Catia Algeri has been a researcher at ITM-CNR since 2001. She collaborated on several international and national projects founded by MIUR, the EU, and private companies in the field of inorganic and polymeric membranes for application in water treatment, catalytic reactions, and gas separations. She published more than 100 research publications in international SCI-indexed journals/book chapters, as well as many conference proceedings. She is the author of one patent. She is an associate editor of different scientific International Journals. She was also the chairwoman at different international conferences. Her research interests include desalination, water treatment, drug delivery systems, and zeolite membranes.