Karima Ayedi

Chemical engineer specialized in process design, technology transfer and industrial scale-up of biotech and clean-energy pilot plants, with a focus on process validation-style documentation, cost analysis and cross-functional project delivery.

R&D Process Engineer at Quality Engineering SRL (2025-12 – Present)

Lead process design (progettazione impianti) and technical documentation for pilot-plant projects

• MESOVIA (TFF/UF filtration pilot, exosome purification): pump datasheets, NPSHa calculations, line lists, PFDs, BOM, vendor coordination with SEPRA S.r.l.
• SIHLVAN (EU Horizon Clean Hydrogen pilot, partner Walter Tosto SpA): CAPEX / Life-Cycle-Cost modelling, DOE/RSM experimental reporting, conceptual industrial scale-up (100x–500x) for hydrogen production
• Life Cycle Assessment (CML 2001) of process environmental impact

Post-doc at University of L'Aquila (2025-02 – 2025-10)

• Strategies for PFAS treatment in water: state of the art and experimental development of the adsorption process
• Study of the biodiesel production process from microalgae assisted by acoustic cavitation: study of application potential and preliminary experimental analysis

PhD Student at University of L'Aquila (2021-01 – 2024-12)

• Treatments of macro-organic and micro pollutants contained in wastewater using advanced oxidation processes

Thesis Tutor at University of L'Aquila

• Supervised and guided 6 theses: 3 bachelor's and 3 Master's
• Assisted students in developing research topics, methodologies, and analyses

Lab Course Instructor at University of L'Aquila

• Conducted laboratory courses for undergraduate and graduate students
• Developed and delivered practical experiments and demonstrations

PhD in Chemical Engineering – University of L'Aquila (2021-01 – 2024-12)

Chemical and Process Engineer in Chemical Engineering – University of Gabes (2015-09 – 2017-06)

Preparatory Institute for Engineering Studies in Engineering – Preparatory Institute Sfax (2013-09 – 2014-07)