Alberto Tiraferri

Full Professor
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center CWC - CleanWaterCenter@PoliTo

Profile

Research interests

Drinking water
Membranes
Wastewater treatment
Water desalination
Water treatment

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

ICAR/03 - SANITARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry
PE8_11 - Environmental engineering, e.g. sustainable design, waste and water treatment, recycling, regeneration or recovery of compounds, carbon capture & storage

SDG

Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities

Awards and Honors

  • ACS Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award conferred by American Chemical Society (ACS), United States (2010)
  • Membrane X-Prize conferred by Oasys Water Inc., United States (2010)
  • NWRI-AMTA Fellowship for Membrane Technology conferred by National Water Research Institute (NWRI) Americam Membrane Technology Association (AMTA), United States (2010)
  • Marie Curie Intra European Fellowship (IEF) conferred by European Union, Svizzera (2012)
  • Excellence in Review Award conferred by Environmental Science & Technology journal (2021)

Fellowships

  • Effective member - ANDIS, Italia (2019-)
  • Effective member - GITISA, Italia (2015-)

Editorial boards

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2020-), Scientific Committee member
  • FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (2018-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series

Conferences

  • Interfaces Against Pollution (14/5/2021-17/5/2021), Program committee
  • Interfaces Against Pollution (10/6/2018-13/6/2018), Program committee
  • Membranes for Liquid Separation and Water Treatment: Environmental Applications and Future Perspectives - Torino (Italy), Program chair

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Primo ricercatore, presso Università di Ginevra (1/5/2013-28/2/2015)
  • Primo ricercatore, presso Yale University (1/9/2010-31/8/2012)

Roles as evaluator or expert

  • BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research & Development Fund. 2016
    Israel Science Foundation
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships. 2022
    EUROPEAN COMMISSION
  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships. 2018
    EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CIVILE E AMBIENTALE, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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