Giuseppina IERVOLINO | Curriculum

Giuseppina Iervolino was born in Avellino (Italy) on 4/10/1987 and she graduates with honors in Environmental Engineering in 2013, with the thesis entitled "Removal of arsenic from drinking water through a photocatalytic oxidation process and adsorption ". During her master’s thesis she developed an innovative formulation of a photocatalyst particularly suitable for the oxidation of As(III) in As(V) as it is not subjected to deactivation of the active sites thanks to the presence of molybdenum dispersed on the titania surface. The results of her research carried out during the master's thesis period were the subject of two publications in two internationally renowned scientific journals. In 2017, at the University of Salerno, she obtained the title of "PhD” in Industrial Engineering (Chemical Engineering curriculum) with the thesis entitled "Advanced Oxidation Processes for Food Industry Wastewater Valorization and Treatment". In the same year she became a research fellow at the Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering (Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research, Energy and Environment) of the University of Bologna, carrying out research on the energy and environmental assessment of a process for the valorization of biomass. From January 2018 to July 2019 she was research fellow at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno, carrying out an experimental research activity on the study of innovative photocatalysts for applications on advanced oxidation processes. From August of 2019 she is “Assistant Professor” (Junior Research) at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Salerno. Her research activity is focused on environmental issues concerning the water treatments (both wastewater, both for drinking purposes) and on the possible recovery of energy from organic substances present in the industrial wastewater, with particular reference to the application of advanced oxidation processes, studying innovative photocatalysts, reactor configurations and possible materials for energy saving. In addition, she is working on the innovative research line on the application of "Non Thermal Plasma" technology, coupled to catalysts, for the removal of not easily biodegradable contaminants (dyes and emerging contaminants) from wastewater. She has been supervisor of different graduated thesis.