Prof. Maria Vittoria Diamanti
Maria Vittoria Diamanti is associate professor at Politecnico di Milano, where she graduated cum laude and received a PhD cum laude, both in Materials Engineering. She was visiting student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and at the University of Palermo during her PhD, and visiting professor at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, now part of Khalifa University, in 2012.
Her research interests explore the production of titanium dioxide, either electrochemically on titanium or by sol-gel, and the tuning of its properties for a wide range of applications, ranging from wastewaters treatment and air quality improvement to self-cleaning construction materials, memristors for electronics, and jewellery. She is also involved in research activities on the corrosion resistance of titanium, as well as of steel alloys in concrete and in chloride rich environments. She has authored more than 130 works, including 8 book chapters, and co-edited 2 books.