Sergio Bocchini completed his chemistry degree with honours and obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Pisa in 1999, also attending a complementary course at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. In 2003, he was awarded a Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellowship to conduct research at INSA, Lyon. Between 2004 and 2012, he held a position as an Assistant Researcher at the Politecnico di Torino. After spending some time at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Bocchini returned to Politecnico di Torino in 2021 as an assistant professor. His research focuses on polymer membranes for CO2 separation, the preparation and application of ionic liquids, and ionic membranes for electrochemical applications. He has published 85 papers, which have been cited 2916 times and have an h-index of 30, according to Scopus as of November 7, 2023.