e-mail:rosa.turco@unina.it
Dr. Rosa Turco was born in Aversa (Caserta, Italy), on May 5th, 1982.
Since 2012, she is a Post Doctoral Researcher 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/). She obtained her Master Degree in Industrial Chemistry (evaluation=110/110 cum laude) in the Academic Year (A.Y.) 2007-08, and her PhD in Chemical Sciences in the A.Y. 2010-11, both at the University of Naples “Federico II”. In particular, the title of her PhD Thesis was: “Industrial Catalytic Processes Intensification through the Use of Microreactors” (Supervisor: Prof. E. Santacesaria). Her main scientific activities deal with: 1) Heterogeneous catalysis for industrial processes; 2) Microreactors for multiphase reactions; 3) Selective oxidation reactions; 4) Bio-fuels and bio-lubricants production from renewable raw materials.
She is author of 14 papers appeared on international peer-reviewed Journals, and 14 papers appeared on the Proceedings of Scientific Conferences. She is also author of 1 patent. Her Author ID in the Scopus database is: 35108248900.
Her scientific activities are carried out in collaboration with public and private partners such as: 1) Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; 2) Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; 3) Fraunhofer ICT-IMM, Germany; 4) Dipartimento di Ingegneria dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale and 5) Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta, dell’Ambiente e delle Produzioni Animali, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
She took part to the international financed Project: EU-Seventh Framework Programme (Sustainable Energy Systems (2007-2013)) CP-IP 228853-2: “Combining Process Intensification-Driven Manufacture of Microstructured Reactors and Process Design Regarding to Industrial Dimensions and Environment- COPIRIDE”. Period of the Project: 2010-2013.
As far as her publication history is concerned, her “Hirsch index” is 5 (source: Scopus database)/6 (Google Scholar Database),
with an “academic age” of 6 years.