Dr. Francesco Cannizzaro
Enhancing Freund lab's research output, communication and collaborations
Scientific Project Manager
As Scientific Coordinator, Dr. Francesco Cannizzaro facilitates international research collaborations, streamlines plans and executes funding and talent acquisition strategies across national and international initiatives. Under the framework of the Einstein Visiting Fellowhips grant awarded to Prof. Freund and Prof. Krogan (UCSF), he manages the collaboration between the FU and the USCF. He also helps Prof. Freund managing the transregio DFG project TRR 186. He is passionate about fostering external partnerships to support innovation turning strong ideas into funded, collaborative research.
University training and degree
2012 – 2016 – BSc in Chemical Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
2016 – 2018 – MSc in Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2016 (Apr–Aug) – Research trainee, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
Advanced academic qualifications
2023 – PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Postgraduate professional career
2025 – present – Scientific Coordinator, Freie Universität Berlin
2023 – 2025 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin
Scholarships
2016 – 2018 – Alta Scuola Politecnica scholarship
2013 – 2016 – ERSU scholarship
[1] Poths, P., Lai, K. C., Cannizzaro, F., Scheurer, C., Matera, S., Reuter, K. ML-Accelerated Automatic Process Exploration Reveals Facile O-Induced Pd Step-Edge Restructuring on Catalytic Time Scales. ACS Catalysis, 15(1), 514–522 (2024).
[2] Liu, L., Cannizzaro, F., Kaychouhi, A., Kosinov, N., Hensen, E. J. M. Cr as a Promoter for the In₂O₃-Catalyzed Hydrogenation of CO₂ to Methanol. Chemical Engineering Journal, 494, 153204 (2024).
[3] Cannizzaro, F., Kurstjens, S., van den Berg, T., Hensen, E. J. M., Filot, I. A. W. A Computational Study of CO₂ Hydrogenation on Single Atoms of Pt, Pd, Ni and Rh on In₂O₃ (111). Catalysis Science & Technology, 13(16), 4701–4715 (2023).
[4] Cannizzaro, F., Hensen, E. J. M., Filot, I. A. W. The Promoting Role of Ni on In₂O₃ for CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catalysis, 13(3), 1875–1892 (2023).
[5] Cannizzaro, F. Microkinetic Modeling of CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol on Ni–In₂O₃ Catalysts. Doctoral thesis, Eindhoven University of Technology (2023).
[6] Zhu, J., Cannizzaro, F., Liu, L., Zhang, H., Kosinov, N., Filot, I. A. W., Rabeah, J. Ni–In Synergy in CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol. ACS Catalysis, 11(18), 11371–11384 (2021).
[7] Cannizzaro, F. First-Principles Assessment of UBI-QEP Semi-Empirical Method for Predicting Catalytic Mechanisms: An Application to CO₂ Activation via r-WGS Reaction. Master’s thesis, Politecnico di Milano (2018).
Keywords
- project management, science communication, translational innovation, proposal writing