

prof. dr. Gianvito Vilé
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering "Giulio Natta"
Building 28, Floor 2, room 20
Via Mancinelli, 7
20131 Milan, Italy
Tel: +39 02.2399.3208
E-mail: gianvito.vile@polimi.it
Links: ORCID Google Scholar Scopus
Positions
2023-today Associate Professor in Industrial Chemical Processes (09/D3)
National Scientific Habilitation for Full Professorships (professore di I fascia) in 09/D3, 03/B1, 03/B2, and 03/C2
2021-2023 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor (RTDB) in Industrial Chemical Processes (09/D3)
2020-2021 Group Leader "Bracco" in Industrial Chemical Processes (09/D3)
2016-2019 Lab Head, Idorsia Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland
2016-2016 Scientist, Sensirion AG and Visiting Researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2011-2016 Research Assistant, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Education
2011-2016 Ph.D. with medal (highest grade) in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2010-2011 Visiting student, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2010 Visiting student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands
2009-2011 M.Sc. cum laude (highest grade) in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2006-2009 B.Sc. cum laude (highest grade) in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships
2022 ERC Starting Grant, European Research Fellowship
2022 Alfredo di Braccio Award in Chemistry, Accademia dei Lincei
2022 GRICU Early Career Award, Italian Chemical Engineering Group
2022 Emerging Leaders 2022, Institute of Physics (IOP) and J. Phys. Condens. Matter
2021 Humboldt Junior Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation & University of Bayreuth
2021 “Emerging Investigators in Chemical Engineering”, Royal Society of Chemistry and Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
2021 “Rising Stars in Chemical and Materials Engineering”, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
2020 Expert for the World Economic Forum - Chemical and Materials working group
2020 Top Reviewers for ChemCatChem, Wiley-VCH and PubChemSoc Europe
2019 “Class of Influential Researcher in Chemical Engineering”, American Chemical Society and I&EC Research
2019 Felder Award, Fondazione Bracco & Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2016 Dimistris N. Chorafas Award in Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2016 ETH Medal for Outstanding PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich
2016 "MAterials & Processes" (MAP) Award, Competence Center for Materials and Processes of ETH Zurich
2015 Outstanding Reviewer for ChemNanoMat, Wiley-VCH and PubChemSoc Europe
2014 “DSM award” for Best Poster Presentation in Catalysis, SCS Fall Meeting and DSM
2014 SCNAT/SCS Chemistry Travel award, Swiss Academy of Sciences & Swiss Chemical Society
2012 “Prix SGVC” award for young talents, Swiss Process and Chemical Engineers Society
2010 Erasmus/LLP Scholarship, European Union
2010 ATHENS Scholarship, TU Delft and European Union
2010 “Make Science Make Sense” award, Bayer
Services to the Scientific Community
2023-today Early-Career Editorial Board Member of Applied Catalysis B (IF 24.319)
2023-today Early-Career Editorial Board Member of ACS ES&T Engineering
2022-today Editorial Board Member of Molecular Catalysis (IF 5.1)
2021-today Early-Career Editorial Board Member of ChemCatChem (IF 5.7)
2021-today Reviewer for the 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting
2020-today Early-Career Editorial Board Member of Chem. Eng. Process. (IF 4.2)
2018-today Guest Editor of special issues for Catal. Today (IF 6.8), ChemCatChem (IF 5.7), Mol. Catal. (IF 5.1), Chem. Eng. Process. (IF 4.2)
2020-today Proposal evaluator, Expert, or Panel Members for the European Commission (Horizon FET Open, WIDERA, ERC, COST Actions)
2020-today Proposal evaluator for several national science foundations
2012-today Reviewer for NPG, ACS, RSC, Elsevier, and Wiley chemistry and chemical engineering journals (>20 papers/years)