Pietro Asinari

Pietro Asinari is a Full Professor at the Department of Energy (DENERG) of Politecnico di Torino and President of the Italian National Institute for Metrology Research (INRiM) since 2025. He is a member of the European Council for Material Modeling (EMMC), OpenKIM Advisory Board, and the Executive Committee of the Italian Union of Thermo-fluid Dynamics (UIT). His work bridges energy sustainability, materials science, and computational engineering.

• Summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering (2001)
• Ph.D. in Energetics (2005), Virginia Tech collaboration
• ENI-Italgas Award for Energy and Environment (2006)

His research focuses on energy and environmental sustainability with emphasis on renewable energy for water production, heat and mass transfer in energy devices, and multi-scale materials modeling. He integrates coarse-grained molecular dynamics, lattice Boltzmann methods, and quantum computing to address challenges in solar desalination, thermal storage, and nanomaterials. His team’s work spans from atomistic simulations to industrial applications.

His recent publications highlight AI-driven materials optimization, 3D-printed composites, and nanofluid-based solar systems. He leads international collaborations with MIT, Argonne National Lab, and Imperial College. As Principal Investigator, he secured 21 projects (5 H2020 PI, 7 H2020 Unit Leader) and supervised 14 PhD students.

• 2001: Premio 'Optime', Unione Industriale di Torino
• 2006: ENI-Italgas Prize
• 2007: Premio UIT per la miglior tesi di dottorato

He serves on editorial boards of Heliyon Energy and Computation, and held leadership roles in the 'Alta Scuola Politecnica' honor program. His lab, SMaLL, develops solar-driven desalination and thermal energy storage solutions.