PhD Student: Beatrice Pellegrini (ORCID n. 0000-0003-2738-6743) Supervisor: Prof. Daniela Martini, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Cristian Del Bo’, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Food Science and Nutrition Research topic Promotion of Healthy and sustainable diets – Characteristics and role of food labeling in facilitating the transition towards sustainable diets: nutritional and health …
PhD Student: Alice Melzi (ORCID n. 0000-0002-0990-4247) Supervisor: Prof. Lucia Cavalca, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Stefania Arioli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Contribution of environmental, food and gut microorganisms to heavy metal recovery and sequestration. Project Synopsis The project is aimed at exploiting microbial biosorption for removing heavy …
PhD Student: Valerio Mattei (ORCID n. 0000-0002-6267-7987) Supervisor: Matias Pasquali, DeFENS; Co-tutor: Antonio Ferrante, DISAA Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Mitigate the impact of threats on the production, quality, and safety of food products Project Synopsis Streptomycetes can efficiently colonize the rhizosphere and the rhizoplane compartments and act …
Erica Holzer (ORCID n. 0009-0007-0284-197X) Tutor: Prof. Daniela Lupi, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Sara Savoldelli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic: The honey production chain, a network of interactions: suitability of the territory, beekeeping issues and honey quality. Project Synopsis The project will focus on honey as a product of Apis mellifera L. …
Congratulations to Dr. Alessio Tugnolo that was recently awarded (Premio Michele Stanca, https://www.aissa.it/premio_ms), during the “XX Conference AISSA” (February 16-17th 2023), by the Italian Association of the Agricultural Science Societies (AISSA), for the best Ph.D. thesis in Agricultural machinery and mechanization, with a thesis entitled: “Feasibility studies and engineering of optical simplified and stand-alone devices for agri-food applications“. …
It is now online the web site of the international summer school “FOOD ITEMS: an object-based approach to the complexity of food systems” , co-organised by University of Milan (Italy) and University College London (UK), in the frame of the Lake Como school for Advanced Studies. The school will take place in Como (Italy), Villa del …
PhD Student: Sharmila Ghosh (ORCID n. 0000-0001-9662-7278) Supervisor: Andrea Kunova, DeFENS. Co-tutor: Proff. Paolo Cortesi Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-enviornment Research topic: Agricultural waste as a source of bioactive compounds for applications in agriculture Project Synopsis Project aims to study the biological activity of compounds obtained from agricultural wastes on …
PhD Student: Angelo Gaiti (ORCID n. 0000-0001-5936-4624) Supervisor: Andrea Kunova, DeFENS. Co-tutor: Carlo Pozzi, DISAA. Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic: Plant genetic improvement for resistance to bacterial infections Project Synopsis In this project proposal, we will focus on the development of resistant varieties of Borlotto beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) to …