Leone Mazzeo
Ricercatore a tempo determinato (L 230/2
Biografia
Leone Mazzeo is currently Assistant Professor of chemical engineering (RTD-A) at the Unit of Chemical-physics Fundamentals in Chemical Engineering – Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM). His research interests focus on sustainable chemical processes, waste valorization, and resource recovery. His activities mainly concern the development of adsorption-based wastewater treatment using agro-waste materials, the extraction of high-value compounds such as polyphenols, tannins, and lipids from natural matrices, and the investigation of thermochemical water-splitting cycles for hydrogen production.
Curriculum
• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2023 – Present – Assistant Professor (RTD-A) of Chemical Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
2023 (Sept – Dec) Visiting researcher, University of Warwick (Coventry, UK) – Project on air quality and oxygen availability in hospitals in low resource settings
2024 (July) Erasmus+ Staff Mobility, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal – Topic: Decarbonization of the cement industry
2023 (Mar – Oct) Research fellow at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma – Biomass reforming and hydro-gasification for hydrogen production
2020 – 2022 Research fellow at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma – REVENUE Project: 3-routes platform for recovery of high value products, energy and bio-fertilizer from urban biowaste
• EDUCATION
2023 PhD in Chemical Processes for the Industry and the Environment, University of Rome “La Sapienza”
2019 Master Degree in Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
2019 Member of the National Register of Engineers
2016 Bachelor Degree in Industrial Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
• TEACHING EXPERIENCES:
2023 – Present – Lecturer of “Chemical Reactors”, Master Degree in Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma – 3 CFU
2024 – Present – Lecturer of “Biotech Processes”, Master Degree in Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma – 3 CFU
2024 – Present – Lecturer of “Transport Phenomena and Thermodynamics”, Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering – 6 CFU
PhD Courses – Lecturer: “La seconda vita degli scarti” (2023, 2024, 2025); “Circular Economy for waste materials” (2025)
PUBBLICAZIONI
Scopus link (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57212386660)
Main Recent Publications
Mazzeo, L., Bertino, A., Lo Bianco, R., Mattei, E., Marta, S., Curioni, F., Piemonte, V., 2025. Kinetics of hydrogen-oxygen catalytic recombination at low oxygen levels and ambient temperature. Chem. Eng. J. 509, 161546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161546
Mazzeo, L., Bertino, A., De Paola, L., Gallo, V., Della Posta, S., Fanali, C., Piemonte, V., 2023. Equilibrium and fixed-bed kinetics study on hazelnut skin polyphenols extraction using choline chloride –lactic acid-based NADES and water as solvents. Sep. Purif. Technol. 327, 124896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.124896
L. Mazzeo, D. Marzi, B. Irene, M.P. Bracciale, V. Piemonte, L. Di Palma, Characterization of waste roots from the As hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata as low-cost adsorbent for Methylene Blue removal, Chem. Eng. Res. Des. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.07.025.
L. Mazzeo, M. Cocchi, M. Capocelli, V. Piemonte, Continuous two phase partitioning bioreactor (C-TPPB) for removal of xenobiotics: Design criteria, Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 177 (2022) 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2021.10.009.
M. Capocelli, M. Balsamo, L. Mazzeo, M. Luberti, Thermodynamic analysis of the humidification-dehumidification-adsorption (HDHA) desalination process, Desalination. 554 (2023) 116510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2023.116510.
Bertino, A., Mazzeo, L., Caputo, G., Sau, S., Giaconia, A., Piemonte, V., 2024. Continuous multiphase Bunsen reactor of iodine-sulfur thermochemical water splitting cycles for hydrogen production: Experimental, Modelling and Design Insights. Chem. Eng. J. 481, 148415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.148415
De Cata D., Mazzeo, L., Piemonte V., Giaconia A., 2025. Electrified steam methane reforming as efficient pathway for sustainable hydrogen production and industrial decarbonization: A critical review. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 105, 31-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.202
