Michele Aresta

Michele Aresta IMM Chair, NUS, Singapore Scientific Coordinator of CIRCC, Consortium on Catalysis, Italy

Education: Doctor Industrial Chemistry, University of Milan-Italy, Research Assistant with Prof. R.S. Nyholm, University College, London Professional Career: 1971-1975 Assistant Professor, University of Bari, Italy; 1975-1985 Associate Professor, University of Bari and University of Lecce, Italy; 1985-2012 Full Professor, University of Bari; Invited Professor 1982-2010 at the Institute de Catalyse, CNRS-Lyon(FR), Universities of Dijon (FR), Toulouse (FR), Bordeaux (FR), Rennes (FR); Tsukuba Research Centre (J); Sao Carlos (BR); Ekaterinburg (RU); Tianjin (CHINA). Publications: over 250 Research Articles in Chemistry in International Journals until April 2012; Editor of seven books on “CO2 chemistry” with Wiley, Reidel, ACS. Editor of the Book “Biorefinery: from Biomass to Chemicals and Fuels”, De Gruyter; Editor of the Book “Inorganic Micro and Nano-Materials. Synthesis and characterization”, De Gruyter. Author of numerous Chapters of Books upon invitation. Awards and Honors: Award of the Italian Chemical Society for the work on “Carbon Dioxide Activation” (1990). “Renoir Prize” for the diffusion of knowledge (1989). Awards from the Rectors of the University of Krakow, Wroclaw, Poznan, Opole for the dissemination of Sustainable Chemical Processes and curricula innovation in Chemistry (1991-1998). Recognition certificates by the Fuel Division of the American Chemical Society for the dissemination of Carbon Dioxide Chemistry. Honorary Professor of the University of Tianjin, 2004. Award of the Societé Francaise de Chimie for Inorganic Chemistry, 2005-06. IMM Chair NUS, Singapore 2013. Dr. Michele Aresta is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Bari in Bari, Italy. Dr. Aresta serves as a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at Liquid Light Corporation. Dr. Aresta is President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society and Director of the Inter-university Consortium of Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis (CIRCC). He is the author or Editor of four books on the subject of carbon dioxide utilization. His awards include the Renoir Prize, Award of the Societe Francaise de Chimie, and the Award of the Italian Chemical Society for his work on Carbon Dioxide Utilization. Dr. Aresta is a Global Leader in carbon dioxide chemistry and the chemistry of small molecules. His research for 25 years has focused on catalytic means of using carbon dioxide as a feedstock for the chemical industry. Dr. Aresta holds a PhD in Industrial Chemistry from the University of Milan, Italy. University of Bath Department of Chemical Engineering Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michele_Aresta/info michele.aresta@uniba.it Research experience Jan 2015– Dec 2016 David Parkin Professor University of Bath · Department of Chemical Engineering United Kingdom Development of new reactors Jan 2012– Aug 2016 IMM Chair National University of Singapore · Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Singapore · Singapore Nov 1970– Nov 2012 Professor Università degli Studi di Bari · Department of Chemistry · Aresta-Quaranta-Dibenedetto Italy · Bari Professor Michele ARESTA Professor of Chemistry and Director of CIRCC- National Consortium on Catalysis President of the Inorganic Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society Michele Aresta Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bari-IT until 2012, since 2013 holds the IMM Chair at the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty at NUS-SG and chairs the Scientific Committee of the Interuniversity Consortium on Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis-ICCDU, Italy. His main reserach interests are: chemistry of small molecules, catalysis, carbon recycling, utilization of CO2 in the synthesis of chemicals, conversion of waste biomass into chemicals and fuels, photochemical reactions. He was and stilli is co-ordinator of several international and national projects. He served as Italy delegate in EU Programmes. He was Director of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, and of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bari. He was Dean of the Environmental Sciences Faculty at the same University for over 10 years. He is author of over 250 peer reviewed papers and author or editor of seven books on "CO2 utilization" and "Biomass utilization implementing the concept of biorefinery". He received several awards, among which the Renoir Prize for the dissemination of scientific culture, the Award of the Italian Chemical Society for the pioneering work on CO2 utilization, the Award of the Societé Française de Chimie for Inorganic Chemistry, several Awards of ACS, the Green Chemistry Award of the Chinese Academy. He is Honorary Professor at the University of Tianjin-Tianjin Chin Prof. Michele Aresta Director, Inter-university Consortium of Chemical Reactivity and Catalysis (CIRCC), University of Bari, EuroBioRef Session(s): 4.9 "The bio-economy: food security & the sustainable management of bio-resources" in partnership with DG Research and Innovation Speeches and presentations: Outline of the EuroBioRef Project(1.94 Mb) ///////////