Antonello Barresi

Full Professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center R3C - Responsible Risk Resilience Centre

Profile

Research interests

Liofilizzazione
Nano-carrier farmaceutici
Processi dell'industria farmaceutica

Biography

Antonello A. Barresi is currently full professor of Transport phenomena at Politecnico di Torino, in charge of the course of Process development and design. Member of the board of teachers in the PhD program in “Chemical engineering” and Coordinators of the courses in Chemical Engineering and material Engineering at Politecnico di Torino for a decade up to 2015. His research activity is focused on drying, mixing and combustion processes. His main research interests in drying include: drying and freeze drying of pharmaceuticals and enzymes, modelling and optimisation of freeze-drying processes, control of industrial freeze-dryers. Most recent research is focused on process transfer, scale-up and cycle development, and new approaches for process development and quality control in freeze-drying of pharmaceutical and food products. Author of more than 300 papers (of which about 210 published on international Journals or books) and more than 100 Conference presentations

Scientific branch

ING-IND/24 - FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • biomedical nanotechnologies: preparation and testing of active polymeric nanoparticles with modified surface to be used for tumour local therapy and diagnosis; controlled release of drugs
  • catalytic combustion of waste gases and modelling of heterogeneous catalytic reactors: investigation of the mixture effects in the catalytic destruction of organic waste gases, and study of catalytic combustion with dynamic techniques; evaluation of the transport coefficients in the monolithic reactors; study of perovskite-type catalysts for low temperature destruction of chlorinated wastes. Development of innovative technologies: thermally stabilised catalytic combustors for the destruction of organic chlorinated wastes; forced unsteady state catalytic combustors for the destruction of lean and extra-lean waste gases.
  • drying and freeze-drying: drying of pharmaceutical carriers at low temperature, freeze-drying process optimisation, in particular for pharmaceutical proteins. Development of new monitoring and control systems
  • dynamics and control of forced unsteady-state reactors: feasibility of the reverse-flow reactor and of the simulated-moving-bed (or ring-reactor network) for synthesis reactions and for the NOx abatement; investigation of the reactor dynamic behaviour and of possible control systems
  • investigation and modelling of turbulent reacting flows, and synthesis of nanostructured ceramic materials: development of new micromixing models, coupling of sub-grid models in CFD codes; experimental investigation of interaction between fast reactions and hydrodynamics both in homogeneous systems and in case of formation of a new phase (precipitation), also with variable rheology. Methods for the solution of population balances, and their coupling with CFD codes. Development of crystallisation, precipitation and flame synthesis processes. Process scale-up
  • mixing in multiphase systems: hydrodynamics of solid-liquid systems in stirred apparatus, mixing of granular solids
  • purification of pharmaceutical downstreams by liquid chromatography
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Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry

SDG

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Awards and Honors

  • AFSIA Award for Excellence in Drying conferred by AFSIA e International Drying Symposium (2018)
  • Arun S. Mujumdar Medal conferred by International Drying Symposium (2021)

Editorial boards

  • PHARMACEUTICS (2022), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • PHARMACEUTICS (2020-), Editorial board member
  • FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2019-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • DRYING TECHNOLOGY (2018-), Other editorial activities

Conferences

  • 9th European Conference on Drying (EuroDrying'2019) (10/7/2019-12/7/2019), Chairman of the organizing committee
  • 31st Meeting on Combustion (17/6/2008-20/6/2008), Chairman of the organizing committee

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
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2013/2014 (30. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2012/2013 (29. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2011/2012 (28. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2010/2011 (27. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2009/2010 (26. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2008/2009 (25. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2007/2008 (24. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2006/2007 (23. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2005/2006 (22. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2004/2005 (21. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2003/2004 (20. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2002/2003 (19. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Master of Science

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Bachelor of Science

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Research

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