Prof. ALESSANDRO TROVARELLI

Alessandro Trovarelli has been Professor of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Udine, Italy, since 2003. Before joining the University of Udine, he was a visiting scientist at the University of Oregon and at Colorado State University. He is Head of the Catalysis for Energy and Environment Laboratory at the Polytechnic Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Udine. He has more than 30 years of research experience in heterogeneous catalysis, with a particular focus on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic evaluation of rare-earth-containing materials. His research interests include catalytic technologies for the abatement of pollutants from automotive and stationary sources, including NOₓ, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and soot, as well as hydrogen production for fuel-cell applications and catalytic processes for energy conversion and sustainable technologies. He has served on the Editorial Boards of Applied Catalysis B: Environmental and the Journal of Rare Earths, and has acted as Guest Editor for several special issues and books devoted to the applications of ceria-based materials in catalysis. His scientific achievements have been recognized with several awards, including the Ford Motor Company University Research Program Award in 2015 and the Giacomo Levi Medal of the Division of Industrial Chemistry of the Italian Chemical Society in 2022. He is the author or co-author of approximately 220 scientific publications and seven international patents. In 2025, he was appointed a member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology (ITATEC).

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