Jacopo Sorani is currently a PhD student part of the D-Usys Department at ETH Zurich University, working in the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) in San Gallen. His academic pursuits involve collaboration with two research groups: the Environmental Risk Assessment & Management (ERAM), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bern Nowack, and Advanced Life Cycle Assessment (ALCA), led by Dr. Roland Hischier.
He earned his MSc in Industrial Chemistry, specializing in Low Carbon Technologies and Sustainable Chemistry, from Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna in July 2023. During his studies, he engaged in two European projects, EBU (in Bologna) and Climate KIC (in Lisbon), focused on Bioeconomy and sustainability-related startup ideas. He is still part of the Climate KIC Alumni network.
Jacopo’s master’s thesis and internship revolved around the impact analysis of the life cycle of a medical device developed by GVS S.p.A., an Italian company specializing in filter technologies, using different tools and methodologies of data analysis, collaborating with R&D and technicians for elaborate data.
In the Melonames project, Jacopo is focused on creating new guidelines for developing pharmaceuticals, according to the Safe and Sustainable by Design approach. He employs risk assessment (RA) tools to evaluate how the potential transformations of drugs in the human body can affect the environment and human health (utilizing predictive tools and exposure models), and integrates Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). For LCA, he will utilize a model to scale up the environmental impacts of the process.
