SHORT BIO
Dr. Massimiliano (Max) Barolo is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Padova (Italy). Before obtaining his Ph.D. in 1994, he worked as a process engineer at the largest petrochemical site in Italy.
He is the co-chair of the Computer-Aided Process Engineering Laboratory (CAPE-Lab) research group (https://research.dii.unipd.it/capelab/). Among the process systems engineering research areas explored within the group, his current interests include process chemometrics, pharmaceutical engineering, statistical process control and model-based design of experiments. He is the co-author of over 170 peer-reviewed papers, and the co-recipient of several research awards, including “The PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize” (2014; from Process Systems Enterprise Ltd., London) and the “Best Journal of Process Control application paper” (2008; from IFAC/Elsevier).
His service activities at the University of Padova include the Chair of the Master’s degree program in Chemical and Process Engineering, and the Chair of the School of Engineering. He pioneered the “Teaching for Learning (T4L)” faculty development program, a transformative model that aims to develop faculty teaching and learning skills beyond the traditional instructor-centered education model. Launched in 2016 with 30 engineering faculty, the program quickly spread to all disciplines engaging over 600 participants on a voluntary basis, subsequently becoming the required standard for all new faculty at the University of Padova.

RESEARCH
Max is the co-chair of the CAPE-Lab research group (https://research.dii.unipd.it/capelab/). His research activities are in the process systems engineering area, particularly in the following fields:
• process chemometrics; data analytics
• pharmaceutical engineering
• process monitoring; statistical process control
• process dynamics and control
• optimal model-based design of experiments
• dynamics and control of physiological systems

TEACHING
Max’s teaching experience includes the following courses: Process dynamics and control; Unit operations; Process design; Basic chemical engineering calculations

AWARDS / HONORS
**Research**
• 2014: “The PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize 2014” from Process Systems Enterprise Ltd., London U.K. for a study on models of blood coagulation disorders (with F. Galvanin, F. Bezzo, R. Padrini and A. Casonato);
• 2013: IFAC “Best Poster Award” for a paper presented at the DYCOPS 2013 Conference (Mumbai, India) for a study on quality control in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (with M. Ottavian and S. García-Muñoz)
• 2008: IFAC/Elsevier prize for the best application paper published in the period 2005-2008 in the “Journal of Process Control” for a study on the optimal selection of measurement sensors in batch processes (with E. Zamprogna and D. E. Seborg)
**Teaching**
• Ranked no.1 in the students’ ranking of the Professors of the second-cycle (Master) degree program in Chemical and Process Engineering at Padova University in the following academic years: 2018/19, 2011/12, 2010/11, 2009/10, 2008/09
• Ranked no.1 in the students’ ranking of the Professors of the second-cycle (Master) degree program in Industrial Chemistry at Padova University in the following academic years: 2020/21, 2016/17, 2015/16, 2013/14, 2012/13
**As an undergraduate student**
• 1989: awarded as “Outstanding chem. eng. student” (by FEDERCHIMICA)
• 1988: awarded as “Outstanding chem. eng. student" (by MONTEDISON)

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