Chiara Galletti

Professor Chiara Galletti is a full professor of Principles of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pisa, where she serves in the Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering within the School of Engineering. She holds several important institutional roles including being a member of the Department's Board of Directors, the department's Job Placement coordinator, and the Delegate for Business Relations at the University of Pisa. Professor Galletti also directs the "Computational Fluid Dynamics for Reactive and Multiphase Flows" laboratory.

Professor Galletti earned her honors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2001 and completed her PhD in Chemical and Materials Engineering from the same institution in 2005. She furthered her academic experience with a Visiting Research Associate position at King's College London from 2002 to 2005 and a Visiting Scholar role at the University of California, San Diego, in 2012. Her academic career progressed from trainee researcher at the University of Pisa in 2005 to full-time researcher in 2008, associate professor in 2016, and full professor since 2023.

Professor Galletti's research focuses on the fluid dynamics of equipment in process and energy industries, with particular emphasis on design and optimization using computational and experimental fluid dynamics techniques. Her work explores innovative combustion technologies for ecological transition through sustainable fuels, especially in hard-to-abate industrial sectors, and process intensification using flow reactors including microfluidic systems. Her expertise spans hydrogen and ammonia combustion technologies, pollutant formation and control, and microfluidic applications in chemical engineering.

Analysis of Professor Galletti's recent publications reveals a strong focus on decarbonization technologies, particularly hydrogen and ammonia combustion systems for industrial applications. Her work addresses critical challenges in the energy transition, including NOx emissions control, flashback phenomena in hydrogen combustion, and the development of sustainable fuel alternatives. There is also a consistent thread of microfluidic research examining droplet formation, nanoparticle production, and reaction yield optimization in various microreactor configurations.

Professor Galletti has demonstrated exceptional commitment to education and mentorship, having supervised over 110 master's theses across chemical, energy, and aerospace engineering disciplines, as well as 11 doctoral theses. Her teaching primarily focuses on computational fluid dynamics, chemical reaction engineering, pollutant formation and control in combustion, and process intensification in chemical engineering within master's degree programs.

As director of the "Computational Fluid Dynamics for Reactive and Multiphase Flows" laboratory, Professor Galletti leads a research team that bridges computational modeling with experimental validation. Her laboratory work supports collaborations with leading companies in the process and energy industries, and she serves as the scientific director for these industrial partnerships. The laboratory's research spans from fundamental fluid dynamics to applied industrial solutions for the energy transition.