Prof. Dr. Gianvito Vilé graduated with honors in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano and received his PhD from ETH Zurich. He is Professor of Chemical Processes at Politecnico di Milano. His research focuses on understanding the structure and reactivity of single-atom catalysts, and designing continuous catalytic processes for fine chemical manufacturing. He has received several awards for his research, including the ETH Medal, the Dimistris N. Chorafas Award, the Felder Award, and the Alfredo di Braccio Prize in Chemistry. He is the principal investigator of an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council, the most prestigious European agency for research funding. He is also the coordinator or partner of several European (SSEFR, SusPharma, GreenDigiPharma, SAC_2.0, SACforCO2, SELMA, FlowCat, MERGE) and Italian projects (PRIN, PRIN PNRR, Cariplo for Circular Economy). He has several active industrial collaborations, and is also expert evaluator or panel member for several national or international scientific foundations.
Prof. Vilé has been elected Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe, a pan-European academy supported by Academia Europaea consisting of 200 top young scientists and scholars from every discipline, and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is also Editorial Member or Advisory Board Member of important scientific journals in the field of catalysis, such as Applied Catalysis B, ChemCatChem, ACS ES&T Engineering, CEP:PI, and Chemical Science.