Angela Serpe, earned her Master Degree and PhD in Chemistry, got the assistant professor position in the field of “General and Inorganic Chemistry” (SSD CHIM/03) in 2005. She carried out didactic and scientific activity at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Cagliari ‘till June 2017, teaching in the field of General Chemistry and Coordination Chemistry in the Faculty of Science. Visiting researcher at Imperial College London (2016-2017), taught “Recovery of metal waste”, for MREs “Green Chemistry”. Currently she is developing her research activity at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari.

The research activities are focused on the synthesis, study and application of complexing agents able to favor a selective and sustainable key-metals’ recovery from waste. Among them, S-donor ligands were extensively studied and showed high reactivity towards acceptors. Their demonstrated effective noble metals leaching capability in the presence of halogens and in very mild conditions, stimulated the studies on noble metals recovery from Hi-Tech waste obtaining results of industrial interest.  The specific expertise in the characterization and chemistry of metals, allows to develop selective eco-sustainable methods able to recover and reuse materials in accordance with a circular economy model. Particular interest lies in the valorization of the obtained metal complexes in a variety of fields (in catalysis, as precursors of metal nanoparticles, as functional materials, etc.).

The research activities are documented by 81 papers published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals, 2 EU patents, 2 book chapters and by numerous contribution at national and international conferences