Rosaria VOLPE

Born in Catania, 5th April 1986.

Work position

December 2023 - ongoing 

Researcher RTD-B (Tenure Track) in Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer ING-IND/10 Fisica Tecnica Industriale

August 2019 – November 2023

Researcher RTD-A in Applied Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer ING-IND/10 Fisica Tecnica Industriale

Work experience

June 2021 – Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (ASN) a svolgere le funzioni di Professore Associato nel Settore Concorsuale 09/C2 “Fisica Tecnica e Ingegneria Nucleare”

August/December 2020 – Visiting Researcher at the University of the Basque Country – Biorefinery Processes (BIORP). Research topic: experimental study on the biochemical, elementary composition of residual biomass, thermogravimetric analysis and decomposition process from pyrolysis

2018-2019 – Post-doctoral Researcher in “Development of energy models for the efficient use of renewable sources in urban areas

Giugno 2014 – Abilitazione alla Professione di Ingegnere

Istruzione

Gennaio 2018 – Ph.D. in “Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Energetica, Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni” (XXX)

Awards

2019      Elsevier Reviewer Recognition, Certificate of Reviewing, awarded January 2019, in recognition of the review contributed to the journal by the Editors of Cities

2017      Young Researcher Award Certificate of Merit 2017 for the paper entitled “The centralized energy supply in a network of Distributed Energy Systems: a cost-based mathematical approach”, awarded by the Scientific Committee of the 2nd AIGE-IIETA International Conference

2017      Elsevier Reviewer Recognition, Certificate of Reviewing, awarded April 2017, in recognition of the review contributed to the journal by the Editors of Chaos Solitons and Fractals: the interdisciplinary journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena

2017      Elsevier Reviewer Recognition, Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing, awarded August 2017 in recognition of the contributions made to the quality of the journal by The Editors of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Other experiences (organizing/chairing of conferences, editorial board member, …)

2021     Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Toward a Low-Carbon and Low-Energy Building Sector: From the Single Building to the District Scale” – Energies, MDPI

2021     Project S.A.L.VO. (multiSensore per il monitoraggio degli Ambienti di LaVOro)

2021     Working Group Member of the International Energy Agency IEA, under the Energy Building and Construction (EBC) Programme for Annex 83 “Positive Energy Districts”

2021     Member of the Scientific Programme Committee of the Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series, SEB 2021

2021     Chair of the Session “Smart Energy Systems” of the 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

2021     Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 16th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems

2021      Review Editor in Frontiers in Energy Research – Process and Energy Systems Engineering

2021      Reviewer Board Member – Batteries, MDPI

2020      Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Renewable Energy Production and Distribution for a Sustainable Future: Models and Strategy” – Sustainability, MDPI

2020      Editorial Board Member of Developments in the Built Environment – Elsevier

2020     Reviewer Board Member of Applied Sciences MDPI

2020      Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the 15th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, upcoming 1-5 September, 2020

2019      Guest Editor of the Proceedings for the 36th UIT Heat Transfer Conference, held in Catania from 25th to 27th June, 2018. IOP Conf. Series: Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 1224 (2019) 011001 IOP Publishing. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1224/1/011001 

2019      Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Physics, SCIREA

2018      Participation to the research activities of the Research Project n. 201594LT3F funded by PRIN (Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale) of the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research

2018      Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of 3rd Renewable Energy Sources- Research and Business (RESRB) held on 18-20 June 2018 in Brussels, Belgium

2018      Member of the Organizing Committee of the 36th UIT Heat Transfer Conference, held on 23-25 June in Catania

2018      Member of the Editorial Board of OA Journal – Energies, Enpress Publisher

2018      Member of the Editorial Board of Probe – Accounting, Auditing and Taxation, Universe Scientific Publishing Pte