Curriculum

Curriculum

Candida Milone is Full Professor of Chemistry at Engineering Department - University of Messina (Italy).
She has got the Degree in Chemistry at University of Messina in 1990, Specialization Diploma in Chemical Technologies and Processes at University of Messina in 1993 and Ph.D in Materials Chemistry at University of Reggio Calabria in 1996.
- Visiting Researcher at Technische Universität MÜNCHEN (Germany ) in the period June-
July 1993 and 1994.
- Visiting Researcher at DSM-Research Center (The Netherland) from April 1996 to April
1997.
- Visiting Professor at University of Thessaly (Greece) in 2016.
- Chairman of Master of Science in Materials Engineering University of Messina in 2004-2012.
- Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering, Chemical and Industrial Engineering
of University of Messina in 2014-2015.
- Vice-Head of Engineering Department at University of Messina. in 2016-2018.
- Head of Engineering Department at University of Messina.
- Member of Quality Assurance Commission from 2019 to date.
- Member of Higher Education Area Courses Commission from 2019 to date.
- Member of the PhD Teaching Board “Engineering and Chemistry of Materials and
Constructions” University of Messina from October 2013 to date.

NETWORKS AND MEMBERSHIPS
◦ Member of the European panel within the Solar Heating & Cooling Program (SHC) of
the International Energy Agency (IEA)- Task 67 / Annex 40 "Compact Thermal Energy
Storage Materials within Components within Systems"
◦ Member of the European panel within the Solar Heating & Cooling Program (SHC) of
the International Energy Agency (IEA)- Task 58 / Annex 33 " Material and Component
Development for Thermal Energy Storage "
◦ Member of the Scientific Committee of the 15 th International Conference on Energy
Storage ENERSTOCK, University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
and the National Institute of Chemistry 9-11 June 2021.
◦ Member of the Scientific Committee and Organizer of the Webinar FYREE- 1th Forum
of Young Researchers in Energy and Environment "Thermal Energy Storage and
Fuels Production", (12 November 2020.
◦ Member of INSTM (National Inter University Consortium for Science and Technology
of Materials)
◦ Member of SCI (Italian Society of Chemistry)
◦ Member of AICIng ( Italian society of Chemistry for Engineers)
◦ Editorial Board Member of "Nanomaterials" IF 5.076 (since 2018)
◦ Guest Editor Special Issue " Novel Nanomaterials for Thermochemical Storage:
Development and Characterization" on “Nanomaterials” Journal

RECENT RESEARCH PROJECT
◦ PON “Ricerca e Innovazione” 2014-2020-NAUSICA - Efficient boats through the use of technological solutions Innovative and low CARbon. Project n. ARS01_00334. (Principal Investigator UNIME)
◦ FISR 2020 – A distribute factory for intelligent, decentralize, sustainable and resilient production. Project n. IP01192
◦ H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES ID 814945, "Solar-Biomass Reversible energy system for covering a large share of energy needs in buildings (SolRev-Bio)" 2019

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
The scientific activity pertains with the design, synthesis and characterization of functional materials for heterogeneous catalysis, environmental issues and thermal energy storage applications.
In the last decade studies were devoted at optimization of catalyst materials and process variables aiming at the synthesis, by Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition, of Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) with high yield, selectivity and crystalline quality. Through catalytic process hybrids CNT/clays and CNT/oxide were also prepared and composite materials with significant electrical properties.
Finally, many studies on CNT application have been developed ranging from catalysis in which CNT have been used as "metal-free" catalysts in oxidation processes of pollutants and as useful materials for decontamination of water from oil pollutant.
Thermal Energy Storage process have been extensively studied with special attention to thermochemical process useful to store thermal energy and release it when it is required, thanks to a reversible chemical reaction. Reversible dehydration/ hydration reaction of magnesium hydroxide has been extensively studied starting with the investigation of the influence of the magnesium hydroxide preparation condition on the thermochemical behavior and durability of the material upon many cycles. Aiming at improving the thermal conductivity of TES material, that is its efficiency in keeping and releasing heat, hybrid materials were prepared using exfoliated graphite, CNT, graphene oxide as conductive material in intimate contact with active TES material.

Scientific activity results are reported in 121 research papers in peer reviewed indexed journals ( source SCOPUS), 4 patents and more than 150 communications to international and national conferences.

Bibliometric data (source SCOPUS)
h index 37
Citations 3911