PhD Student: Camilla Valli (ORCID n. 0000-0001-5796-5768) Supervisor: Prof. Lucia Cavalca, DeFENS Co-tutor: Eng. Maurizio Agosta, Nuova Alba S.r.l. Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic: Environmental microbiology Project Synopsis Groundwater, which represents approximately 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth, is heavily affected by chloroethene (CE) contamination. The purpose of …
PhD Student: Sara Basiglio (ORCID n. 0009-0002-7132-2624) Supervisor: Prof. Elena Sara Crotti, DeFENS Co-tutor: Prof. Francesca Mapelli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic: Environmental microbiomes: characterization and biotechnological exploitation. Project Synopsis: Insects harbour a complex gut microbiota, which play essential roles for host biology and physiology. They can be exposed …
PhD Student: Joa Patania (ORCID n. 0000-0002-4054-1106) Supervisor: Prof. Francesca Mapelli, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic “Environmental probiotics”: exploitation of the beneficial interaction among microorganisms and the environment or the plant Project Synopsis By designing and administrating synthetic bacterial communities to plant model spp. of relevance for food systems, my …
PhD Student: Elisa Ghitti (ORCID n. 0000-0002-3924-8869) Supervisor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Diego Mora Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 26th March 2024 Research topic: “Environmental probiotics”: exploitation of the beneficial interaction among microorganisms and the environment or the plant Project Synopsis: My PhD project aims to investigate beneficial interactions between plants and …
PhD Student: Francesco Riva Tutor: Elena Sara Crotti – Defens Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 2nd March 2022 Research topic Tracking of bacteria and genes of relevance for the agri-food system Project Synopsis The aim of my PhD project is to describe the dimension of antibiotic resistance …
26th June 2018 (9.30, Room “C05”, Via Celoria 2 – Milan) Novel sulfate reducers within microbial dark matter Michael Pester (Head of the Dept. of Microorganisms, Leibniz Institute DSMZ & W2; Professor at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany)
PhD Student: Martina Bertolini Tutor: Lucia Cavalca, DeFens Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment Research topic Agrotechnological applications to shape microbial diversity for soil fertility and bioremediation Project Synopsis Chlorinated aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons are important contaminants all over the world because they are very common in different industrial activities. These compounds are …
PhD Student: Lorenzo Vergani Tutor: Prof. Sara Borin, DeFENS Dean: Prof. Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation Project Synopsis The objective of my PhD project is the study of prokaryotic communities associated to spontaneous plants growing …
PhD Student: Matteo Callegari Tutor: Elena Sara Crotti – Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) Dean: Francesco Bonomi Research area: Agri-Environment PhD title achieved on: 21st December 2017 Research topic Plant, insect and soil microbiome: characterization and biotechnological exploitation (Prof. Borin, Dr. Crotti, Prof. Daffonchio; added on 2015) Project Synopsis The …