Team

Meet the team

LCCP is the largest catalysis group in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. The faculty consists of 7 Full Professors, 4 Associate Professors, and 5 Assistant Professors. The group also includes more than 30 postdocs and PhD students, as well as over 50 master’s students each year. It is supported by 3 technicians and 1 administrative staff member.

Full Professor

Enrico Tronconi

Group leader

Full Professor

Gianpiero Groppi

Full professor

Alessandra Beretta

Full professor

Isabella Nova

Politecnico di Milano executive vice-rector

Full professor

Matteo Maestri

Director of the Department of Energy

Full professor

Carlo Giorgio Visconti

Associate professor

Lidia Castoldi

Associate professor

Roberto Matarrese

Associate professor

Alessandro Donazzi

Associate professor

Mauro Bracconi

Assistant professor

Matteo Ambrosetti

Assistant professor

Chiara Negri

Assistant Professor

Alessandro Porta

Assistant professor

Veronica Piazza

Assistant professor

Kaustav Niyogi

PhD students

PhD student - Cycle 38

Riccardo Colombo

Dry Methane Reforming

PhD student - Cycle 38

Mattia Piacentini

CO2 hydrogenation to hydrocarbons

Frame 3

PhD student - Cycle 38

Martino Panzeri

Structured reactors for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

PhD student - Cycle 38

Luca Vergani

LOHC

PhD student - Cycle 38

Federico Nicolini

Electrified reactors for steam methane reforming

Frame 3

PhD student - Cycle 39

Marco Orsenigo

Methane pyrolysis

Frame 1

PhD student - Cycle 39

Giuseppe Nava

Dynamic conversion of CO2 and NOx

PhD student - Cycle 39

Gabriele Spanò

DFT

PhD student - Cycle 39

Andrea Gjetja

SCR, N2O abatement

PhD student - Cycle 39

Luca Cozzarolo

Electrified reactors

PhD student - Cycle 39

Federica Romanelli

Electrified reactors

PhD student - Cycle 39

Eleonora Benedetto

Biomass pyrolysis

Frame 2

PhD Student - Cycle 39

Beda Rolandi

CO2 hydrogenation to long chain hydrocarbons

PhD student - Cycle 40

Riccardo Ometto

CO2 to methanol

PhD student - Cycle 40

Nicolò Lisena

PhD student - Cycle 40

Nicole Bendazzoli

Electrified reactors for Steam Methane Reforming

PhD student - Cycle 40

Luca Patron

CO2 capture and conversion

PhD student - Cycle 40

Ivan Conti

Ammonia cracking

Frame 4

PhD student - Cycle 40

Asia Vedovi

SOEC/SOFC

PhD Student - Cycle 41

Li Peng

SCR

Frame 6

PhD student - Cycle 41

Elena Bresolin

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

PhD student - Cycle 41

Giulio Impagnatiello

SOEC/SOFC

PhD Student - Cycle 41

Francesco Poma

CFD

PhD student - Cycle 41

Davide Slavik

Process electrification

Frame 6

PhD student - Cycle 41

Giorgia Beani

Biofuels upgrading

Frame 1

Permanent staff

Lab technician

Daniele Marangoni

Frame 1

Lab technician

Roberto Losi

Frame 3

Lab technician

Nicola Usberti

Frame 1

Lab technician

Martina Marasi

Administration

Enrica Ceresoli

Frame 2

PhD alumni

CYCLE 38 (2023 - 2026)

Roberta Castiglione

Casale (CH)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Yi Qiu

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Gabriele Contaldo

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Davide Cafaro

MITec (IT)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Clara Larghi

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Francesca Zaio

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Michele Pagliari

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 37 (2022 - 2025)

Maria Elena Azzoni

Ferrari (IT)

CYCLE 36 (2021 - 2024)

Abdelrahman Mostafa

a2a (IT)

CYCLE 36 (2021 - 2024)

Veronica Piazza

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 36 (2021 - 2024)

Vittoria Troisi

SNAM (IT)

CYCLE 35 (2020 - 2023)

Nicole Daniela Nasello

Snam (IT)

CYCLE 35 (2020 - 2023)

Yusra Hamid

University of Lisbon (PT)

CYCLE 35 (2020 - 2023)

Chiara Coffano

European Commission (NL)

CYCLE 35 (2020 - 2023)

Claudio Ferroni

Nextchem (IT)

CYCLE 35 (2020 - 2023)

Daniele Micale

Snam (IT)

CYCLE 34 (2019 -2022)

Aldo Lanza

Johnson Matthey (UK)

CYCLE 34 (2019 - 2022)

Federico Sacha Franchi

RSE (IT)

CYCLE 34 (2019 - 2022)

Umberto Iacobone

a2a (IT)

CYCLE 33 (2018 - 2021)

Riccardo Uglietti

Umicore (DE)

CYCLE 33 (2018 -2021)

Gianluca Moroni

Polynt (IT)

CYCLE 32 (2017 - 2020)

Raffaele Cheula

Aarhus University (DK)

CYCLE 32 (2017 -2020)

Federica Gramigni

ENI (IT)

CYCLE 32 (2017 - 2020)

Simone Guffanti

SyPox (DE)

CYCLE 32 (2017 - 2020)

Alessandro Porta

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 31 (2016 - 2019)

Roberta Villamaina

Johnson Matthey (UK)

CYCLE 30 (2015 - 2018)

Andrea Carrera

Lyondell Basell (IT)

CYCLE 30 (2015 - 2018)

Mauro Bracconi

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 30 (2015 - 2018)

Morteza Rahmanipour

PowerCo (DE)

CYCLE 30 (2015 - 2018)

Leonardo Falbo

Nextchem (IT)

CYCLE 29 (2014 -2017)

Tommaso Selleri

European Environmental Agency (DK)

CYCLE 29 (2014 - 2017)

Fratalocchi Laura

ENI (IT)

CYCLE 29 (2014 - 2017)

Rebughini Stefano

MITec (IT)

CYCLE 29 (2014 - 2017)

Pedram Aghaei

CYCLE 28 (2013 -2016)

Amir Reza Fahami

CYCLE 28 (2013 - 2016)

Lukasz Kubiak

Jaguar Land Rover (UK)

CYCLE 27 (2012 - 2015)

Davide Pagani

CYCLE 27 (2012 - 2015)

Michela Martinelli

University of Kentucky (USA)

CYCLE 27 (2012 - 2015)

Nicola Usberti

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 27 (2012 - 2015)

Fabio Marchitti

CYCLE 26 (2011 - 2014)

Maria Pia Ruggeri

Johnson Matthey (UK)

CYCLE 26 (2011 - 2014)

Laura Righini

STMicroelectronics (IT)

CYCLE 26 (2011 - 2014)

Andrea Montebelli

Balchem (IT)

CYCLE 25 (2010 - 2013)

Dario Livio

Casale (CH)

CYCLE 25 (2010 - 2013)

Marina Mascellaro

ENI (IT)

CYCLE 25 (2010 - 2013)

Silvia Redaelli

Sensiquo (IT)

CYCLE 24 (2009 - 2012)

Djamela Bounechada

Johnson Matthey (UK)

CYCLE 24 (2009 - 2012)

Massimo Colombo

Umicore (DE)

CYCLE 24 (2009 - 2012)

Nancy Artioli

Università di Brescia (IT)

CYCLE 23 (2008 - 2011)

Rossella Bonzi

CYCLE 22 (2007 - 2010)

Paola Castellazzi

RSE (IT)

CYCLE 21 (2006 - 2009)

Antonio Grossale

Ferrania Chemicals (IT)

CYCLE 21 (2006 - 2009)

Alessandro Donazzi

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 21 (2006 - 2009)

Carlo Giorgio Visconti

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 20 (2005 - 2008)

Matteo Maestri

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 20 (2005 - 2008)

Roberto Matarrese

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 19 (2004 - 2007)

Fabrizio Arosio

Lamberti (IT)

CYCLE 18 (2003 - 2006)

Chiara Gambaro

ENI (IT)

CYCLE 18 (2003 - 2006)

Cristian Ciardelli

CYCLE 18 (2003 - 2006)

Tiziano Bruno

CYCLE 17 (2002 - 2005)

Francesco Fiore

CYCLE 17 (2002 - 2005)

Leonardo Giani

CYCLE 17 (2002 - 2005)

Ivan Tavazzi

Ballestra (IT)

CYCLE 16 (2001 - 2004)

Raffaella Villa

CYCLE 16 (2001 - 2004)

Mario Galbiati

CYCLE 16 (2001 - 2004)

Lidia Castoldi

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 14 (1999 - 2002)

Dario Pinna

Shell (NL)

CYCLE 13 (1998 - 2001)

Michela Valentini

Saint-Gobain (FR)

CYCLE 12 (1997 - 1999)

Laura Majocchi

CYCLE 12 (1997 - 1999)

Isabella Nova

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 11 (1996 - 1998)

Carlo Orsenigo

CYCLE 11 (1996 - 1998)

Lorenza Dell'Acqua

CYCLE 9 (1994 - 1996)

Alessandra Beretta

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 6 (1991 -1993)

Gianpiero Groppi

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 3 (1987 - 1989)

Cinzia Cristiani

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

CYCLE 2 (1986 - 1988)

Luca Lietti

Politecnico di Milano (IT)

Get in touch

For inquiries or interest in PhD or Postdoctoral positions

Prof Enrico Tronconi