MILAZZO Maria Francesca

Maria Francesca Milazzo has a MS degree in Industrial Chemistry at the University of Messina (2000) with a final score of 110/110 cum laude, a Ph.D. in Nuclear and Industrial Safety from the University of Pisa (2004) and is a Risk Manager from the University of Messina (2005).
From 2006 to 2019 she was Assistant Professor of Chemical Plants (SSD: ING-IND/25) at the Department of Engineering of the University of Messina, since 02/12/2019 she is Associate Professor of Chemical Plants (SSD: ING-IND/25) at the same department. Coordinator of the board for the bachelor’s degree in Management Engineering. Visiting researcher at the University of Stavanger (Norway) and visiting professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Thessaly (Greece).
Main research activity: “Risk analysis and management in the chemical industry and the transport of hazardous materials” and “Environmental risk assessment and impacts analysis”.
Responsible for various project units including the European SyNaRMa Project “Development of an Information System for Natural Risk Management in the Mediterranean” (2007). Project leader of the projects: “Analysis of potentially critical scenarios in industrial plants and infrastructures in Eastern Sicily and associated health risks in the case of strong explosive eruptions of Etna volcano” (PRIN 2008), “Smart PRrocess INdustry CranEs - SPRINCE” (Bando SAF€RA 2014) e “DYN-RISK - Dynamic risk analysis integrated with data from enabling technologies for the management of critical events deriving from emerging factors” (Bando BRiC 2019).
She is author of several papers in scientific journals and proceedings of international and national conferences.