Università degli Studi di Milano

The mission of the University of Milan is to contribute to society through the pursuit of teaching/education covering Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Medicine, Natural Sciences areas and of research at the highest international levels of excellence. It is the only Italian member among the 23 prestigious Universities of the League of European Research Universities (LERU).

The University of Milan is the largest university in Lombardy, one of the most dynamic and internationally-oriented EU regions. In addition to its excellent level of education, the University of Milan has an established reputation as one of the institutions most strongly committed to basic and applied research in Europe.  Research activities accounted more than 24.000 scientific publications in the last three years, 222 patent family and 24 active spin-off.

UNIMI green chemistry skills: feedstock supplies and sustainable green chemistry development to produce food, chemicals, biofuels and energy.

UNIMI research and development items are:

• Biomass production and characterisation (by-product, waste, no-food agricultural production);
• Biomass pre-treatment to produce biofuels (biogas, biohydrogen and biodiesel);
• Developing and optimisation of the high added value molecules extraction technology for the food, cosmetic, pharmaceutic and nutraceutical sectors;
• Developing and optimisation of the catalyst production for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries;
• Biomass-energy production chain sustainability evaluation;
• Microalgae cultivation to produce high added value molecules and biofuel;
• Vegetal biomass bioconversion to produce molecules destined to the polymers and food sectors;
• Green technology.