Alberto Figoli is Director of the Institute on Membrane Technology at the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-ITM) since 2019. He is President of the CNR Research Area of Cosenza, Italy, since 2021. He earned a PhD from Twente University (NL) in 2001 and a degree in Food Science from the University of Milan. He worked at Quest International (Unilever) and was a CNR-ITM researcher (2001–2019). A member and former secretary of the European Membrane Society, he won the 2024 Global Prize for Innovation in Desalination. He has authored 300+ papers, holds 7 patents, and co-edited 8 books.
