I am a Full Professor of Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, working on numerical modeling of reactive flows with detailed kinetics, with a specific focus on the formation and emissions of pollutants (NOx, PAHs, and soot). I am the main developer of OpenSMOKE++, a comprehensive framework for numerical simulations of reacting systems with complex chemistry, adopted by numerous academic research groups engaged in the development and application of detailed kinetic mechanisms.
Over the past few years, I gradually shifted the focus of my research on the development and implementation of numerical techniques for accelerating multidimensional CFD simulations with chemical reactions using machine learning algorithms. In addition, I am interested in the multiscale analysis of multiphase flows and catalytic processes and the numerical modeling of heterogeneous catalytic reactors. In collaboration with Prof. Maestri, I contributed to the development of catalyticFOAM, a specialized CFD code for simulating catalytic reactors using a microkinetic description of surface reactivity.

Polytechnic Institute of Milan

Chemical Engineering PhD '08, Polytechnic Institute of Milan

Chemical Engineering MS '04, Polytechnic Institute of Milan

Fluid Flow And Transfer Processes

Computational Mechanics

Pollution

Biomedical Engineering

Catalysis

Computational Theory And Mathematics

Materials Chemistry

Information Systems And Management

Aerospace Engineering

Computer Networks And Communications

Control And Systems Engineering

Safety, Risk, Reliability And Quality

Applied Mathematics

Surfaces, Coatings And Films