Management of the laboratory: definition and planning of priorities, organization of activities and tasks according to the objectives, management of resources and equipment, establishing and maintaining security standards, hands-on management, and coordination of research activities.
Supervision of research personnel, planning and running organization meetings, definition of individual roles and tasks, coordination of collaborative workflows.
Coordination with other laboratories and departments within the group: Wilhelm Dyckerhoff Institut (Wiesbaden, DE), Buzzi Unicem USA (Pryor, OK), Dyckerhoff Basal (NL), Zapa Beton (Prague, CZ), burning and grinding operations (Casale Monferrato, IT), commercial department (Casale Monferrato, IT), quality control and production for plants across Italy.
Project Manager and R&D engineer in international innovation projects, collaboration w/ academic institutions (PoliMi, PoliTo, UMiami) and industries (SIKA, SIREG Geotech, Kerakoll).
R&D for business development and prototyping of customer-tailored material solutions: transportation infrastructure rehabilitation for Autostrade, road tunnels with HINFRA, drainage systems with Pavimental, high-temperature energy infrastructures with ENI.
Market assessment and readiness evaluation of innovative material solutions (roads and pavements, coastal and marine infrastructures, soil and geotechnical applications, railways).
Laboratory and on-site technical support for commercial department, customers, and production plants across the group (development of ad-hoc cement-based mixes; raw material control for recipe adjustment and improvement, production oversight for special products).
Formulation of innovative cementitious materials (clinker and cement, SCMs, premix), mix-design of mortars and concretes, durability investigations, mechanical testing on materials and structures. Development and optimization of experimental techniques.
Development of tailored chemical-mechanical processes and material solutions for the inertization & stabilization of polluted soils and slurries (chemical, industrial, radioactive risks).
Development of innovative binders for digital concrete and 3D-printing applications.
Focus on decreasing CO2 emissions: research project on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Carbon Capture and Use (CCU), formulation of low-carbon cements (sulfo-aluminate, belitic, low clinker factor) and sustainable construction materials (recycled aggregates, chloride-contaminated raw materials and by-products, composite materials for infrastructures).
Contribution to the development of standards and guidelines, participation in UNI standardization committee, technical and R&D support for achievement of ETA and CE certifications. Inventor in 3 patents for sustainable cement-based materials and innovative construction techniques.
Construction management of industrial concrete casting and large-scale demonstrators for innovative solutions developed in-house (pavements, drainage systems, soil stabilization, full-scale concrete structures using innovative materials and concrete mixes).
Writing of scientific papers, participation to multiple international conferences, regularly delivered professional and technical presentations within the group to clients and partners.
Mentoring for university students and young researchers, training courses for students.
