Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR where he is responsible for research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. He also holds a full professor of Chemical Engineering Processes. He has 140 scientific papers in peer to peer journals and 230 papers in international congresses; editor/author of more than 40 scientific books and 100 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; 6 Italian patents, 2 European patents and 5 worldwide patents. He is referee of 116 international scientific journals and member of the Editorial Board for 22 of them. Professor Basile is also associate editor of the international journal Hydrogen Energy and of the Asia-Pacific journal Chemical Engineering, and is Editor-in-chief of the international journal Membrane Science & Technology and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the international journal Membranes. Professor Basile also prepared 25 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible for many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science, and previously served as Director of the ITM-CNR.

Têko W. Napporn is a CNRS' Researcher at IC2MP (University of Poitiers) where he is the co-responsible of SAMCat Research Team. His research includes the development of nanomaterials for electrocatalysis. He works in the field of electrodes materials for fuel cell, water electrolyzer and he is a world recognized expert in single chamber solid oxide fuel cells. He received the "Best Energies paper Award" in 2014 for his contribution on single chamber SOFC. He has an extensive experience in the synthesis of nanostructured electrocatalysts, their characterization and a comprehensive experience in fuel-cell system and water electrolysis analysis. He participated/managed various projects in the field and has published 11 book chapters and more than 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Since 2015, he is also involved as Adjunct Professor in the development of new cathode nanomaterials for fuel cell, at the Institute of Advanced Science of Yokohama National University (Japan).