Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes

Angelo Basile is a Full Professor and a leading authority in membrane science and technology. Since 2014, he has served as Full Professor in Systems, Methods and Technologies of Chemical Engineering Processes at CNR-ITM in Rende, Italy. His work covers hydrogen purification and production using membrane reactors, CO₂ capture, process intensification, and the treatment of industrial effluents with advanced membrane operations. Basile has edited many scientific books and authored numerous book chapters, bridging complex research with clear knowledge for engineers and scientists. Motivated by the role of AI/ML in accelerating membrane process design and automation, he supports integrating data-driven methods for smart plants and reaction–separation optimisation. Antonio Comite, PhD in Process and Chemical Engineering, is assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of University of Genoa since 2008. several. He has a wide teaching experience in Water Depuration, Catalysis and Industrial Chemistry courses. Antonio Comite has co-organized 5 successful editions of the second level university master “Water Treatment - Innovative membrane technologies & conventional processes for waste and drinking water treatment” at University of Genoa.He graduated in Industrial Chemistry in 1998 and from 2004 to 2005 he held a Marie-Curie research fellowship at "GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht". Antonio Comite coordinates the research activities of the “membrane&membrane Research Group” and of the “Electron Microscopy Laboratory” at the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry of Genoa University. His research activity focuses mainly on membrane wastewater treatments, heterogeneous catalysis, membrane reactors and fuel cells. He is co-author more than 60 papers mostly in indexed international journals (h-index 17, 871 WoS), a number of chapters in international books and several patent applications. He is referee of several international scientific journals. Antonio Comite has collaborated as a partner in several projects EU projects and as consultant for several industries

• Part 1. Advances in novel membrane technologies for water and wastewater1. Wastewater treatment by membrane distillation2. Integration of Membranes into Bioelectrochemical Systems for Enhanced Treatment Performance3. Forward Osmosis for Water Treatment and Desalination4. Photocatalytic membrane reactors for wastewater treatment5. Inorganic materials for upcoming water purification membranes6. Electrodialysis for wastewater treatment – Part I: fundamentals and municipal effluentsPart 2. Advances in membrane technologies for industrial applications7. Electrodialysis for wastewater treatment – Part II: industrial effluents8. RO membranes for small scale water purifiers9. Dairy wastewater treatment by using composite membranes10. Membrane technology for brewery wastewater treatment