Journal of Membrane Science & Technology

Cassano Alfredo

Cassano Alfredo
Permanent Researcher
CNR-ITM University of Calabria, Italy

Biography

Education and Training
- Certificate of Chemical Industrial expert at Istituto Tecnico Industriale in Solofra, Avellino, Italy (1983)
- Degree in Biology (110/110 cum laude) at the University of Naples (1995)
- Course in Biotechnological Methodologies (November 1997 - May 1998)

Job Experience
- Fellowship at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials of the University of Calabria (15/11/94 - 15/11/96)
- Scientific collaboration at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials of the University of Calabria (15/11/96 - 19/06/97)
- Fellowship at the Stazione Sperimentale per l’Industria delle Pelli e delle Materie Concianti in Naples (01/07/97 - 28/02/99)
- Scientific collaboration at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Material of the University of Calabria (01/03/99 - 12/11/00)
-Permanent researcher at the Institute on Membrane Technology, ITM-CNR from 13/11/00

Research Interest

- Membrane processes (cross-flow microfiltration, ultrafiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis) for the purification of the exhausted chromium solutions
- Desalination of wastewaters coming from leather industries
- Setting up of soaking, unhairing and degreasing by using enzymatic reactors
- Purification of fluorine polymers by using selective membranes
- Recovery of tannins from vegetable exhausted baths coming from leather industries by membrane processes
- Enzymatic membrane Reactors for the production of carboxylic acids
- Integrated Membrane Processes in agro-food productions