Manuela Antonelli

Associate Professor since 2017 at the Polytechnic University of Milan, DICA, with National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor since 2020. Visiting Scholar at Duke University, CEINT, North Carolina (USA) in 2011.

Vice-coordinator (2012-2023) and Coordinator (from 2024) of the Study Course Council in Environmental and Territorial Engineering. Since 2019, member of the Teaching Board of the Ph.D. Program in Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering. Since 2020, member of the working group for the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

The research activity concerns the water cycle (from the source to drinking water to the reuse of wastewater), developing innovative concepts to integrate human activities and the environment, with a focus on advanced treatments and modeling to protect the health of ecosystems and humans. The research, in collaboration with national/international groups, involves theoretical aspects as well as field and laboratory activities. Since 1999, they have participated as a member and coordinator in 50+ projects on drinking water and wastewater reuse, funded by the EU, MUR, Cariplo Foundation, Lombardy Region, and public/private entities, on the optimization of treatment processes and the rationalization of water uses, for sustainable resource management, through the prediction of the environmental fate of contaminants and the evaluation of corrective actions based on risk minimization.

Active in regional working groups for the control of emerging contaminants and pathogens, member of organizing/scientific committees and co-chair of IWA (International Water Association) conferences, coordinator of the MOOC "Water Essential Resource".

Owner of a patent on the measurement of deposits on surfaces in contact with water, has applied for a patent on the recycling of wastewater from dishwashers.

Co-author of 200+ scientific products, including chapters in international manuals.