Dr Alessandra D Epifanio CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM

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1 Dr Alessandra D Epifanio CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM 1. BIOGRAPHICAL Born: Rome, Italy, Address: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche Università di Roma Tor Vergata Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy (office) e- mail: alessandra.d.epifanio@uniroma2.it 2 EDUCATION Ph.D. in Materials Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Masters Degree in Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, 3 ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2004 present Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata 2002 (July - January) CNR- fellow, Department of Science and Technology of University of Rome Tor Vergata. Research activity: Synthesis and characterization of nanostructurated materials for sensor, batteries and fuel cell applications Research Associate, Department of Chemistry University of Rome La Sapienza. Research activity New polymeric- gel electrodes for lithium ion battery for electronic device ELDOR CORPORATION S.p.A. Fellowship at the Department of Chemistry University of Rome La Sapienza supported by the Italian Chemical Society. Research activity: Synthesis, and characterization of electrodic materials for lithium ion batteries. 4. TEACHING Inorganic Chemistry; Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata Member of the Teaching Supervising Committee of the International Ph.D. Program in Materials for Health, Environment and Energy. Advisor of Master Degree theses of Faculty of Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Ph.D. thesis of the International Ph.D. Course in Materials for Environment and Energy, University of Rome Tor Vergata 5 AWARDS 2011 American Ceramic Society Ross Coffin Purdy Award for the paper High proton conduction in grain- boundary- free yttrium- doped barium zirconate films grown by pulsed laser deposition that was published in Nature Materials, for the best paper on ceramics published in Awarded a fellowship for the participation at III National Conference on Science and Technology of Materials supported by the Italian Interuniversity Consortium on Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) Awarded a grant for the Project Young Researchers, funded by University of Rome Tor Vergata, for the development of: Synthesis and characterization of ceramic materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC). 6 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: The Electrochemical Society Materials Research Society Italian Chemical Society Interuniversity Consortium for Materials Science and Technology (INSTM) Italian Association Chemistry for Engineering (AICIng) Peer Review for several international Journals, among them: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal of Power Sources, ACS Journals, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. Co- organizer of the International Conference Electroceramics VIII, Rome, August 2002 and of several Conferences and Symposia under the framework of MRS, Electrochemical Society, European Ceramic Society, AICIng. 7. RESEARCH Co- author of 66 papers on International Journals and over 70 scientific oral contributions at international conferences, meetings and schools.

2 Her papers have been cited over 1300 times and her h- index is 19. The research activity is mainly focused on three topics: Development of innovative synthetic procedures for the preparation of nanostructered materials to be used in several fields such as chemical sensors, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs), polymeric fuel cells (PEMs), lithium ion batteries, and biomaterials. Structural and morphological characterization of materials by thermal analysis (TG, DSC), X- ray diffraction and SEM (scanning electron microscopy) Electrochemistry. 8 PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS Active participants of the following research projects: MiUR FISR (Italian Ministry for University and Research) Development of composite protonic membrane and innovative electrode configurations for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells European Union: CARISMA Coordination Action for Research on Intermediate and high temperature Specialised Membrane electrode Assemblies MAE (Italian Ministry for Foreign Affairs) Italy- Quebec Joint Laboratory on Nanostructured Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Biomedical Applications Cooperation program NAST/MANA Cooperation between the NAST Center and the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) at the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba (Japan): Materials for Energy Toyota sponsored joint Laboratory with the University of Tokyo Nanostructured Materials for Environment and Energy MATTM (Italian Ministry for the Environment) Development of MEC- based devices for the production of bio- hydrogen MiUR PRIN 2008 (Italian Ministry for University and Research) PC- SOFCs, Protonic Conductors Solid Oxide Fuel Cells based on nanostructured proton conductors: from materials synthesis to prototype fabrication FILAS- POR (Piano Operativo Regionale) Sustainable hydrogen production and waste treatment via MEC technology European Union: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme META Materials Enhancement for Technological Applications AGER Consortium Valorisation of winemaking by- products and waste by application of innovative technologies for extraction of natural products of high added value MIUR PRIN 2011 Nanocomposite Advanced Membranes and innovative Electrocatalysts for Durable Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, NAMED- PEM 9 SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS Among the numerous scientific collaboration, most active are those with the groups of Professor Ana Tavares, INRS- EMT, University of Québec, Canada, Professor Masaru Miyayama, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo (Jp), Professor Steve G. Greenbaum of the Department of Physics and Astronomy Hunter College of CUNY New York (USA), with the Department of Biomaterials of the University CAMPUS Biomedico, with the Department of Chemistry of the University of Rome La Sapienza and with groups in the Departments of Physics, Mechanical Engineering and Biopathology of the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Publications 1) N. Yang, A. D Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, C. Pugnalini, A. Tebano, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia. La0.8Sr0.2Ga0.8Mg0.2O3- d thin films for IT- SOFCs: Microstructure and transport properties correlation Journal of Power Sources Journal of Power Sources 222 (2013)

3 2) Barbara Mecheri, Valeria Felice, Zhonghua Zhang, Alessandra D'Epifanio, Silvia Licoccia, and Ana Tavares. A DSC and DVS Investigation of Water Mobility in Nafion/Zeolite Composite Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. J. Phys. Chem. C 116, (2012) dx.doi.org/ /jp301762h 3) C. De Bonis, A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, E.Traversa, M. Miyayama, A.C Tavares, S.Licoccia Layered tetratitanate intercalating sulfanilic acid for organic/inorganic proton conductors Solid State Ionics 227 (2012) ) I. Luisetto, S. Licoccia A. D Epifanio, S. Licoccia, E. Di Bartolomeo,A. Sanson, E.Mercadelli, Electrochemical performance of spin coated dense BaZr0.80Y0.16Zn0.04O3- d membranes Journal of Power Sources Journal of Power Sources 220 (2012) ) Giffin, G.A., Piga, M., Lavina, S., Navarra, M.A.,D'Epifanio, A., Scrosati, B., Di.Noto, V. Characterization of sulfated- zirconia/nafion composite membranes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells Journal of Power Sources 198 (2012) ) Di Bartolomeo, E., D'Epifanio, A., Pugnalini, C., Giannici, F. Longo, A., Martorana, A., Licoccia, S. Structural analysis, phase stability and electrochemical characterization of Nb doped BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3- x electrolyte for IT- SOFCs Journal of Power Sources 199 (2012) ) I. Luisetto E. Di Bartolomeo, A. D Epifanio, S. Licoccia CO2/CH4 Reforming High Temperature Proton Conductor (HTPC) Fuel Cells. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 158 (11) B1368- B1372 (2011) 8) P. Sbardella, D. Monti, A. D Epifanio, M. Stefanelli, M.L. Naitana, M. Venanzi, C. Di Natale, R. Paolesse Preparation and spectroscopic studies of silica nanoparticle- porphyrin hybrids held by noncovalent interactions J. Porphyrins Phthalocyanines 2011; 15: ) Milan Zunic, Laure Chevallier, Alessandra D Epifanio, Silvia Licoccia, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, and Enrico Traversa Anode Supported Protonic Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Fabricated Using Electrophoretic Deposition FUEL CELLS 11, 2011, No. 2, ) Daniele Pergolesi, Emiliana Fabbri, Alessandra D Epifanio, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Antonello Tebano, Simone Sanna, Silvia Licoccia, Giuseppe Balestrino and Enrico Traversa High proton conduction in grain- boundary- free yttrium- doped barium zirconate films grown by pulsed laser deposition. Nature Materials 9, (2010) 11) F.Chen, B.Mecheri, A.D Epifanio, E.Traversa, and S.Licoccia Development of Nafion/Tin Oxide Composite MEA for DMFC applications FUEL CELLS 10, 2010, 7975, 790,797 12) Emiliana Fabbri, Alessandra D'Epifanio, Simone Sanna, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Giuseppe Balestrino, Silvia Licoccia and Enrico Traversa A novel single chamber solid oxide fuel cell based on chemically stable thin films of Y- doped BaZrO 3 proton conducting electrolyte. Energy Environ. Sci., 2010, 3, ) Catia De Bonis, Barbara Mecheri, Alessandra D Epifanio, Enrico Traversa and Silvia Licoccia Proton Conducting Electrolytes based on Silylated and Sulfonated Polyetheretherketone: Synthesis and Characterization. Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 48, (2010) 14) Alessandra D Epifanio, Maria Assunta Navarra, F. Christoph Weise, Barbara Mecheri, Jaime Farrington, Silvia Licoccia and Steve Greenbaum Composite Nafion/sulfonated zirconia membranes: effect of the filler surface properties on proton transport characteristics. Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, ) Debora Marani, Alessandra D Epifanio, Enrico Traversa, Masaru Miyayama, Silvia Licoccia Titania Nanosheets / (TNS) Sulfonated Poly Ether Ether Ketone (SPEEK) composite proton exchange membranes (PEMs) Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, ) Barbara Mecheri, Alessandra D Epifanio, L. Pisani, S. Greenbaum, Enrico Traversa and Silvia Licoccia Effect of a Proton Conducting Filler on the Physico- Chemical Properties of SPEEK Based Membranes FUEL CELLS, 4 (2009), ) Milan Zunic, Laure Chevallier, Francesca Deganello, Alessandra D Epifanio, Silvia Licoccia, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, and Enrico Traversa Electrophoretic deposition of dense BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3- x electrolyte thick- films on Ni- based anodes for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs)

4 Journal of Power Sources 190 (2009) ) Catia De Bonis, Barbara Mecheri, Alessandra D Epifanio, M. Trombetta, M. Luisa Di Vona Enrico Traversa and Silvia Licoccia Proton Conducting Hybrid Membranes Based on Aromatic Polymers Blends for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications FUEL CELLS, 4 (2009) ) E. Fabbri, D. Pergolesi, A. D Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, G. Balestrino, S. Licoccia, and E. Traversa Design and Fabrication of a Chemically- Stable Proton Conductor Bilayer Electrolyte for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs) Energy Environ. Sci., 1 (2008), ) E. Fabbri, A. D Epifanio, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, and E. Traversa Tailoring the chemical stability of Ba(Ce 0.8- x Zr x )Y 0.2 O 3- d protonic conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs) Solid State Ionics, 179 (2008) ) A. D Epifanio, E. Fabbri, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, and E. Traversa Design of BaZr 0.8 Y 0.2 O 3 d Protonic Conductor to Improve the Electrochemical Performance in Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs) FUEL CELLS 1 (2008) ) Barbara Mecheri, Alessandra D Epifanio, Enrico Traversa and Silvia Licoccia Sulfonated Polyether Ether Ketone and Hydrated Tin Oxide Proton Conducting Composites For Direct Methanol Fuel Cell applications Journal of Power Sources 178 (2008) Refereed Proceedings Papers & Books 1) D. Cozzi; C. de Bonis; D'Epifanio A; B. Mecheri; V. Felice; A.C. Tavares; S. Licoccia Functionalized metal oxides for PEMFC applications ECS Transactions, 41 (1) (2011) 2) B. Mecheri, A. Geracitano, A. D Epifanio, and S. Licoccia A Glucose Biofuel Cell to Generate Electricity ECS Transactions, 35 (26) 1-8 (2011) 3) B. Mecheri, V. Felice, A. D Epifanio, A.C. Tavares, and S. Licoccia An Investigation of Inorganic/Ionomer Composite Electrolyte Membranes by Dynamic Vapor Sorption ECS Transactions, 35 (32) (2011) 4) C. de Bonis,D Epifanio A, B. Mecheri, E. Traversa,b, M. Miyayama, and S.Licoccia Layered Titanates Intercalating Organic Guest Spacers for Organic/Inorganic Proton Conductors ECS Transactions, 41 (1) (2011) 5) I. Luisetto, E. Di Bartolomeo, A. D Epifanio, F. Basoli, S. Licoccia. Internal Methane Reforming High Temperature Proton Conductor (HTPC) Fuel Cells. ECS Transactions 35 (1) (2011) ) B. Mecheri, V. Felice, A. D Epifanio, A.C. Tavares, S. Licoccia SnO 2 Ionomer Composites: A Comparative Study of the Transport Properties ECS Transactions, 28 (8) (2010) ) E. Di Bartolomeo A. D Epifanio, C. Pugnalini, M. Zunich, C. D Ottavi, S. Licoccia Phase Stability and Electrochemical Analysis of Nb Doped BaCe 0.9 Y 0.1 O 3- x Electrolyte for IT- SOFCs ECS Transactions, 28 (11) (2010) ) Emiliana Fabbri, Daniele Pergolesi, Alessandra D Epifanio, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Giuseppe Balestrino, Silvia Licoccia, and Enrico Traversa Improving the Performance of High Temperature Protonic Conductor (HTPC) Electrolytes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Applications Key Engineering Materials Vols (2010) pp ) L. Brandão, D. Mirabile Gattia, R. Marazzi, M. Vittori Antisari, S. Licoccia, A. D Epifanio, E. Traversa and A. Mendes Improvement of DMFC Electrode Kinetics by using Nanohorns Catalyst Support Materials Science Forum Vols (2010) ) A. D Epifanio E. Fabbri, E. Di Bartolomeo, S. Licoccia, and E. Traversa Single Chamber Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SC- SOFCs) Based on a Proton Conducting Electrolyte ECS Transactions, 25 (2) (2009)

5 11) F.Chen, A.D Epifanio, B.Mecheri, E.Traversa, and S.Licoccia Nafion/Tin Oxide Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells ECS Transactions, 25 (1) (2009) 12) Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Milan Zunic Laure, Chevallier, Alessandra D Epifanio, Silvia Licoccia and Enrico Traversa Fabrication of Proton Conducting Solid Oxide Fuel Cell by Using Electrophoretic Deposition ECS Transactions, 25 (2) (2009) 13) A. D Epifanio, B. Mecheri, F.C. Weise, S. Greenbaum, E. Traversa, and S. Licoccia SPEEK- based Composite Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc S12-02 (2009) Materials Research Society 14) Catia De Bonis, Barbara Mecheri, Alessandra D Epifanio, M. Trombetta, M.Luisa Di Vona Enrico Traversa and Silvia Licoccia Hybrid Membranes based on Aromatic Polymer Blends for Fuel Cell Applications Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc S12-04 (2009) Materials Research Society 15) Emiliana Fabbri, Alessandra D Epifanio, Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, Silvia Licoccia and Enrico Traversa BaCe 1- x- y Zr x YyO 3- δ Protonic Conductors for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (IT- SOFCs) ECS Transactions, 6 (17) (2008) / ,