Rate My Professor Tiziana Denaro

Dr. Tiziana Denaro is the Technical Facility Manager at the Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University, a role she assumed in early February 2019. She holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Physics from the University of Messina, Italy, and a PhD in Materials Science and Electrochemistry from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Italy, with her doctoral thesis focusing on physico-chemical and photo-electrochemical characterization of nanostructured materials for solar energy conversion and hydrogen production by photo-electrolysis. Denaro commenced her career as a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Technology for Energy (ITAE) “Nicola Giordano” of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Messina, Italy, from 2005 to 2009, collaborating with industries including DeNora, FIAMM, and Tozzi Renewable Energy Ltd on renewable energy technologies such as fuel cells, batteries, and photovoltaics. She subsequently held positions as Project Scientist at Dyesol (2009–2013), Senior Electrochemist at ITM Power (2013–2016), Postdoctoral Research Associate in Prof. Kucernak’s group at Imperial College London (2016–2017), and R&D Product Manager at Arvia Technology Ltd (2017–2019), where she led research on electrochemical water purification processes.

Dr. Denaro’s expertise encompasses electrochemical technologies for clean energy conversion, including fuel cells, hydrogen generation, and photovoltaics, with a strong emphasis on scaling up processes, materials, and devices. Her technical proficiencies include large-area deposition of active materials, ink formulation science, deposition methods such as screen printing, spray coating, and electrodeposition, and curing techniques using thermal, UV, or IR processes. She has designed manufacturing and engineering solutions for scalable fabrication, validation, and commercialization in renewable energy, water purification, and hydrogen economy sectors. Key publications include “Investigation of low cost carbonaceous materials for application as counter electrode in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells” (Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2009), “The influence of physico-chemical properties of bare titania powders obtained from various synthesis routes on their photo-electrochemical performance” (International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2012), “Optimization of Electrode Properties for Low Temperature DMFC applications” (Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems, 2008), and “Study of oxygen-depolarized Ag-based cathode catalysts for electrolysis in chlor-alkali cell” (Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2008). Her work has received over 130 citations.