Organizing Committee Member
Mariaenrica Frigione
Vice-Rector
University of Salento, Lecce
Italy
Biography
Mariaenrica Frigione received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Technology at Loughborough University, U.K., in 1997. She joined University of Salento in 1997 as Lecturer and in 2001 as Associate Professor. From 2013, she is Vice-Rector of University of Salento for Technical Scientific Area and Delegate of the Rector for Internationalization. She is the Leader of Materials and Technologies for Constructions and Cultural Heritage research group, keeping scientific collaborations with Italian and International Universities, Research Centres and Companies. She is co-author of three international patents on organic-inorganic hybrids, the license of two of them was sold to an Italian Company. She is author/co-author of around 100 papers published on International indexed Journals and of 12 invited book chapters. She is a member of the Editorial Board of ASCE Journal of Composite for Constructions. From 2018 she is the Secretary of ICPIC - International Congress of Polymers in Concrete Association (Board of Directors Member in the sub-committee of International Exchange since 2013).
Research Area
Her Research interest covers Materials and Technologies for Constructions and Cultural Heritage, organic-inorganic hybrids,Environmental conditions, FRP for Constructions.