Micari Group

Sustainable process modelling group

Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering

School of Basic Sciences, EPFL

We are a computational group working on sustainable process design and optimisation.

We aim at devising energy-efficient and environmentally friendly separation processes. Our research focus is on gas separation processes and carbon capture.

We design processes by combining techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment.

This integrated approach allows to identify Pareto optimal solutions where costs and environmental impact indicators are simultaneously minimised.

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Welcome to Daniele who will do his PhD in the lab! He will work on the optimization of carbon capture processes under uncertainty (September 2025).

Welcome to Shivang who will do the master thesis in the lab! He will work on Bayesian optimization algorithm and robust optimization of adsorption process. (September 2025)

Congratulations to Hitesh who successfully defended his master thesis at ETH! (August 2025)

Welcome to Stefania and Moein who will do their PhD in the lab! They work on multi-objective optimization of separation processes for post-combustion and direct air capture. (March 2025)

Welcome to Hitesh who will do his master thesis in the lab! He will work on multi-objective optimization of membrane processes based on machine learning technical models. (January 2025)

Welcome to Romain, Adam and Yannick who will do their semester projects in the lab! They work on machine learning modelling and optimization of separation processes. (September 2024)