Name: Marcella Trombetta; Date of birth: 01/11/1967, in Genoa, Italy.

Marital status: Unmarried ; Nationality: Italian

Office Address: Italy: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e di Processo "G.B. Bonino", Facoltà di Ingegneria, Università di Genova, P.le J.F. Kennedy Pad. D, 16129 GENOVA, ITALY.

France: Laboratoire de Spectrochimie et Catalyse, ISMRA/CNRS, 6 Boulevard Maréchal Juin, 14050 CAEN, FRANCE

Telephone: +39-010-3536026 (University of Genoa, Italy); +33-2-31452735 (University of Caen, France). E-mail: Marcella.Trombetta@ismra.fr

• Master Degree in Chemistry at the "University of Genoa", on the 15^th of December 1994, with the mark of 110/110 "cum laude".
• Ph.D. (1995-1998), in "Chemistry for Engineering" at the "Institute of Chemistry", Faculty of Engineering, University of Genoa (tutor Prof. V. Lorenzelli). Thesis title: "Surface acidity in environmental and heterogeneous catalysis: study of the mechanisms". Topics: acid catalysis over zeolites and metal oxides, surface characterisation of catalysts using IR spectroscopy and study of industrial heterogeneous catalysed reactions used in processes for petrochemistry, refinery and DeNO_x . Reporters were Proff. V. Lorenzelli, G. Busca.
• "Suitability" to work as a Chemist after a "National Contest" at the University of Genoa in the Session of April 1995.
• Staff member since 21^st August 1998 of the CEZIRENCAT TMR Network. In particular Post-doctoral student in the "Laboratoire de Spectrochimie et Catalyse", ISMRA/CNRS, Université de Caen (France), (Director: Prof. J.P. Gilson, CNRS Director : Dr. J.C. Lavalley), working on the characterisation, by FT-IR spectroscopy of noble metal containing Ceria/Zirconia mixed oxide catalysts for environmental catalysis.

Languages knowledge: Italian: mother-tongue; English and French: professional level (for English, in particular, "Scientific an Technical Knowledge" level); Spanish: scholastic level.

• Visiting PhD student to the Catalysis Research Centre, The Chemistry Department, The University of Reading, Reading, U.K, in the period 7/7-8/12/1997; Supervisor: Prof. R. Burch, with grant for "Young Researcher" of The University of Genoa. Topics: catalytic activity tests on laboratory reactors and construction of catalytic line for MTBE synthesise from isobutene and methanol over HY zeolite: kinetics study.
• IV National School of Catalysis: "Materials Design for Catalytic Application" (with a grant of ENIRICERCHE S.p.a., San Donato Milanese, Milano, Italy) in Pracatrinat (TO), 16^th June-21^th June 1996.
• CEZIRENCAT TMR NETWORK School in Trieste (Italy), 26^th-28^th August 1998.
• Biomaterials School CIRMIB 1998, "BIOMATERIALS: Science, thecnologies, biocompatibility", Bonassola (SP, I), 21^st-25^th September 1998.

Publications: 14 full papers published in J. of Catal., I. of Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans., Applied Catal., Microp. and Mesop. Mat., J. of Col. and Int. Science, J. of Mat. Chem., 14 communications to scientific congress.

Collaborations: Collaborations in 9 research contracts and scientific collaborations with others 10 Universities.