The Italian Chemical Society (SCI), specifically the executive board of the Interdivisional Group of Catalysis (GIC), has awarded the 2025 Adolfo Parmaliana Prize ex aequo to Miriam Marchi for the best doctoral thesis (36ᵗʰ and 37ᵗʰ cycles). Miriam obtained her PhD in Nanotechnology under the supervision of Paolo Fornasiero and Michele Melchionna from the Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Trieste.

Her thesis, ‘Catalysis for Sustainable Development’, explored innovative photo- and electrocatalytic approaches for organic synthesis and the activation of small molecules such as CO₂, focusing particularly on carbon-based materials as versatile alternatives to traditional catalysts.