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Curriculum 

Personal data:

Born in Perinaldo (IM), Italy, August  23^rd, 1943.

Married, two children.

Education and Degrees:

“Maturità Classica”, 1962.

"Laurea" in Chemical Engineering, with honours, Univ.of Genova, 1967.

Qualification as a Chemical Engineer (“abilitazione alla prof.”), 1968.

"Docteur es Sciences" (Ph.D.), with honours, at the  Institut National Polytechnique and University, Grenoble, France, 1981.

“Director of Research”, Italian National Research Council, 1991.

Languages:

English (fluent), French (fluent).

Honors, memberships, professional societies:

• ELGRA Medal for Physical Sciences (2009)
• Vice-president of the European Low Gravity Research Association-ELGRA,(1993-97).
• ESA "Certificate of Merit"  for the contributions to the First EURECA Mission (1992-93).
• Member of the Board of Referees of Surface Science, J.Colloid & Interface Science, Acta Materialia, Scripta Materialia, J. de Chimie Physique, Langmuir, J. of Mater. Sci., J. Eur. Cer. Soc., Metall. Trans.,   and of national and international bodies (European Union, Third World Acad. of Sciences, IPA Belgium, ESA, Ecoles  Polytechn. France, ASI, MIUR).
• Member of the MRS, ELGRA, E-MRS, ACERS scientific Societies. 
• Member of the European Academy of Arts, Sciences and  Humanities.
• Nomination in the “Marquis Who’s Who in the World” (from 2001) and in the “Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering” from 2005.
• Member of the Scientific Council of International Congresses and  Symposia.
• Invited Speaker and Chairman in  Intern. Conferences, Symposia and Meetings.

Career, posts and responsibilities:

Part 1. Experience in the managerial and organisational fields.

Alberto Passerone has gained managerial and organisational experience in the following organisations:

1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
2. Ministero Istruzione, Università e Ricerca - MIUR
3. Agenzia Spaziale Italiana-ASI
4. European Space Agency - ESA
5. European Materials Research Society  E-MRS
6. European Low Gravity Research Association - ELGRA.

1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche.

• Member of the Expert Group supporting the CNR “Comitati Ordinatori” Oct. 2005- Feb 2006.
• Responsible of the Genova Department of the CNR Institute for Energetics and Interphases IENI (2002-2005);
• Organiser and Congress Chairman of the 4^th Intern. Congress “High Temperature Capillarity”, held in Sanremo (2004)
• Director of the CNR Institute "Chimica Fisica Applicata dei Materiali" (1994-2001). 
• Member, designed by CNR, of the Scientific Committee of ICMM-CNR, Genoa (1998-2001);
• Member elect and secretary of the  Scientific Committee of ICFAM-CNR. Genoa (1982-1994);
• Member of the management Committee of the "Istituto Nazionale di coordinamento MITER" (1996-1999);
• Member of the  "Commissione di Fattibilità del Progetto Finalizzato "Materiali Speciali per Tecnologie Avanzate" (1986);
• Member/chairman  of  the Board of Examiners in many CNR-Competitions.

2)   Ministero Istruzione, Università e Ricerca - MIUR

• Member of Panel 9) “Industrial and information Engineering” and 15d)  “Aerospace Science and Technology“  in the mainframe of the 2001-2003 Evaluation of Italian Research : CIVR.

3)   Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

• Member of the Scientific  Advisory Committee (1998-2000)
• Component of the CNR "Gruppo di Lavoro Intercomitato", advising ASI in preparing the National Space Plan 1998-2002  (1998);
• Head of the Italian delegation in the ESA "User Support Organisation" in Köln (Germany) to prepare the ground infrastructure for the scientific utilisation of the International Space Station (1989-1990).

4)   European Space Agency

• Chairman of the ESA Microgravity Advisory Committee  (1998-2000); the MAC defines the ESA scientific policy in the fields of life and physical sciences, selects the research projects, gives its advise on the flight opportunities, the Announcement of Opportunities for research programmes etc. After a suggestion of ing. Passerone the Committee has been re-named "Life and Physical Sciences Advisory Committee  LPSAC "; 
• Expert scientist of the European Science Foundation to evaluate the ESA Space Policy in Physical Sciences for the years 2001-2005 (2000);
• Coordinator of the  Project FASES  to prepare experiments and hardware for the International Space Station. Participants: Univ.of Firenze, Max-Planck Inst. - Berlino, Univ. of Marseille, Univ. of Compiegne, Univ. of  Nice (1999-2002);
• Member of the ESA Microgravity Advisory Committee for Physical Sciences (1996-1998);
• Science Representative of Users of the laboratory "Multi-furnace assembly" of the Space Platform EURECA 1 (1988-1993) for experiments in the field of Materials Science;
• Member of the Scientific Committee and Organising Committee of Intern. Congresses organised by ESA ( Collioure 2006, Toronto 2003, Noordwjik 2003, Lyon 2001, Darmstadt 1996, Berlin 1995, Oxford 1992);
• Responsible-co-ordinator of the ESA Topical Team " Equilibrium and Dynamic Properties of Adsorbed Layers" ; participants: Max-Planck Inst. Berlin, MRC-Univ. Libre Bruxelles, Univ. Firenze, Univ. Aix-Marseille, Univ. Sofia (1996-1998);
• Member of the Advisory Team "Materials Science Laboratory" (1993-1995) to verify the performances of the Materials Science Laboratory to be put on board the Int. Space station in relation to the scientific needs of the scientists;
• Member of the ESA Board "Physics, Fluids and Materials Science " (1993-1996) to select and  monitor European research projects in that field;
• Member of the ESA Board "Interfacial Phenomena " (1991-1992) to select and  monitor European research projects in that field;

5)  European Materials Research Society

• Member elect of the Board of National Delegates of the E- MRS (1994-1998).

6)   European Low Gravity Research Association  ELGRA.

• Vice-President of  ELGRA (1993-1997).
• Member of the Management Committee (1986-1993);
• General Secretary of the Association (1987-1991);
• Editor of ELGRA-NEWS, bulletin of the Association (1986-1997);
• Organiser of the 1993 ELGRA General Meeting  in Genova.

Part 2.   Scientific activities

The scientific activity of A. Passerone, can be assigned to the following fields of research:

• Interfacial solid-liquid interactions in metal-metal and metal-ceramic systems. Advanced studies in joining processes.
• Theoretical models and experimental determination of interfacial energies and structure of metallic systems.
• Measurement of static and dynamic interfacial tensions and density; set-up of new experimental techniques and apparatuses for surface tension measurements.
• Theoretical models and experimental determination of oxygen influence on the surface properties of liquid metals.
• Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of interfacial adsorption.
• Experiments on the materials behaviour in weightless conditions (microgravity) on Sounding-rockets, satellites and Space Laboratories. 
• Studies on the structural transformations in catalysts.

A) Organization and Editorial activities

The most recent activities regard two main fields: a) Organization of Conferences and Symposia; b) Serving as Guest-Editor of important Scientific Journals. In particular:

• Organization of the High Temperature Conference (Sanremo, Italy, 2004), the fourth of a still existing series.
• Organization of the Symposia “Joining” in the Conferences EUROMAT 2009 (Glascow, 2009) and EUROMAT 2011 (Montpellier, France, 2011)
• Organization of the “Triple line” Symposium (Les Houches, France 2010)
• Guest Editor: Adv. in Space Research 11 (7) 1991; J.Materials Science 40 (9-10), 2005; 45 (8) 2010; 45 (16) 2010; Scripta Materialia 62 (12) 2010; J. Materials Eng. and Performances 25 (5) 2012.

B) Scientific co-ordination and responsibilities

C) Research activities and results.

Publications:

• Author (and co-author) of about 250 papers, of which more than 130 on international Journals, Refereed Proceedings of Symposia and Patents.
• Author of invited chapters in books and scientific series.
• Editor of “Materiali per lo spazio: sintesi, metodologie, tecnologie”, G&G Del Cielo, 2001.
• Guest-Editor of J. Materials Science: Vol. 40 (9/10) 2005; Vol. 41 (8) 2010; Vol. 45 (10) 2010; Scripta Materialia Vol.62 (12) 2010; J. Mater. Eng. Perform. Vol. 21 (4) 2012.
• Editor of  “Microgravity research: materials and fluid sciences”, Pergamon Press, Vol 11, 1991.
• Author of “Elementi di Metallurgia Fisica”, ECIG, Genova, 1971 (for engineering and technical schools).

Genoa 25/3/2012.