PhD program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Curriculum in Chemical, Materials and Process Engineering
Theme: Plants and bioprocesses
The topics covered are:
- Eco-friendly biotechnological production of compounds of industrial interest
- Thermodynamics and bioenergetics of bioprocesses
- Biotechnological treatment of pollutants
- Valorization of agroindustrial by-products and biomasses for the production of compounds of food interest
- Plants and processes of the food industry
The researchers involved in this theme are:
Roberta Campardelli,
Alessandro Alberto Cazazza,
Attilio Converti,
Patrizia Perego,
Carlo Solisio
Relevant publications:
- Spennati E., Casazza A.A., Converti A., Padula M.P., Dehghani F., Perego P., Valtchev P. 2022. Winery waste valorisation as microalgae culture medium: A step forward for food circular economy. Separation and Purification Technology 293, 121088.
- Spennati E., Mirizadeh S., Casazza A.A., Solisio C., Converti A. 2021. Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira platensis growth in a continuous membrane photobioreactor using industrial winery wastewater. Algal Research 60, 102519.
- Casazza A.A., Spennati E., Converti A., Busca G. 2020. Production of carbon-based biofuels by pyrolysis of exhausted Arthrospira platensis biomass after protein or lipid recovery. Fuel Processing Technology 2020, 201, 106336.
- Mirizadeh S., Casazza A.A., Converti A., Nosrati M., Shojaosadati S.A. 2021. Repetitive non-destructive extraction of lipids from Chlorella vulgaris grown under stress conditions, Bioresource Technology, 326, e124798
- da Silva I.G.S., de Almeida F.C.G., da Rocha e Silva N.M.P., Casazza A.A., Converti A., Sarubbo L.A. 2020. Soil bioremediation: Overview of technologies and trends, Energies, 13(18), e4664
- Solisio C., Spennati E., Casazza A.A., Arni S., Palma M.S.A., Converti A. 2020. Kinetics and isotherms of mercury biosorption by dry biomass of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis, Chemical Engineering and Technology, 43(2), 240-247
- Campardelli R., Reverchon E., De Marco., 2019. PVP microparticles precipitation from acetone-ethanol mixtures using SAS process: Effect of phase behavior, The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 143, 321-329
- Trucillo P., Campardelli R., 2019. Production of solid lipid nanoparticles with a supercritical fluid assisted process. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, 143, 16-23
- Solisio C., Al Arni S., Converti A. 2019. Adsorption of inorganic mercury from aqueous solutions onto dry biomass of Chlorella vulgaris: kinetic and isotherm studies. Environmental Technology 40(5), 664-672
- Silva R.R.O., Calvo P.V.C., Silva M.F., Solisio C., Converti A., Palma M.S.A. 2019. Flow synthesis of a thiazolidine drug intermediate in capillary microreactor. Chemical Engineering and Technology 42(2), 465-473
- Silva J.C., França P.R.L., Converti A., Porto T.S. 2018. Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of a novel Aspergillus aculeatus URM4953 polygalacturonase. Comparison of free and calcium alginate-immobilized enzyme. Process Biochemistry 74, 61-70
- Lima J.S., Cabrera M.P., Casazza A.A., Silva M.F., Perego P., Carvalho Jr L.B., Converti A. 2018. Immobilization of Aspergillus ficuum tannase in calcium alginate beads and its application in the treatment of boldo (Peumus boldus) tea. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 118, 1989-1994
- Souza P.M., Werneck G., Aliakbarian B., Siqueira F., Ferreira Filho E.X., Perego P., Converti A., Magalhães P.O., Pessoa Jr. A. 2017. Production, purification and characterization of an aspartic protease from Aspergillus foetidus. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 109(pt. 2), 1103-1110
- Knirsch M.C., Dell’Anno F., Salerno M., Larosa C., Polakiewicz B., Eggenhöffner R., Converti A. 2017. Combined characterization of bovine polyhemoglobin microcapsules by UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 40(3), 431-438
- Aliakbarian B., Paini M., Adami R., Perego P., Reverchon E. 2017. Use of supercritical assisted atomization to produce nanoparticles from olive pomace extract. Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 40, 2-9
- Paini M., Casazza A.A., Aliakbarian B., Perego P., Binello A., Cravotto G. 2016. Influence of ethanol/water ratio in ultrasound and high-pressure/high-temperature phenolic compound extraction from agri-food waste. International Journal of Food Science and Technology 51(2), 349-358
- Silva M.F., Casazza A.A., Ferrari P.F., Perego P., Bezerra R.P., Converti A., Porto A.L.F. 2016. A new bioenergetic and thermodynamic approach to batch photoautotrophic growth of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis in different photobioreactors and under different light conditions. Bioresource Technology 207, 220-228
- Solisio C., Lodi A., Dovi V.G., Reverberi A.P. 2015. A maximum likelihood-based method for the nonlinear estimation of equilibrium adsorption parameters. Chemical Engineering Communications 202(5), 577-584
