Fixed-term tenure-track assistant professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)
- Componente del Comitato di Coordinamento Centro di Ateneo Polito per il Sociale
Profile
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Teaching
Collegi of the PhD programmes
- INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2025/2026 (41. ciclo)
Politecnico di TORINO
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato
Teachings
Master of Science
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery II). A.A. 2025/26, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Titolare del corso
- Organic and environmental chemistry and Sustainability and safety (modulo di Sustainability and Safety). A.A. 2025/26, AGRITECH ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Fondamenti di impianti biochimici. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Sostenibilità nell'industria chimica. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery II). A.A. 2024/25, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Collaboratore del corso
- Sostenibilità nell'industria chimica. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Organic and environmental chemistry and Sustainability and safety (modulo di Sustainability and Safety). A.A. 2024/25, AGRITECH ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Fondamenti di impianti biochimici. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery II). A.A. 2023/24, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Collaboratore del corso
- Fondamenti di impianti biochimici. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Sostenibilità nell'industria chimica. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery (modulo di Circular Platforms for energy and materials Recovery II). A.A. 2022/23, INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY FOR CIRCULAR AND BIO ECONOMY. Collaboratore del corso
- Challenge@PoliTo by Firms - Lavazza. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE (ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT). Collaboratore del corso
- Sostenibilità nell'industria chimica. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Progettazione di processi innovativi. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
- Sostenibilità nell'industria chimica. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E DEI PROCESSI SOSTENIBILI. Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Systemic Food Design (modulo di Processi di re-impiego e valorizzazione). A.A. 2024/25, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Systemic Food Design (modulo di Processi di re-impiego e valorizzazione). A.A. 2023/24, DESIGN SOSTENIBILE PER IL SISTEMA ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Laboratorio tecnologico per l'industria tessile II. A.A. 2021/22, TECNOLOGIE PER L'INDUSTRIA MANIFATTURIERA (CORSO PROFESSIONALIZZANTE). Collaboratore del corso
- La società della sostenibilità (Grandi Sfide - Clima). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA CHIMICA E ALIMENTARE. Collaboratore del corso
Research
Institute
Laboratories
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- PieSOIL - Gruppo Operativo per la Salute del Suolo in Piemonte, (2026-2028) - Responsabile Scientifico
Regionally funded research
Supervised PhD students
- Costanza Castoldi. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (41st cycle, 2025-in progress)
- Bianca Ziantoni. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (40th cycle, 2024-in progress)
- Leandro Leucci. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
- Gaia Mazzanti. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2023-2026)
Publications
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- Galletti, Camilla; Demichelis, Francesca; Premchand, Premchand; Fino, Debora; Pirone, ... (2026)
Technical-environmental assessment of rice husk biochars as renewable adsorbents for hydrogen sulphide removal. In: PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, vol. 210, pp. 1-15. ISSN 0957-5820
Contributo su Rivista - Mazzocchi, Elena; Usai, Giulia; Parisi, Andrea; Cordara, Alessandro; Demichelis, ... (2026)
Cost-Effective and Regenerating Porous Polysulfone-Based Beads Extraction for in Situ Microbial 2-Phenylethanol Recovery. In: ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, vol. 14, pp. 3792-3801. ISSN 2168-0485
Contributo su Rivista - Premchand, Premchand; Demichelis, F.; Padoan, E.; Khelifi, F.; Chiaramonti, D.; Bensaid, ... (2026)
Evaluation of N2 and CO2 pyrolyzed biochars in remediation studies: Adsorption and immobilization of potentially toxic elements in water and contaminated soil, and the impact on soil properties. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, vol. 324, pp. 1-11. ISSN 0009-2509
Contributo su Rivista - Mazzanti, Gaia; Demichelis, Francesca; Fino, Debora; Tommasi, Tonia (2026)
Two-stage anaerobic digestion of fruit and vegetable waste: optimization of dark fermentation through thermal pretreatment and co-digestion with sugar-rich wastewater. In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 440. ISSN 0960-8524
Contributo su Rivista - Gadhi, T. A.; Channa, N.; Mahar, R. B.; Bhatti, S.; Ali, B.; Raheem, A.; Demichelis, F.; ... (2026)
Integrating technical and sustainability perspectives: anaerobic co-digestion from lab to pilot scale using textile wastewater sludge and cattle manure. In: BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY, vol. 16, pp. 1-17. ISSN 2190-6815
Contributo su Rivista - Savina, A.; Demichelis, F. (2025)
Food losses and waste: Implications for food and nutrition security. In: Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems / S.N., S.L., Elsevier, pp. V5-544. ISBN: 9780081005965
Contributo in Volume - Mazzanti, G.; Demichelis, F.; Fino, D.; Tommasi, T. (2025)
A closed-loop valorization of the waste biomass through two-stage anaerobic digestion and digestate exploitation. In: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, vol. 207. ISSN 1879-0690
Contributo su Rivista - Tito, Edoardo; Landi, Daniela; Demichelis, Francesca; Pipitone, Giuseppe; Bensaid, ... (2025)
Hydrothermal liquefaction of digestate from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Optimization of operating parameters. In: ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 336. ISSN 0196-8904
Contributo su Rivista - Mohamed, AHMED TAREK ISMAIL; Schimperna, Giuliana; Cantoni, Gianluca; Demichelis, ... (2025)
Effect of Solvent Pre-Treatment on the Leaching of Copper During Printed Circuit Board Recycling. In: RECYCLING, vol. 10. ISSN 2313-4321
Contributo su Rivista - Demichelis, Francesca; Lenzuni, Martina; Converti, Attilio; Del Borghi, Adriana; ... (2025)
Agro-food waste conversion into valuable products in the Italian scenario: current practices and innovative approaches. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 13. ISSN 2213-3437
Contributo su Rivista - Lenzuni, Martina; Demichelis, Francesca; Felipe Basbus, Juan; Barbucci, Antonio; ... (2025)
Microalgae-based bioremediation of olive mill wastewater: Technical and environmental evaluations using orange peel and orange peel-derived biochar. In: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, vol. 43, pp. 1-15. ISSN 2214-9937
Contributo su Rivista - Candela, Danilo; Preston, Janine; Fiore, Cecilia; Parisi, Emmanuele; Fraterrigo ... (2025)
Valorization of the lipid fraction of rice bran via supercritical CO2 and green solvent extraction processes. In: APPLIED FOOD RESEARCH, vol. 5. ISSN 2772-5022
Contributo su Rivista - Di Bernardo, Carlo; Demichelis, Francesca; Dadkhah, Mehran; Fino, Debora; Messori, ... (2025)
Driving the Green Transition: Innovative Tyre Formulation Using Agricultural and Pyrolysed Tyres Waste. In: POLYMERS, vol. 17. ISSN 2073-4360
Contributo su Rivista - Voccia, D.; Abdel Sater, S.; Demichelis, F.; Froldi, F.; Savorani, F.; Tommasi, T.; ... (2025)
Unlocking the power of Italy's bioeconomy: A comparative analysis of immediate vs. deferred impact on energy generation through straw valorisation. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol. 380, pp. 1-14. ISSN 1095-8630
Contributo su Rivista - Regis, F.; Demichelis, F.; Monteverde, A.; Fino, D. (2025)
Techno-economic-environmental analysis of CO2 fermentation to acetic acid. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 520, pp. 1-19. ISSN 1385-8947
Contributo su Rivista - Fiore, Melania; Demichelis, Francesca; Deorsola, Fabio Alessandro; Fino, Debora; ... (2025)
Optimizing biomethane production and plants growth with biochar-enhanced anaerobic digestion. In: RESULTS IN ENGINEERING, vol. 26, pp. 1-14. ISSN 2590-1230
Contributo su Rivista - Haroun, Basem; El-Qelish, Mohamed; Shahabi, Mina Nayebi; Mazzanti, Gaia; Muller, ... (2025)
Enhanced energy recovery from lignin-rich cattle manure: impact of coupling mesophilic anaerobic digestion with hyperthermophilic hydrolysis. In: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, vol. 523, pp. 1-16. ISSN 1385-8947
Contributo su Rivista - Savina, Alessandra; Leucci, Leandro; Demichelis, Francesca; Fino, Debora; Deorsola, ... (2024)
Deconstructing the traditional boundaries of the automotive system through the recycling of composite materials in the design and production of the future car. In: Design Across Borders. United in Creativity. Cumulus International Conference., Monterrey (MEX), 16-18 October, 2024, pp. 388-409. ISSN 2490-046X. ISBN: 978-952-7549-06-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Demichelis, F.; Robotti, E.; Deorsola, F. A.; Cerruti, S.; Marengo, E.; Tommasi, T.; ... (2024)
Technical feasibility and modeling of enzymatic pre-treatments of organic fraction of municipal solid waste to improve anaerobic digestion. In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 476. ISSN 0959-6526
Contributo su Rivista - Premchand, Premchand; Demichelis, Francesca; Galletti, Camilla; Chiaramonti, David; ... (2024)
Enhancing biochar production: A technical analysis of the combined influence of chemical activation (KOH and NaOH) and pyrolysis atmospheres (N2/CO2) on yields and properties of rice husk-derived biochar. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol. 370. ISSN 0301-4797
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