FACULTY

Full Professor from 1994 to 2024.

From 1998 to 2004, Prof. Contin has been the Chairman of the Professors Board in the Undergraduate Course in Environmental Sciences. From 2001 to 2007, Prof. Contin has been the President of the Ravenna Campus, with responsibilities for fund raising, for the establishment of collaborations with local and national authorities and for the overall management of the Campus. from 2009 to 2021, Prof. Contin has been the Director of the Interdepartmental Centre for Research in Environmental Sciences with responsibilities for the overall management of the Centre’s research activities. Within CIRSA, Prof. Contin has been the founder and leader of the Environmental Management Research Group, dealing with Environmental Certification, Energy System Analysis and the Bioeconomy. At the international level, Prof. Contin has been working for about 20 years at the European Centre for Nuclear Research in Geneva on Particle Physics, and he participates in an experiment (AMS-02) on the measurement of cosmic rays installed in the International Space Station.

He carries out his research in the field of industrial biochemistry applied to renewable energy systems and in particular to the development of biorefineries for the chemical and energy enhancement of agro-food waste. He currently focuses his research on the development of processes for the development of territorial biocosmetics (slow-biocosmetics) and flow biofuel cells for the production of electricity using biological batteries made in 3D printing. Author of numerous publications, he has launched four successful industrial spin-offs on food inkjet printing (Lesepidado srl), on the production of active ingredients from agro-food waste (Phenbiox srl), on the production of territorial biocosmetics (Frescosmesi srl) and on the study of new tools to accompany families in the energy transition towards renewable energies (Center for Solar Communities Ass.)

Photoactive nanomaterials for energy and environmental applications. Design and atomic control of structural defects in metal oxides and low dimensional materials for photocatalysis. Alternative plasmonic materials in the form of both colloids and metasurfaces for solar energy conversion for photocatalysis, water purification, and nanoscale heat utilization. Scanning microscopy to map the nanoscale catalytic activity of photoactive nanomaterials.