Prof Giorgio Mannina
Professor of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Palermo University, Italy
Director and Founder of the Water Resource Recovery Facility, Palermo University, Italy
Chair of the Bachelor and Master degrees in Civil Engineering at Palermo University
Chair of the double degrees in Environmental and Civil Engineering at Palermo University with Tongji University (China), Gdansk University (Poland), and Tianjin Chengjian University (China)
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Projects
Since 2004, Giorgio Mannina haS actively led and participated in projects with international academic institutions, presenting research findings in numerous seminars, workshops, and conferences. As Principal Investigator, he secured over €3M in research funding for projects focusing on environmental management, wastewater resource recovery, and mathematical modeling.
Some key projects include:
- Sustainable Water Engineering and Management: Excellence in Education and Training for the Next Generation of Experts in Sustainable Urban Wastewater Treatment and Management – Water4Future (2025 – present) – European Union Erasmus+ programme – Erasmus Mundus Design Measures, PI for Palermo University (ID: 101241113). Read more
- Achieving Wider Uptake of Water-Smart Solutions (2020/05/01 to 2024/10/30) – Grant European Commission (Brussels), PI for Palermo University, European Commission, Grant No. 869283. Read more
- Innovative Membrane Technologies for Advanced and Sustainable Wastewater Treatment (2022-2026) – funded by a grant of the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) through the Research project of national interest PRIN 2022 PNRR (D.D. n. 1409 del 14 September 2022) CUP B53D23027250001. Read more
- Integrated technology for nitrogen and phosphorus removal and recovery in municipal wastewater treatment plants (2022/01/01 to 2024/04/30) – funded by Norway Grants 2014-2021 via the National Centre for Research and Development under the grant number NOR/SGS/INPORR/0074/2020-00.
- National Operational Programme for Research and Competitiveness (2007 to 2013). Project STI-TAM (Sviluppo di Tecnologie Innovative per il trattamento di rifiuti liquidi della navigazione finalizzate alla Tutela dell’Ambiente Marino) – PON 02_00153_2849085 – CUP B61C12000840005; Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and Ministry of Economic Development.
- Energy consumption and climate change gases in sewage plants: a decision support system for sizing and management. 2012/01/01 to 2015/10/01, Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (Italy), GRANT_NUMBER: 2012PTZAMC. Read more
- Energy Consumption and Climate Change Gases in WWTPs (2012-2015) – Italian Ministry of Education, Grant No. 2012PTZAMC.
- Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Membrane Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment (2018) – Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Grant No. 657ba3806b971094314bccbd647e51a2.
- Development of an integrated model to control the rivers pollution” 2004/01/01 to 2004/12/31, The Research Council of Norway (Norway), Grant No. 164124, url: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.4662114.