Prof. Elio Santacesaria obtained a Chemistry Degree at the University of Pavia in 1966. He worked as researcher at the SNAM Progetti Co. in 1967 and at the Polytechnic of Milano from 1968 until 1986. In 1986 he obtained the chair of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Naples “FEDERICO II. Santacesaria had been the Coordinator of the National Program of Research on Colloid, Interphase and Surfactants. He is a member of the Italian Chemical Society SCI, of the Italian Association of Chemical Engineers (AIDIC), of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and of the International Association of Colloids and Interphase (IACIS) and of IUPAC. He was elected President of the Industrial Chemistry Division of the Italian Chemical Society for the period 2004-2009. He has collaborated with many Italian chemical industries. He has published more than 250 papers in quality journals and is coauthor of more than 30 Patents. In 2011, he was awarded, by the Italian Chemical Society, the Gold Medal of Emanuele Paternò . In November 2012, he retired from the University and started a new activity as responsible of a spin off company named Eurochem Engineering, located in Milano. In September 2016, he was awarded by the Catalysis Group of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) with the Silver Plate of Giacomo Fauser. Scientific skills: Kinetics, Catalysis, Reactor Design and Simulation, Separation Science.