M.Sc. Anna Lisa Vocaturo

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
    Germany

Contamination of water by micropollutants is a serious problem worldwide. The presence of steroid hormones in wastewater can cause carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting effect on humans and animals. The effective removal of these small molecules from water is an exciting challenge that requires innovative solutions and advanced technologies. Enzymatic membranes have the potential to degrade specific micropollutants such as steroid estrogens, through a biocatalytic reaction combined to a filtration process.

 
 

Employment

  

Since 07/2020

Research Assistant at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT), Germany

09/2018 – 08/2019

Post-graduate Fellowship – National Interuniversity Consortium of Material Science and Technology (INSTM) , University of Calabria, Italy

 

  

Education

  

09/2012 – 05/2018

Master’s degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies – University of Calabria, Italy.

Master’s thesis: “Preparation and testing of visible light active membranes for degradation of dyes and drugs”

 

  

Research Projects

  
 

Laccase encapsulation in polymeric composite membranes for the removal of steroid hormones.