Waltham, USA
Andrea Adamo, CEO and founder of Zaiput Flow Technologies, is an Italian engineer
and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the development of innovative solutions
in the context of hydrodynamics applied in various contexts. After obtaining a degree
in Civil Engineering from the University of Palermo, the engineer. Adamo holds a doctorate
in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Federico II University of Naples and a
Master's degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
with the support of a Fulbright Scholarship. He then continued his research activity
at the Chemical Engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
first as a "Post-Doctoral Associate" and then as a "Research Associate".
His research activity has ranged from microfluidics applied to biology to various
topics on the border between engineering, mechanics and chemistry.
Engineer Adamo has had a prominent role in the context of the “Pharmacy on Demand”,
“Molecules on Demand” and “Reagents on Demand” projects funded by the
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and his research has been published
in numerous prestigious international journals including PNAS and Science.
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eng. Adamo has developed and patented
innovative solutions for the creation of chemical processes in continuous flow,
this work became the basis for founding Zaiput Flow Technologies. Under his leadership,
Zaiput has established itself as a global leader in continuous flow chemical separations
and is now developing new process units. Today Zaiput boasts customers on all continents.
Zaiput Flow Technologies products have been used in more than a hundred scientific publications
and have been tested in zero gravity on the International Space Station.
Engineer Adamo is advisor to Snapdragon Chemistry and On Demand Pharmaceuticals.
The engineer Adamo resides in the Boston area, USA, with his wife and 3 children.
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