e-mail:rosa.vitiello@unina.it
Dr. Rosa Vitiello was born in Torre Annunziata (Napoli, Italy), on October 23th, 1981.Since 2012, she is a PhD Student at the Department of Chemical Sciences of the University of Naples “Federico II” (Italy), working in the “Naples Industrial Chemistry Laboratory”. (http://main.chemistry.unina.it/nicl/). In particular, the title of her PhD Thesis is: “Catalytic Processes in Biorefinery” (Supervisor: Prof. M. Di Serio).
Her main scientific activities deal with: 1) Heterogeneous and homegeneous catalysis for industrial processes; 2) Bio-fuels, bio-lubricants and chemicals production from renewable raw materials. She is author of 5 papers appeared on international peer-reviewed Journals, and 15 papers appeared on the Proceedings of Scientific Conferences. She is also author of 2 patent.
Her scientific activities are carried out in collaboration with public and private partners such as: 1) University of Malaga, Spain; 2) Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e della Produzione, University of Naples “Federico II”; 3) Conser spa; 4) Kemis; 5) Redoil spa; 6) Viscolube spa; 6) Akzo Nobel; 7) DOW Italia srl.
She took part to the National Financed Project: AGROPROM (2010-2012) financed from the MIPAF (Ministero dell’Agricoltura e delle Politiche Forestali) “Produzione e caratterizzazione di biodiesel da prodotti di scarto e da sottoprodotti delle lavorazioni industriali”