Dr. Ricceri's primary research interest involves membrane process optimization for water, energy, and resource recovery. He is involved in the development of innovative membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment; in particular, the program is based on fouling investigation in membrane distillation through a combined experimentally based in-situ monitoring and modeling approach.

• Organic fouling in forward osmosis: Governing factors and a direct comparison with membrane filtration driven by hydraulic pressure, F Ricceri, M Giagnorio, KR Zodrow, A Tiraferri. Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 619, (2021),118759
• Desalination of Produced Water by Membrane Distillation: Effect of the Feed Components and of a Pre-treatment by Fenton Oxidation, Ricceri, F.; Giagnorio, M.; Farinelli, G.; Blandini, G.; Minella, M.; Vione, D.; Tiraferri. Scientific Reports 9, 14964 (2019)
• Optimization of physico-chemical and membrane filtration processes to remove high molecular weight polymers from produced water in enhanced oil recovery operations, F Ricceri, G Farinelli, M Giagnorio, A Zamboi, A Tiraferri. Journal of Environmental Management Volume 302, Part A, 2022, 114015
• Unraveling the Role of Feed Temperature and Cross-Flow Velocity on Organic Fouling in Membrane Distillation Using Response Surface Methodology, F Ricceri, B Blankert, Noreddine Ghaffour, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder, Alberto Tiraferri, Luca Fortunato. Desalination Volume 540, 2022, 115971
• Microalgae Biomass Concentration and Reuse of Water as New Cultivation Medium Using Ceramic Membrane Filtration, F Ricceri, M Malaguti, C Derossi, M Zanetti, V Riggio, A Tiraferri. Chemosphere 022 Nov;307(Pt 1):135724
• Understanding the evolution of organic fouling in membrane distillation through driving force and resistance analysis, F Ricceri, B Blankert, Luigi Ranieri, Cristian Picioreanu, Noreddine Ghaffour, Johannes S Vrouwenvelder, Alberto Tiraferri, Luca Fortunato. Journal of Membrane Science Volume 686, 2023, 121993,

• Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, 2023
• Research Internship, KAUST, Saudi Arabia 2021
• M.Sc., Environmental Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, 2016
• Research Internship, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, 2014
• B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, 2014

• 2023 - Present: Postdoctoral fellow, WDRC, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
• 2019-2023: PhD Student, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
• 2017-2019: Research fellow, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
• 2016-2017: Process engineer, METE srl Membrane Technology, Italy

• Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
  
• Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)​​