MASCHERPA MARCO CARLO

Education:

Industrial chemical technician. Diploma from XI ITIS Angelo Angeli, 1981.

Work experience:

1988-1988. Process technician at Passavant Impianti S.p.A.

• Design, construction, and management of pilot plants for aerobic and anaerobic purification of industrial wastewater.
• Chemical and physical analysis of water upstream and downstream of purification treatments.

1988–1995. Technician at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (ICM–CNR, Milan)

• Synthesis and characterization of monomers, oligomers, and polymers.
• Equipment management (rotary evaporators, cryostats, high vacuum systems, etc.)

1996 – 2023. Technician at the Institute of Organometallic Compounds (ICCOM-CNR, Pisa)

• Optimization of sample preparation and elemental extraction with high-pressure microwave systems.
• Determination of traces and ultra-traces of elements in inorganic and organic matrices
• Atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), absorption (AAS – ETAAS), Hg analyzers – Atomic fluorescence techniques.
• Analysis using Flow Injection techniques (FIAS).
• Technical management of ultrapure and osmotic water production systems.

2023 – Technician at the Institute for Research on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET-CNR, Pisa)

• Optimization of sample preparation and elemental extraction with high-pressure microwave systems.
• Instrumental determination of carbon and nitrogen content in soils, substrates, and plant matrices (carbon/nitrogen elemental analyzer)
• Characterization of soils and substrates (pH, conductivity, DSC, etc.)
• Technical management of ultrapure water production systems.

Activities

Cooperation with public bodies (Institute of Marine Biology in Livorno, Institute of Marine Biology in Piombino, ICRAM; Universities of Pisa and Venice; Provinces of Pisa and Livorno, etc.).

Head of the Analytical Atomic Spectroscopy Service (ICCOM).

Management and technical responsibility for laboratories – Safety officer (ICCOM – IRET)

Safety representative for the UOS DI Pisa (ICCOM)

Responsible for the management and disposal of special waste in the laboratory (ICCOM-IRET)