 1-11. ISSN 1867-3899
Contributo su Rivista - Rizzetto, Andrea; Piumetti, Marco; Pirone, Raffaele; Sartoretti, Enrico; Bensaid, Samir (2024)
Study of ceria-composite materials for high-temperature CO2 capture and their ruthenium functionalization for methane production. In: CATALYSIS TODAY, vol. 429, pp. 1-15. ISSN 0920-5861
Contributo su Rivista - Grifasi, Nadia; Deorsola, Fabio Alessandro; Fino, Debora; Piumetti, Marco (2024)
Mesoporous TiO2 and Fe-containing TiO2 prepared by solution combustion synthesis as catalysts for the photodegradation of paracetamol. In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, vol. 31, pp. 36861-36881. ISSN 0944-1344
Contributo su Rivista - Dosa, Melodj; Sartoretti, Enrico; Monteverde, Alessandro; Bensaid, Samir; Popescu, ... (2024)
La-based perovskites for autothermal reforming: In-situ electrical conductivity measurements and catalytic study. In: APPLIED CATALYSIS. O, OPEN, vol. 192. ISSN 2950-6484
Contributo su Rivista - Rizzetto, Andrea; Sartoretti, Enrico; Khoma, Khrystyna; Armandi, Marco; Piumetti, Marco; ... (2024)
The Oscillatory Behaviour of Cu-ZSM-5 Catalysts for N2O Decomposition: Investigation of Cu Species by Complementary Techniques. In: CHEMPHYSCHEM, pp. 1-13. ISSN 1439-7641
Contributo su Rivista - Cocuzza, Clarissa; Antoniono, Elena; Ottone, Carminna; Cauda, Valentina; Fino, Debora; ... (2023)
Preparation of a Mesoporous Biosensor for Human Lactate Dehydrogenase for Potential Anticancer Inhibitor Screening. In: ACS BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, vol. 9, pp. 6045-6057. ISSN 2373-9878
Contributo su Rivista - Ballauri, Sabrina; Sartoretti, Enrico; Hu, Min; D’Agostino, Carmine; Ge, Zijuan; Wu, ... (2023)
Praseodymium Doping in Ceria-supported Palladium Nanocatalysts as an Effective Strategy to Minimize the Inhibiting Effects of Water During Methane Oxidation. In: APPLIED CATALYSIS. B, ENVIRONMENTAL, vol. 320. ISSN 0926-3373
Contributo su Rivista - Cocuzza, Clarissa; Sartoretti, Enrico; Novara, Chiara; Giorgis, Fabrizio; Bensaid, ... (2023)
Copper-manganese oxide catalysts prepared by solution combustion synthesis for total oxidation of VOCs. In: CATALYSIS TODAY, vol. 423. ISSN 0920-5861
Contributo su Rivista - Sartoretti, E.; Novara, C.; Paganini, M. C.; Chiesa, M.; Castellino, M.; Giorgis, F.; ... (2023)
Investigation of Cu-doped ceria through a combined spectroscopic approach: Involvement of different catalytic sites in CO oxidation. In: CATALYSIS TODAY, vol. 420. ISSN 0920-5861
Contributo su Rivista - Dosa, M.; Marin-Figueredo, M. J.; Sartoretti, E.; Novara, C.; Giorgis, F.; Bensaid, S.; ... (2022)
Cerium‐Copper Oxides Synthesized in a Multi‐Inlet Vortex Reactor as Effective Nanocatalysts for CO and Ethene Oxidation Reactions. In: CATALYSTS, vol. 12. ISSN 2073-4344
Contributo su Rivista - Dosa, Melodj; Grifasi, Nadia; Galletti, Camilla; Fino, Debora; Piumetti, Marco (2022)
Natural Zeolite Clinoptilolite Application in Wastewater Treatment: Methylene Blue, Zinc and Cadmium Abatement Tests and Kinetic Studies. In: MATERIALS, vol. 15. ISSN 1996-1944
Contributo su Rivista - Piumetti, Marco (2022)
Molecular Dynamics and Complexity in Catalysis and Biocatalysis. S.L., Springer, P. 144. ISBN: 978-3-030-88499-4
Libro - Camelin, E.; Romero, O.; Piumetti, M.; Ottone, C.; Illanes, A.; Fino, D. (2022)
Mechanisms of interaction among enzymes and supports. In: Nanomaterials for Biocatalysis / S.N., S.L., Elsevier, pp. 105-148. ISBN: 9780128244364
Contributo in Volume - Ballauri, S.; Sartoretti, E.; Novara, C.; Giorgis, F.; Piumetti, M.; Fino, D.; Russo, ... (2022)
Wide range temperature stability of palladium on ceria-praseodymia catalysts for complete methane oxidation. In: CATALYSIS TODAY, vol. 390-391, pp. 185-197. ISSN 0920-5861
Contributo su Rivista - Cocuzza, Clarissa; Pietricola, Giuseppe; Zonca, Ilaria; Dosa, Melodj; Romero, Oscar; ... (2022)
Simultaneous CO2 reduction and NADH regeneration using formate and glycerol dehydrogenase enzymes co-immobilized on modified natural zeolite. In: RSC ADVANCES, vol. 12, pp. 31142-31155. ISSN 2046-2069
Contributo su Rivista - Pietricola, G.; Dosa, M.; Ottone, C.; Fino, D.; Piumetti, M.; Tommasi, T. (2022)
Covalent Immobilization of Aldehyde and Alcohol Dehydrogenases on Ordered Mesoporous Silicas. In: WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION, vol. 13, pp. 4043-4055. ISSN 1877-265X
Contributo su Rivista - Sartoretti, Enrico; Novara, Chiara; Chiodoni, Angelica; Giorgis, Fabrizio; Piumetti, ... (2022)
Nanostructured ceria-based catalysts doped with La and Nd: How acid-base sites and redox properties determine the oxidation mechanisms. In: CATALYSIS TODAY, vol. 390-391, pp. 117-134. ISSN 0920-5861
Contributo su Rivista
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Patents and other intellectual properties
- Procedimento per il trattamento degli effluenti gassosi sviluppati in un impianto di tostatura del caffè. national Patent
Inventors: Samir Bensaid Fabio Alessandro Deorsola Debora Fino Raffaele Pirone Marco Piumetti Nunzio Russo