Vincenzo Ruta

About me

Background: MSc in Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Bari (Italy) and PhD at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry.

Research interests: Heterogeneous (photo)catalysis, organic synthesis, flow (photo)chemistry, waste-to-value conversion, sustainable chemistry.

Popular science description: the focus of my research is to synthesize, characterize, and apply heterogeneous catalysts for several chemical applications, i.e. wastewater purification and recovery of valuable elements, organic synthesis, photochemical applications, and many more, conducting fundamental research at the interface of organic chemistry and material science for the development of greener chemical processes. In many applications, the features of heterogeneous catalysts have been merged with key enabling technologies (continuous-flow chemistry, photochemistry), furtherly increasing process sustainability.