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BREVE BIOGRAFIA:

M.A. Navarra si laurea in Chimica con lode presso l'Università degli studi di Roma La Sapienza nell'A.A. 2000/2001. Nel Gennaio 2006 consegue il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in Scienza dei Materiali presso lo stesso Ateneo. Riceve due importanti riconoscimenti: il Premio di Dottorato 2007 Fondazione Oronzio e Niccolò De Nora , assegnato dalla Divisione di Elettrochimica della Società Chimica Italiana e il Premio Eni Italgas Debutto nella Ricerca , XIX edizione, per gli studi condotti su nuove tecnologie applicate alle celle a combustibile. Svolge lunghi periodi di formazione presso università ed istituti esteri, quali Chalmers University of Technology (Göteborg, Svezia), Hunter College of City University of New York (New York City, USA), Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, USA), Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW, Ulm, Germania), instaurando proficue e durature collaborazioni. E' stata titolare degli insegnamenti "Ambiente e Beni Culturali" ed "Air Quality Analysis" (LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali); attualmente è titolare degli insegnamenti "Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici" (LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali) e Sistemi di Produzione e Accumulo dell Energia (LM Chimica Industriale).
E' la Direttrice del Centro di Ricerca HYDRO-ECO Hydrogen as an alternative and ecological energy carrier di Sapienza Università di Roma. Membro del Collegio dei Docenti del corso di Dottorato in Modelli Matematici per l'ingegneria, Elettromagnetismo e Nanoscienze di Sapienza Università di Roma. Membro del Consiglio Direttivo della Divisione di Elettrochimica e del Gruppo Interdivisionale Enerchem della Società Chimica Italiana. Afferente al Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM). Nel 2020 partecipa alla fondazione dell Associazione GISEL Gruppo Italiano Sistemi di Accumulo Elettrochimico , centro di Riferimento Nazionale INSTM. Nel 2008 partecipa alla fondazione della società Eco Recycling , primo SPIN OFF di trasferimento tecnologico, nel settore dello smaltimento dei rifiuti speciali, dell Università di Roma La Sapienza .
E' professore associato di chimica fisica (CHIM/02) e in possesso di Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale per i settori 03/A2 - Modelli e metodologie per le Scienze Chimiche (I e II fascia), 03/B2 Fondamenti chimici delle Tecnologie (II fascia), 03/B1 - Fondamenti delle Scienze Chimiche e dei Sistemi Inorganici (I e II fascia).

Curriculum vitae dettagliato:

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family name, First name: Navarra, Maria Assunta
Researcher unique identifier ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9244-878X
Nationality: Italian

EDUCATION
2002: Master degree Chemistry, 110/110 lode
2006: PhD Materials Science
ASN:
- associate professor of Physical Chemistry, 03/A2 (2012, 2013, 2016), Chemistry for Technologies, 03/B2 (2012, 2013, 2016), Inorganic Chemistry, 03/B1 (2016);
- full professor of Physical Chemistry, 03/A2 (2016), Inorganic Chemistry, 03/B1 (2016)

CURRENT POSITION
from 2022: Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry at Sapienza Univ. Rome Dep. Chemistry (Chim/02 - 03/A2).

PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2019-2022: Researcher at Sapienza Univ. Rome Dep. Chemistry (CD), Italian Law 240/2010, art. 24, comma 3, letter B, Chim/02 - 03/A2. Permanent Associate Professorship starting from May 2nd 2022.
2014-2019: Researcher, CD-Sapienza. Italian Law n.240/2010, art. 24, comma 3, letter A, Chim/02
2013: 1-year Assegno di Ricerca (AR) on Development of gelled polymer electrolytes for advanced lithium-ion batteries , CD-Sapienza
2010: 3-year Researcher (Italian Law 230/2005), CD-Sapienza
2009: 1-year AR on new materials for lithium-ion batteries, CD-Sapienza
2007: 2-year AR, CD-Sapienza. Development of proton membranes and innovative electrode configurations for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
2006: 1-year Co.Co.Pro.(FILAS S.p.A) on the recovery of exhausted batteries, CD-Sapienza
2002-2005: PhD Scholarship (Supervisor: Prof. B. Scrosati) CD-Sapienza. Title of the PhD Thesis: Study of electrolytic and electrodic materials for low temperature FC applications

AWARDS
-Doctoral Thesis Prize 2007, Italian Chemical Society (SCI), Electrochemistry Division
-Eni Italgas Prize Debut in Research , XIX ed.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2012/13: "Ambiente e Beni Culturali" (CHIM/12, 6 CFU), Laurea Magistrale (LM) Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza
2014/15: Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici (CHIM/12, 6 CFU), LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza
2015/16: Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici (CHIM/02, 9 CFU), LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza
2016/17: Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici (CHIM/02, 6 CFU), LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza
2017/18, 2018/19: Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici (CHIM/02, 6 CFU); Air Quality Analysis (CHIM/02, 3 CFU), LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza
from 2019/2020: Sistemi di Produzione e Accumulo dell Energia (CHIM/02, 9 CFU), LM Chimica Industriale; Chimica dei Beni Culturali e Metodi Elettrochimici (CHIM/02, 6 CFU), LM Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali. Sapienza

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Member of the Organizing Commettee:
2008: International Conference on Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Devices (ILED) 2008.
2010: ILED-2 2010
2014: 5th International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) H2igher Educational Rounds
2016: ILED-5 2016
2018: 69th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), Symposium Interfacial Electrochemistry in Non-Aqueous Electrolytes
2018: ILED-6 2018, Chiarperson
2019: EUROMAT 2019, Symposium Materials for energy harvesting and conversion
2020: 1st Annual Meeting of ISE, Symposium Membrane-based electrodes: from traditional potentiometry to dynamic electrochemistry
2021: Symposium Bridging two centuries of electrochemical energy storage and conversion - in honor of Roberto Marassi
2022: International Summer School on Fundamentals, Materials and Applications of Lithium-Ion Batteries (SummerLIB), CIVIS-Erasmus+ Programme
2023: 74th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), Symposium 6 Fuel cells, electrolysis and electrofuel synthesis
Member of the Scientific Commettee:
2004: 4th International Conference on Application of Conducting Polymers, ICCP-4
2009: 3rd World Congress of Young Scientists on Hydrogen Energy Systems, HYSYDAYS 2009
2014: XXXV Meeting of Electrochemistry of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and 1st E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for Environment and Energy
2016: 2nd E3 Mediterranean Symposium: Electrochemistry for Environment and Energy
2016: E-MRS 2016 Fall Meeting Symposium Advanced materials for fuel cells and electrolyzers
2018: 1st ENERCHEM School
2018: E-MRS 2018 Fall Meeting Symposium Battery and energy storage devices
2019: Convegno Giovani Ricercatori 2019, CD-Sapienza
2020: 2nd ENERCHEM Meeting
2021: IWES 2021 (First Italian Workshop for electrochemical energy storage)
2021: Workshop GISEL-INSTM "Electrochemical Energy Storage into the future: an Italian perspective"
2021: RE-News Seminars of ENERCHEM: 4/03/2021 Hydrogen , 12/7/2021 Batteries
2022: GEI 2022 Giornate dell Elettrochimica Italiana
2023: 2nd ENERCHEM School

INVITED LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS:
2009: The European Materials Research Society, Spring Meeting
2010: 5th Annual International Symposium, in conjunction with the 4th Australasian Symposium, on Ionic Liquids
2014: 14th Ulm Electrochemical Talks
2014-2016: 7th-8th German-Italian-Japanese Meeting of Electrochemists
2017: 21st International Conference on Solid State Ionics
2018: 16th International Symposium on Polymer Electrolytes
2018: The 1st Italian-Korean Bilateral Workshop on Electrochemical Energy Storage
2019: Italy-Korea Symposium on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Energy Technology
2019: ELECTRIMACS 2019
2019: AVOGADRO COLLOQUIA
2019, 2020: NANO INNOVATION
2021: 72nd Annual Meeting of ISE
2021: Summer School NiPS EnABLES Powering the Internet of Things 2021
2022: International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composited
2023: JOINT EPS-SIF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON ENERGY, Course "Global Challenges for Energy Sustainability"

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2016, 2017: Expert Scientific Evaluator, selected by the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission, for HORIZON 2020 FET-OPEN-NOVEL IDEAS FOR RADICALLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES
2016-2018, 2019-2021, 2022-2024: Member of the Executive Board of ENERCHEM Chemistry for renewable energies , SCI
2020-2022, 2023-2025: Member of the Executive Board of the Electrochemistry Division of SCI
2020-on: Member of the Executive Board of HYDRO-ECO Hydrogen as an alternative and ecological energy carrier , research center of Sapienza and Director of the center from Feb. 2023.
2020/2021-on: Member of the Board of the PhD course in Mathematical Models for Engineering, Electromagnetics and Nanosciences, Sapienza
2021-on: Member of the Selection Panel of the project STORIES-Storage Research Infrastructure Ecosystem , Call H2020 Green Deal
Referee:
2012-2022: 5 PhD theses in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Curriculum Chemical Sciences, School of Advanced Studies, Univ. Camerino
2017: PhD thesis in Biomolecular and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Univ. Chieti-Pescara
2017: PhD thesis in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy, Univ. Rome Tor Vergata
2020: PhD thesis in Scienze e Tecnologie Fisiche, Chimiche e dei Materiali, Univ. Calabria
2022: PhD thesis in Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Univ. Milan Bicocca
2022-2023: 2 PhD theses in Material Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino

Guest Editor:
- Special Issue ILED Ionic Liquids for Electrochemical Devices: from fundamentals to functional applications , Electrochimcia Acta, Elsevier
- Special Issue Functional Polymers for Electrochemical Applications , Polymers, MDPI (ongoing).
- Special Issue Advanced Materials for PEM-Based Fuel Cell Systems , Applied Science, MDPI (ongoing).
- Special Collection GEI 2022, ChemElectroChem, Whiley
Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Springer

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Active Member:
- Ordine Interregionale dei Chimici e dei Fisici di Lazio, Umbria, Abruzzo e Molise
- Federazione Nazionale degli Ordini dei Chimici e dei Fisici
- Italian Chemical Society (SCI). Divisions: 1. Electrochemistry; 2. Physical Chemistry
- Interdivisional Group: EnerChem
- International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE)
Affiliated to HYDRO ECO, Research Center of Sapienza (2009)
Chart Member of:
- Eco Recycling , SPIN OFF of Sapienza (2008)
- GISEL Italian Group on Electrochemical Storage

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden); Hunter College of CUNY (USA); Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan); KIT-HIU, Ulm (Germany)

RESPONSIBILITY OF FUNDED PROJECTS
2023: Research Project Feasibility study of solid electrolyte/electrode interlayers and high-capacity manganese-based electrodes for all-solid-state lithium batteries , funded by NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. Role: Principal Investigator. Grant: 200.000,00
2022-2025: Research Project Sintesi e caratterizzazione di catalizzatori alternativi a basso costo per celle a combustibile a bassa temperatura , funded by ENEA, Linea di Attività 3.1.3_A, PNRR POR H2. Role: Principal Investigator. Grant: 48.000,00.
2022-2025: Research Project NEST Network 4 Energy Sustainable Transition , funded by PNRR, PE2 (Enlarged Partnerships, Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 of the European Union Next Generation EU). Role: Principal Investigator for Spoke 6 Energy Storage of Sapienza University of Rome.
2022-2025: SBAM Stoccaggio di energia con Batterie ad Acqua di Mare , MiTE. For Sapienza 267400. Principal Investigator (PI)
2021: Study on cathode buffer layer applying to sulfide based all-solid-state batteries, and the optimization for high-rate charge , Mercedes-Benz AG. 89400. PI
2020: Ionic Liquid-based electrolytes for Energy Storage devices , Sapienza. 15000. PI
2019: ELectrode active materials from end-of-life LIthium ion BATteries , Sapienza. 38287. PI
2019÷2021: Materiali catodici ed elettrolitici ad elevata tensione di lavoro , ENEA-MiSE. 132000. PI
2016÷2019: Solid-State batteries using novel composite anodes , Samsung R&D Institute Japan.
155000. PI
2017: Preparation and characterization of samples of gel polymer electrolytes with certain selected PVDF
grades , Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A. 25000. PI
2017: Stabilizing the performance of high-voltage lithium Batteries by new generation composite
Electrolytes , Sapienza. 13000. PI
2015: Polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolysers: innovative, cost-effective electrocatalysts with
enhanced durability , Sapienza. 11000. PI
2014: Advanced nano-composite hybrid membranes and innovative electrocatalysts for fuel cell applications , Sapienza. 9000. PI
2010: "Synthesis and physical chemical characterizations of proton conducting, nano-composite polymer
electrolytes for fuel cell applications", Sapienza. 85000. PI

PATENTS
EU Patent Method of making an electrochromic device , 7.11.2017. Application No./Patent No. 17200453.3 1210. USA application: 6.11.2018 (Int. Appl. No: PCT/EP2018/080322). Applicant: Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy SpA; Role: Inventor

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA
100 papers in international peer reviewed journals, 4 conference proceedings, 4 papers in national journals, 1 encyclopedic and 1 book chapter. H-index 27. Citations: 2370 (Scopus, April 2023). Seniority: 19 years.