Dr. Grande is an associate professor of chemical engineering with specialization in separation processes and chemical reactors. He leads the Laboratory of Intensification of Materials and Processes (IMAP), a research group that combines novel materials and processes developed at KAUST using process modelling, new internals design and manufacturing technologies to produce functions with optimized performance and energy efficiency. Prior to joining KAUST in 2021, Professor Grande worked as a senior research scientist with SINTEF, Norway (Foundation for Industrial and Technical Research). Grande is sought as a keynote speaker and expert in adsorption processes and additive manufacturing in chemical industries, and is active professionally as a member of various chemical organizations, including the International Adsorption Society.​

Dr. Grande's research interests cover all aspects of adsorption processes, from thecharacterization, scale-up and formulation of new adsorbent materials to processdesign, simulation and testing. His research also covers process intensification routesthat digitalization can bring to industrial manufacturing, such as the effects and novelpathways that can be achieved by using novel architectures of equipment and internals.Projects undertaken by the IMAP Lab involve investigations for diverse industrialapplications such as process modeling (in separation and catalysis), 3D printed reactorsfor enhanced heat and mass transfer, pressure swing adsorption processes to upgradebiogas, new biochar production routes, protein separations, rare-earth metalsseparations and generation of novel shapes for porous materials.​