{"id":1503,"date":"2019-01-17T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T16:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:25:34","slug":"phd-student-profile-cesare-rovera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/2019\/01\/17\/phd-student-profile-cesare-rovera\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD student profile, Cesare Rovera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong>PhD Student<\/strong>: Cesare Rovera<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1506\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Photo-Profile.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Profile\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Photo-Profile.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Photo-Profile-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tutor<\/strong>: Prof. Stefano Farris, DeFENS \u2013 PackLAB Team<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean<\/strong>: Prof. Ella Pagliarini<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research area<\/strong>: Food Science and Nutrition<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD title achieved on<\/strong>: 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0March 2022<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Research topic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Innovative Biocompostable Materials for Sweetened Condensed Milk Packaging<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project Synopsis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plastics dumped into the environment pose a serious threat to the environment and to our society. Accordingly, food packaging materials coming from renewable resources are highly sought. According to the circular economy principles, using wastes for the manufacturing of new materials is a target for the next years. The aim of this PhD project is to re-consider wastes from the food industry to produce high added value additives to be incorporated in packaging materials. These additives will be used to improve the overall performance of the most promising bioplastics (e.g., PLA, PHAs, PHBs, and PBS), which still suffer from a number of drawbacks that limit their wide marketing. The attention will be paid on the production process of these molecules, as well as to their deposition on the surface of the films. The use of these bioplastics is specifically intended for the shelf life extension of condensed milk powdery products.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Project keywords<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials, Food Packaging, Process Engineering, Green Chemistry, Materials Science, Bioplastics, Circular Economy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences \u2013 DeFENS<\/p>\n<p>Packaging Division<\/p>\n<p>Via Celoria, 2 \u2013 20133 Milan (MI)<\/p>\n<p>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:cesare.rovera@unimi.it\">cesare.rovera@unimi.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phone: +39 02503 16661<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof. Diego Romano \u2013 UNIMI\/DeFENS \u2013 Bioprocess and Biocatalysis Division<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Roberto Pilu \u2013 UNIMI\/DISAA &#8211; Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences &#8211; Production, Landscape, Agroenergy<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Fellowship sponsor<\/em>: Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Milano<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Publications with impact factor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Hasan T\u00fcre, Mikael S. Hedenqvist, Stefano Farris, \u201cWater vapor barrier properties of wheat gluten\/silica hybrid coatings on paperboard for food packaging applications\u201d, 2020, <em>Food Packag. Shelf Life<\/em>. 26:100561-100572. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.fpsl.2020.100561\" target=\"_blank\"><u>10.1016\/j.fpsl.2020.100561<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>Mahsa Sadat Razavi, Abdollah Golmohammadi, Ali Nematollahzadeh, Filippo Fiori, <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Stefano Farris, \u201cPreparation of cinnamon essential oil emulsion by bacterial cellulose nanocrystals and fish gelatin\u201d, 2020, <em>Food Hydrocoll<\/em>. 109:106111-106118. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foodhyd.2020.106111\" target=\"_blank\"><u>10.1016\/j.foodhyd.2020.106111<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Filippo Fiori, Silvia Trabattoni, Diego Romano, Stefano Farris, \u201cEnzymatic hydrolysis of bacterial cellulose for the production of nanocrystals for the food packaging industry\u201d, 2020, <em>Nanomaterials. <\/em>10:735-746. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/nano10040735\" target=\"_blank\"><u>10.3390\/nano10040735<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Masoud Ghaani, Stefano Farris, \u201cNano-inspired oxygen barrier coatings for food packaging applications: An overview\u201d, 2020, <em>Trends Food Sci. Technol.<\/em> 97:210-220. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tifs.2020.01.024\" target=\"_blank\"><u>10.1016\/j.tifs.2020.01.024<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Giulia Borlini, <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Michela Landoni, Elena Cassani, Roberto Pilu, \u201clpa1-5525: A New lpa1 Mutant Isolated in a Mutagenized Population by a Novel Non-Disrupting Screening Method\u201d, 2019, <em>Plants<\/em>. 8:209-223. DOI: <u><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants8070209\" target=\"_blank\">10.3390\/plants8070209<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Masoud Ghaani, Nadia Santo, Silvia Trabattoni, Richard T. Olsson, Diego Romano, Stefano Farris, \u201cEnzymatic hydrolysis in the green production of bacterial cellulose nanocrystals\u201d, 2018, <em>ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.<\/em> 6: 7725-7734. DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1021\/acssuschemeng.8b00600\" target=\"_blank\">10.1021\/acssuschemeng.8b00600<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cesare <\/strong><strong>Rovera<\/strong>,\u00a0Carlo A. Cozzolino,\u00a0Masoud Ghaani,\u00a0Davide Morrone,\u00a0Richard T. Olsson,\u00a0Stefano Farris, \u201cMechanical behavior of biopolymer composite coatings on plastic films by depth-sensing indentation &#8211; A nanoscale study\u201d, 2018, <em> Colloid Interface Sci.<\/em> 512: 638-646. DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jcis.2017.10.108\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.jcis.2017.10.108<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlo A.Cozzolino, <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Claudia Anchisi, Sara Savoldelli, Gaetano Campanella, Eugenio Muroni, Massimo Meloni, Stefano Farris. \u201cPreservation of bread-made museum collections by coating technology\u201d, 2017, <em> Cult. Herit.<\/em> 25: 121-126 DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.culher.2017.01.001\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.culher.2017.01.001<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Masoud Ghaani; <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>; Flavia Pucillo; Mohammad R Ghaani; Richard T Olsson; Matteo Scampicchio; Stefano Farris, \u201cDetermination of 2,4-diaminotoluene by a bionanocomposite modified glassy carbon electrode\u201d, 2018, <em> Actuator B-Chem.<\/em> 277: 477-483 DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.snb.2018.09.053\" target=\"_blank\">10.1016\/j.snb.2018.09.053<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Publications without impact factor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stefano Farris, <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Cristina Alamprese, Susanna Buratti, Simona Benedetti, Ernestina Casiraghi, \u201cPackaging sostenibili per l\u2019olio d\u2019oliva\u201d, 2020, <em>Olivo e Olio<\/em>. 3:16-20. ISSN 1127-0713<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Communications to congresses<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCellulose Nanocrystals Obtained From <em>Komagataeibacter Sucrofermentans<\/em> Through A Top-Down Chemical Treatment\u201d &#8211; Cesare Rovera, Carlo Alessio Cozzolino, Diego Romano, Stefano Farris, \u201cIX<sup>th<\/sup> ECNP &#8211; International Conference on Nanostructured Polymers and Nanocomposites\u201d &#8211; Rome, 19-21 September 2016 \u2013 Poster<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnvironmentally-friendly enzymatic manufacturing of Bacterial Cellulose Nanocrystals\u201d &#8211; Cesare Rovera, Diego Romano, Stefano Farris, \u201cIV<sup>th<\/sup> MATBIM International Meeting on Packaging Material \/ Bioproduct Interactions\u201d &#8211; Porto \u2013 Portugal, 26-28 April 2017 \u2013 Poster<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSustainable preparation of immobilized (bio)catalysts for heterogeneous stereoselective transformations\u201d &#8211; Diego Romano, Stefano Farris, Valerio De Vitis, Cesare Rovera, Rahul Mangayil, Andrea Pinto, Clelia Previtali, \u201cII<sup>nd <\/sup>Green and Sustainable Chemistry\u201d &#8211; Berlin \u2013 Germany, 14-17 May 2017 \u2013 Poster<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDifferenti Strategie per l\u2019ottenimento di nanocristalli di cellulosa: processi di top-down convenzionali e \u201cgreen\u201d a confronto\u201d \u2013 Cesare Rovera, Diego Romano,Stefano Farris, \u201cIIIth Edition \u201cAgor\u00e0\u201d \u2013 Incontro Nazionale sul food packaging\u201d \u2013 Milan, 25 October 2017 \u2013 Poster and Oral Presentation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Cheese Whey Permeate To An Anti-Listeria Food Packaging Device: Bacterial Cellulose Nanocrystals\/Sakacin-A Conjugates (Nanosak)\u201d \u2013 Alberto Barbiroli, Daniele Bussini, Stefano Debenedetti, Valerio De Vitis, Stefano Farris, Rafael Gavara, Pilar Hernandez Munoz, Laura Higueras, Chiara Mapelli, Paolo Motta, Alida Musatti, Diego Romano, Cesare Rovera, Manuela Rollini, \u201cIX<sup>th<\/sup> SLIM &#8211; Shelf Life International Meeting\u201d \u2013 Naples, 17-20 June, 2019, Poster<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevelopment of a pectin-based bio-coating solution with enhanced oxygen barrier proprieties \u2013 Cesare Rovera, Alessandro Nocenti, Stefano Farris, \u201cV<sup>th<\/sup> MATBIM &#8211; International Meeting on Packaging Material \/ Bioproduct Interactions\u201d \u2013 Milan, 05-08 May 2019, Poster<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSviluppo di imballaggi attivi sostenibili da permeato di siero: il progetto NANOSAK \/ WP IV: Da cellulosa batterica (BC) a nanocristalli di cellulosa batterica (BCNCs)\u201d \u2013 Manuela Rollini, Luisa Pellegrino, Daniele Cavicchioli, Immacolata Serra, Diego Romano, <strong>Cesare Rovera<\/strong>, Alberto Barbiroli, Stefano Farris, Daniele Bussini, Alida Musatti, \u201cNANOSAK final meeting\u201d \u2013 Milan, 18 October 2019, Oral Communication<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Awarded by DSM Nutritional Product AG for \u201cthe most innovative and promising idea to develop with DSM a sustainable packaging for the vitamins and minerals that we distribute in hot and humid countries to fight hidden hunger\u201d (V<sup>th<\/sup> MATBIM &#8211; International Meeting on Packaging Material \/ Bioproduct Interactions conference, 2019).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD Student: Cesare Rovera &nbsp; Tutor: Prof. Stefano Farris, DeFENS \u2013 PackLAB Team Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini Research area: Food Science and Nutrition PhD title achieved on: 1st\u00a0March 2022 \u00a0 Research topic Innovative Biocompostable Materials for Sweetened Condensed Milk Packaging \u00a0 Project Synopsis Plastics dumped into the environment pose a serious threat to the environment &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[247,248,160,113,136,233,174,246],"class_list":{"0":"post-1503","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phd-student-profile","8":"tag-bioplastics","9":"tag-circular-economy","10":"tag-food-packaging","11":"tag-green-chemistry","12":"tag-material-science","13":"tag-nanomaterial","14":"tag-nanotechnology","15":"tag-process-engineering","16":"anons"},"modified_by":"admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3008,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/3008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.unimi.it\/foodsystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}