The research of Prof. Fausto Gallucci at the Inorganic Membranes and Membrane Reactors (SIR) research group is related to the development of membranes and novel multiphase reactors, in particular membrane reactors and dynamically operated reactors.
His research focuses on the interaction of heterogeneous catalysis, transport phenomena, and fluid mechanics in these novel multifunctional reactors. Particularly interesting application areas are methanol production in zeolite and carbon membranes, methane activation with oxygen selective membranes, the Fischer-Tropsch reaction in carbon based membrane reactors, and hydrogen production by reforming/dehydrogenation reactions with hydrogen selective membranes.
Prof. Gallucci has been working since 2019 on ammonia cracking with membrane reactors and has several patents on the MR technology, which is the base of the APOLO project main technology..
The membrane reactor research in Fausto’s group is carried out through integration of (in house developed) advanced experimental techniques and experimental Proof of Concept of novel reactor concepts. Fausto has been Coordinator, Technical Manager or PI in 35 European projects since he started his TUE career.
Prof. Fausto Gallucci studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Calabria (UNICAL, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy) where he obtained his MSc (2001) and PhD (2006) degrees.
He performed his PhD research on hydrogen production from methanol in membrane reactors. In 2007, after having held a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the Research Institute on Membrane Technology (ITM-CNR, at the UNICAL campus), Prof. Gallucci moved to the research group Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering at the University of Twente (Enschede, The Netherlands). In 2009 he was appointed Assistant Professor (tenure track) there.
The following year, Prof. Gallucci moved to the Chemical Process Intensification laboratory at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, The Netherlands) where he was appointed Associate Professor in 2015, leading the Multiphase Reactors research effort.
In 2018 he was appointed full Professor at the chair ‘Inorganic Membranes and Membrane Reactors’.
Since 2021 he is also the Chairman of the Sustainable Process Engineering group at TUE.