9.00 – 9.10 Apertura dei lavori – Opening
Prof. Alessandro ULRICI (Coordinatore del Dottorato STEBA – Coordinator, STEBA Doctorate)
Prof. Daniela QUAGLINO (Direttore del Dip. Scienze della Vita – Director, Dept. Life Sciences)
Chairpersons
Prof. Patrizia FAVA (Docente del Dottorato STEBA – Teacher, STEBA Doctorate)
Dr. Maria GULLO (Docente del Dottorato STEBA – Teacher, STEBA Doctorate)
Dr. Fabio LICCIARDELLO (Docente del Dottorato STEBA – Teacher, STEBA Doctorate)
Prof. Luisa A. VOLPELLI (Segretario del Dottorato STEBA – Secretary, STEBA Doctorate)
9.10 – 10.40 Relazioni dei dottorandi del terzo anno (XXXIII Ciclo)
Presentations by 3
rd
year (XXXIII Cycle) Ph.D students

• Dott. Giacomo BULGARINI: Investigations on biology and behavior of the invasive Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera:
Pentatomidae) aimed at its sustainable management in agro-ecosystems (Prof. Lara Maistrello)
• Dott. Gaetano CAMMILLERI: Could Anisakis be a valuable risk for Mediterranean consumers? Optimization of prevention
procedures (Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti)
• Dott. Francesco CANDELIERE: Genomic and metagenomic approaches for the characterization of bacteria and microbial
communities of ecological niches relevant for the human health (Prof. Maddalena Rossi; Dr. Stefano Raimondi)
• Dott. Salvatore LA CHINA: Phenotypic and genomic analysis of Komagataeibacter strains to elucidate the cellulose biosynthesis
mechanism (Dr. Maria Gullo)
• Dott. Leonardo SETTI: Characterization of Emilia-Romagna wines by high resolution mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic
resonance: case study on commercial Lambrusco and minor variety wines of Vitis vinifera L. newly registered in the national
register of varieties (Prof. Andrea Antonelli; Dr. Francesca Masino)
• Dott.ssa Anna SIMONETTO: Quantitative models for biodiversity analysis in agroecosystems (Prof. Gianni Gilioli; Prof. Lara
Maistrello)
• Dott. Giorgio SPERANDIO: Development of mathematical models supporting sustainable agriculture in Europe (Prof. Gianni
Gilioli; Prof. Lara Maistrello)
10.45– 11.00 Pausa – Break
11.00 – 12.10 “Flash presentation” dei dottorandi del secondo anno (XXXIV Ciclo)
Flash presentations by 2
nd
year Ph.D students (XXXIV Cycle)

• Dott.ssa Anna Maria BELMONTE: The effect of sous vide cooking technique on different type of meat (Prof. Domenico P. Lo
Fiego; Dr. Giovanna Minelli)
• Dott. Francesco BIGI: Development and testing of innovative protocols and technologies to enhance the safety of food and to
reduce the food loss (Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti)
• Dott. Mohamed Aymen CHAOUCH: Development of extraction techniques and phytochemical investigations for the
production of high-profile nutraceutical food supplements (Prof. Stefania Benvenuti)
• Dott. Gianmarco CONTI NIBALI: Improvement of seed quality and control of seed transmitted pathogens (Prof. Emilio Stefani;
Dr. Davide Giovanardi)
• Dott. Ferdinando DI MAGGIO: Circular Economy models, policy impacts in Agrifood value chains (Prof. Andrea Antonelli;
Dr. Giuseppe Montevecchi)
• Dott. Roberto GATTI: Search for new agronomic techniques for improving seed yield and quality of field crops (Prof. Enrico
Francia; Dr. Gabriele Righetti)

• Dott.ssa Vita GIACCONE: Development of new analytical methods for determination of known and unknown toxic agents in
food chain (Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti)
• Dott. Andrea MACALUSO: Development and validation of methods, alternative to the biological method, for the rapid
determination of Marine biotoxin, with particular regard to the PSP biotoxins (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) in bivalve molluscs
(Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti)
• Dott.ssa Eliana MUSMECI: Mucin degraders of human gut microbiota: 16S rRNA gene profiling and isolation of mucinolytic
strains (Prof. Maddalena Rossi; Dr. Stefano Raimondi)
• Dott. Niccolò PATELLI: Traceability systems for animal and plant food supply chains based on blockchain technologies (Prof.
Mauro Mandrioli; Prof. Michele Colajanni)
• Dott.ssa Gloria SPAMPINATO: Omics and molecular technologies for the analysis of complex microbial communities (Prof.
Maddalena Rossi; Prof. Lara Maistrello)
• Dott.ssa Giulia Elena TRENTINI: Therapeutical effects of healing gardens on children and adolescents with special educational
needs (Dr. Laura Arru; Dr. Vanessa Artoni)

12.15 – 12.45 “One-slide presentation” dei dottorandi del primo anno (XXXV Ciclo)
“One-slide” presentations by 1
st
year Ph.D students (XXXV Cycle)

• Dott.ssa Kavitha ANGULURI: Advanced approach in bacterial cellulose production: from the organism to the process (Dr.
Maria Gullo)
• Dott.ssa Elsa CANTADORI: Vinegar biotechnology: new tools to support the industrial research (Dr. Maria Gullo)
• Dott.ssa Alice CATTIVELLI: Bioaccessibility, bioactivity and cell metabolism of phenolic compounds from vegetable foods
(Prof. Davide Tagliazucchi)
• Dott. Vincenzo FERRANTELLI: Survey on the presence of acrylamide in European street food: optimization of analytical
procedure (Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti)
• Dott.ssa Francesca FRONGIA: Microalgae for water resources management combined with energy production systems from
renewable sources (Dr. Laura Arru; Dr. Giulio Allesina)
• Dott. Andrea GOLDONI: A multidisciplinary approach to improve the stability of vinegar-based condiments (Dr. Maria
Gullo)
• Dott.ssa Giovanna IOSCA: Sourdough’s microbial exploration and implementation of UNIMORE Microbial Culture Collection
(UMCC) (Prof. Andrea Pulvirenti; Dr. Luciana De Vero)
• Dott. Marco MARTELLI: Novel breeding approaches for the improvement of professional seed production in horticultural crops
(Prof. Enrico Francia; Dr. Justyna Milc)
• Dott.ssa Sara PIPPONZI: Characterisation of microbial endophytes, their application in symbiotic agriculture and their use for
the production of functional food (Prof. Emilio Stefani; Prof. Mauro Mandrioli)