Gianmaria Viciconte

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Current

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KAUST, Building 5, Level 4

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Biography

Gianmaria Viciconte obtained bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Florence, Italy. After graduating in 2019, he joined the REVIP (Reverse Engineering and Virtual Prototyping) Laboratory at the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence. In 2020, he moved to Saudi Arabia to begin his doctoral studies. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His research interests primarily focus on the fundamental aspects of cavitation induced by acoustic waves, sonochemistry, and the optimization of ultrasonic reactor design.

Research Interests

Cavitation induced by acoustic waves, Sonochemistry, Optimization of ultrasonic reactor design.

Selected Publications

• Viciconte, G., Guida, P., Truscott, T. T., & Roberts, W. L. (2025). A general description of the cavitation threshold in acoustic systems. Physics of Fluids, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0245439

• Gianmaria Viciconte, Varaha P. Sarvothaman, Paolo Guida, Tadd T. Truscott, William L. Roberts, High-speed imaging and coumarin dosimetry of horn type ultrasonic reactors: Influence of probe diameter and amplitude, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Volume 119, 2025, 107362, ISSN 1350-4177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2025.107362

Education

- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (specialization in Aeronautical Propulsion), Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Professional Profile

  • 11/03/2019 – 19/07/2019: Research grant at PIN Scrl. in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence, Italy.
  • 12/06/2017– 12/09/2017: Internship at the Re-VIP laboratory of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence.
  • 01/09/2016 – 31/12/2016: Research grant at PIN Scrl. in collaboration with the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Florence, Italy. 

KAUST Affiliations

  • Clean Energy Research Platform (CERP)

  • Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC)

  • Division of Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Heavy Fuel (HFO) Valorization Oxidative Desulfurization of HFO Sonochemistry