Roberto PANTANI | Curriculum

Roberto Pantani, born in 1971, is Full Professor of Transport Phenomena at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno.
In 1995 he graduated "cum laude" in Chemical Engineering at the University of Salerno. In 2000, he gained the PhD at the University of Palermo. From 1999 to 2001 he was a research fellows at University of Salerno. From September 2001 to 2007 he was assistant professor and from 2007 to 2017 Associate Professor at University of Salerno. Since October 2017 he is Full Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the same University. He is a lecturer of Transport Phenomena and of Principles of Chemical Engineering. From 2018 to 2024 he has been the Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and member of the Senate of the University of Salerno.

His main research interests focus on:
- analysis and simulation of injection moulding of thermoplastics
- structure development in polymer processing,
- volume accuracy and stability in polymer processing
- processing and degradation of biodegradable polymers.

Metrics overviews (Scopus, March 2022):
H-index: 31
Citations: 3464
The analysis of bibliometrics data allowed the presence among top 2% scientists worldwide according to the latest analysis published in Plos Biology.

Coordinator in Projects:
2002
*. in the framework of a program for young researchers, he gained a funding from University of Salerno on the subject "Effect of Pressure on the Viscosity of Thermoplastics".
2005
*. funding from Regione Campania on the subject "Morphology evolution in injection moulding".
2012
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 3 years long project on "Production technologies for polymer composites" funded by the Ministry of Research in the framework of PON Projects.
2013
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 3 years long project on "Developing polymeric smart foams with behavior controlled by the magnetic field" funded by the Ministry of Research in the framework of PRIN Projects
2016
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 3 years long project on "Development and Application of Advanced Materials in the Automotive Sector" funded by the Ministry of Economic Development
2017
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 3 years long project on "Characterization of morphology evolution in injection molded POM samples" funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency in the framework of Bridge 22 projects
2018
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 4 year-long project on "Online Polyolefin structuring during Cast Film Extrusion (OP_CaFE)" funded by DPI Dutch Polymer Institute
2021
*. Local Unit Coordinator of a 4 year-long project on "A microstructural insight in polyethylene based bioriented mono-materials: from fundamental to processing (PER-MANENT)" funded by DPI Dutch Polymer Institute
2022
*. Coordinator of the activities related to a funding (6M€) of the Ministry of Italian University to implement the National Program for Research at the University of Salerno

Networking:
He takes or took part to several research networks: DPI (Dutch Polymer Institute); Italian EASN (European Aeronautics Science Network); Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology INSTM; From 2017 to 2019 he was council member of the GRICU (Italian Group of Chemical Engineering of University).
He is International Representative for Italy of the Polymer Processing Society and for this society he is a member of the Committee for the Early Career Award.

Editorial Boards:
Since 2012 he is member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Applied Polymer Science.
From 2016 to 2017 he has been member of the Editorial Board of SpringerPlus Journal.
Since 2016 he is member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Polymer Engineering
Since 2018 he is member of the Section Board for 'Polymer Processing and Performance' of Polymers

Special Issues or volumes:
2015.
*. Volume of AIP Conference Proceedings on Polymer processing with resulting morphology and properties: feet in the present and eyes at the future
*. Special Issue of The Journal of Applied Polymer Science on Manufacturing of advanced biodegradable polymeric components
2016.
*. Special Issue of International Polymer Processing on The 70th Birthday of prof. Giuseppe Titomanlio
2017.
*. Special Issue of Polymers on Processing-Structure-Properties Relationships in Polymers
2018.
*. Special Issue of Polymers on Foaming and Injection Moulding in Polymer Processing
2019.
*. Special Issue of Polymers on State-of-the-Art Polymer Science and Technology in Italy
2020.
*. Special Issue of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering on GRICU 2019
2021.
*. Special Issue of Polymers on Processing-Structure-Properties Relationships in Polymers II

Invited, Plenary and Keynote Lectures:
2015.
*. invited keynote on "Effect of Processing Conditions on Degradation and Biodegradation of PLA" at the conference "Materiais 2013" in Coimbra (Portugal)
2014.
*. invited Lecture on "Effects of processing conditions on the degradation and biodegradation of PLA: an overview" for the "Conference de chimie" at the Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (Fr)
2015.
*. plenary Lecture on "Mutual Effects of Flow and Crystallization: Analysis of Morphology Development and Hardening in a Polypropylene" at the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Jeju Island (Korea)
2016.
*. Keynote on "Tuning the Hydrolitic degradation of PLA to more durable applications" in Symposium "Biobased Plastics for materials and renewable Energy" at the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Lyon (Fr)
2018.
*. Invited Presentation at the First International Conference on 4D Materials and Systems, August 26-30, 2018 | Yonezawa, Japan
*. Invited Presentation at the P70 - Polymer Engineering International/ UK-China AMRI, Bradford (UK) 18-20 September 2018
*. Keynote on "Injection molding with time modulation of mold surface temperature: analysis and modeling of pressure and temperature evolutions" at the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Taipei (Taiwan)
*. Keynote on "The effect of carbon fillers on the performance of PLA composites" at the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Taipei (Taiwan)
2019.
*. Invited Lecture at the BlueSky Conference, June 24-28, 2019 | Sorrento-Naples, Italy
*. Invited Presentation at the International Discussion Meeting on Polymer Crystallization, San Sebastian (ES) 20-23 October 2019
2021.
*. Invited Lecture at the Polymer Engineering and Science International, May 30- June 3, 2021 | Kenting, Taiwan
*. Invited Keynote at the Polymer Processing Innovation (PPI) Virtual meeting, December 14-15, 2021

Conference organization:
2008.
*. coordinator and chairman of a symposium on "Precision Injection Moulding, New Moulding Technologies" for the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society.
2012.
*. participation to the Scientific Commettee of the 5th International Conference PMI2012 "Polymers & Moulds Innovations"
2013.
*. coordinator and chairman of the symposium on "Foam Injection Molding" for the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society
2014.
*. participation to the Scientific Commettee of the 6th International Conference PMI2014 "Polymers & Moulds Innovations"
*. coordinator and chairman of the symposium on "Benign Polymers" for the Asian Workshop on Polymer Processing in Taiwan
2015.
*. Organizer of the International Conference "Polymer processing with resulting morphology and properties: feet in the present and eyes at the future" held in Salerno, November 15-18
2016.
*. Head of symposium on Injection Moulding & Moulds of the 7th International Conference PMI2016 "Polymers & Moulds Innovations"
*. coordinator and chairman of the symposium on "Polymer Foams and Lightweight structures" for the world conference of The Polymer Processing Society
*. Program Chair of the workshop on bio-nanomaterials BIONAM 2016
2017.
*. coordinator and chairman of the symposium on "Biopolymers and Natural Fibers" for the International conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Cancun (Mexico)
2018.
*. coordinator and chairman of the symposium on "Benign polymers and processes" for the International conference of The Polymer Processing Society in Taipei (Taiwan)
*. Chair of symposium on Injection Moulding & Moulds of the 8th International Conference PMI2016 "Polymers & Moulds Innovations" - Guimaraes (PT) September 2018
2019.
*. Member of the Organizing Committee of the Workshop PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT at the Conference Chemistry meets Industry & Society (CIS2019), held in Salerno from 28th to 30th of August
*. Co-Organizer of Conference "Convegno GRICU 2019" held in Palermo from 30/06/2019 to 03/07/2019
2021.
*. Member of the Organizing Committee of the symposium on Biopolymers and Processes/Biomedical at the PPS-36 Conference in Montreal (Canada) September 26-30,2021
*. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2nd International Symposium on Plastics Technology Organized by the IKV Aachen (Germany), 5-6 September 2022
2022.
*. Member of the Organizing Committee of the symposium on Injection Molding and Molds at the PPS-37 Conference in Fukuoka (Japan), 11-15 April 2022

Awards:
2015.
*. Moran Lambla Awardee of the International Polymer Processing Society
*. With the project SMARTVASE, winner of the STARTCUP CAMPANIA competition and the PNI - National Innovation Prize - in the category CLEANTECH & ENERGY
2016.
*. Sebetia ter international Award for Research, Ecology and Industry
*. With the project SMARTVASE, winner of the NATIONAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION conferred by the President of the Italian Republic at the Quirinale Palace