Alessandro Stagni is Assistant Professor of Chemical Plants at Politecnico di Milano since June 2017, entering a 3-year tenure-track in January 2021. He has completed his studies in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, also obtaining a double degree in Chemical and Sustainable Process Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. In 2016, he accomplished his PhD summa cum laude in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano. Previously, he has been a post doctoral researcher (2016 – 2017) at the same institution, Visiting PhD Student at Stanford University (2015) and Visiting Researcher at Technische Universität Darmstadt (2019).

Alessandro Stagni’s research activity is mostly related to the chemical-kinetic analysis of reacting flows at different levels: he has been dealing with the development and reduction of chemical kinetic mechanisms, combining first-principles approaches with data-driven kinetic modeling and optimization methodologies. The expertise he gained ranges from the pyrolysis and oxidation of conventional and next-generation fuels and fuel surrogates, to the formation mechanisms of pollutants (NO_x, SO_x). Within the current energy transition scenario, his research has then expanded to the investigation of ammonia as a carbon-free energy and hydrogen carrier.