Davide Spanu

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About Davide Spanu

Dr. Davide Spanu Date of birth: April 28th 1991 Place of birth: Como Nationality: Italian Academic training • (Jan. 2022-Jan. 2024) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (RTT)(University of Insubria). • (Jan. 2022-Jan. 2024) Assistant Professor (non-tenure track, RTD-A)(University of Insubria). • (Jul. 2021-Dec. 2021) Senior postdoctoral fellowship (University of Insubria). • (Jul. 2020-Jun. 2021) Junior postdoctoral fellowship (University of Insubria). • (Oct. 2019-Feb. 2020) Guest researcher (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg). • (Jul. 2019-Jul. 2020) Junior postdoctoral fellowship (University of Insubria). • (Dec. 2018-Mar. 2019) Research scholarship (University of Insubria). • (Jun. 2017-Jan. 2018) Guest researcher (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg). • (Oct. 2015-Feb. 2019) PhD degree in “Chemical and Environmental Sciences”. Thesis: “Development of nanostructured supported photocatalysts for hydrogen production and inorganic pollutants removal”. Tutor: Prof. Sandro Recchia, University of Insubria. • (Jul. 2015) MSc degree in “Chemistry” (cum laude), University of Insubria, Como. Teaching experience • (2023-now) “Green Analytical Chemistry” (6 ECTS) in the BSc course “Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry” (University of Insubria). • (2018-now) “Instrumental Analytical Chemistry: Laboratory” (6 ECTS) in the BSc course “Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry” (University of Insubria). • (2022-now) “Analytical methods for environmental monitoring” (6 ECTS) in the MSc course “Environmental Science” (University of Insubria). Research activity Dr. D. Spanu authored/co-authored 43 papers (as of May 2024) in ISI catalogue journals, among which high-quality journals such as "Nature Communications", “ACS Catalysis”, “Applied Catalysis B: Environmental” and "Journal of Hazardous Materials". He has co-authored more than 25 communications in national and international conferences. His current h-index is 16, with more than 700 citations. Editorial activity Reviewer of more than 70 manuscripts for some of the main publishers of peer-reviewed scientific journals (Elsevier, Springer, Wiley RSC, MDPI). Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Biochar Based Sustainable Sensing Platforms” of Chemosensors (MDPI). Research identifiers-ORCID: -Scopus Author Identifier: 57189628190