Prof. Gianvito Vilé

Prof. Dr. Gianvito Vilé is an Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano working at the interface of catalysis, materials science, and chemical reaction engineering. His research seeks to understand and engineer catalytic systems across scales, from the atomic structure of active sites and functional materials to chemical reactions, reactors, and scalable processes. This approach is applied to sustainable chemical manufacturing, circular feedstocks, energy and carbon conversion, and high-value chemical synthesis.

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He trained as a chemical engineer at Politecnico di Milano and obtained his PhD from ETH Zurich, where his doctoral research focused on the design of nanostructured catalysts for selective hydrogenation in continuous flow. Following his doctoral studies, he gained industrial R&D and leadership experience before establishing his independent academic research programme. As a faculty member at Politecnico di Milano, he has received several awards, including, among others, the "Alfredo di Braccio" award by the Italian National Academy, and the "Robert Karl Grasselli" prize in catalysis by the Italian Chemical Society, and the Felder award. In 2025, he was also awarded the EFCATS Young Researcher Award, one of the most prestigious recognitions in the field of catalysis in Europe.

 

His research has been supported by the European Research Council through an ERC Starting Grant (2022) and two ERC Proof of Concept Grants (2024, 2026). Over the past five years, his group has secured funding from public institutions (European Commission, Italian Ministry of University and Research), industry (Bayer, Versalis, Procos, and Bracco Imaging), and private foundations (Fondazione Bracco and Fondazione Cariplo).