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D071 - SCIENZE AGRARIE, ALIMENTARI E FORESTALI

Dottorandi - XXXV Ciclo

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Ph.D. Student

PIETRO BARBACCIA

 

E-mail

Pietro.barbaccia@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7542-5420

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4

Profile

- Bachelor degree in Agricultural science (L 25) at University of Palermo

- Master’s degree in Firm and Quality for the Agricultural and Food System – curriculum Management of Agri-zootechnical enterprises (LM-69) at University of Palermo

- Awarded a 3-year PhD scholarship funded by the Università degli Studi di Palermo in November 2019

Expertise

Sampling of soil; direct microbial analysis; indirect microbial analysis; chemico-physical analysis of soil samples.

Tutor

Prof. Giuseppe Lo Papa

Co-tutor

Prof. Luca Settanni

Thesis topics

Soil Microbiology; anthropogenic soils; influence of microbial population in soils created by men

Research interests

Soil microbial communities and anthropogenic soils of Sicily

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International Mobility

 

Ph.D. Student

DANIELA ANTONINA TRIPPA

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E-mail

danielaantonina.trippa@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1349-4882

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4

Profile

From 2019 to present: a PhD student at the Università degli Studi di Palermo, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences

From June 2019 to December 2019: Analysis and quality technician at ORTOGEL SPA, Caltagirone.

From January 2019 to April 2019: Winner of a 4-month research grant at Di3A (University of Catania) within the research program “Physico-chemical characterization of extracts from agro-industrial waste”, directed by Prof. Rosa Palmeri.

From June 2018 to September 2018: Winner of a 3-month research grant at Di3A within the research program "Production of extracts with a high hydroxytyrosol content by enzymatic biotransformation", directed by Prof. Rosa Palmeri.

June 2018: Part of a team winning the "Agrorà Innovation" - Call for Ideas created by the Citrus District of Sicily and the Alta Scuola Arces with support from the Coca-Cola Foundation with the 'Agragliette' project.

From October 2015- June 2017: Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology (LM-70)

Expertise

Nucleic acid extraction; PCR, LAMP methods; primer design; hplc analysis; determination of antioxidant activity and total polyphenols; Development of enzymatic assays and evaluation of enzymatic activity in selected yeast strains; Extraction and purification of bioactive components from food and non-food matrices; Chemical-physical and nutritional analyzes on food and non-food matrices.

Tutor

Prof. Francesco Paolo Marra

Co-tutor

Prof.ssa Annalisa Marchese

Thesis topics

Research of biomarkers that allow the development of early diagnostic methods in the field

Research interests

Olea europaea L.

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International Mobility

Research internship with the University of California, Davis (U.S.A.)

Ph.D. Student

LUCA GIUGA

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E-mail

luca.giuga@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3716-1196

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 5

Profile

PhD student

Expertise

Faunal surveys; micro-arthropods microscopy (e.g. phase contrast and DIC microscopes; sample preparation for SEM), sampling (eg. collecting undisturbed soil samples) and extraction (eg. Berlese–Tullgren funnel, Winkler bag) methods; essays on the effectiveness and reliability of indices of biological soil quality

Tutor

Prof.ssa Gabriella Lo Verde

Co-tutor

Prof. Luigi Badalucco

Thesis topics

Influence of different soil maintenance practices on soil micro-arthropods communities and their use as indicators of the biological quality of the soil in Mediterranean vineyards

Research interests

Soil arthropod communities (especially systematics and ecology of Collembola)

Link to publications (IRIS data-base)

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International Mobility

Departamento de Biología Ambiental, Universidad de Navarra (13/10/2021 – 15/12/2021)

Ph.D. Student

PAOLA BAMBINA

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E-mail

paola.bambina@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5551-6528

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4

Profile

  • Bachelor Degree in Agroingegneria (L-25) at the Università degli studi di Palermo;
  • Master Degree in Viticultura, Enologia e Mercati Vitivinicoli (LM-69), curriculum “Research and Development in Oenology”, at the University of Udine, Padova, Verona and Libera Università di Bolzano;
  • PhD Student (3rd year) in Agricultural, Food and Forestry Sciences

Expertise

Oenological chemistry, Targeted Metabolomics, Non-Targeted Metabolomics, 1H-NMR spectroscopy, Terroir, Soil chemistry

Tutor

Prof. Onofrio Corona

Co-tutor

Prof. Pellegrino Conte

Thesis topics

Targeted and non-targeted Metabolomics to assess the impact of soil type on the chemical composition of autochthonous Sicilian wines

Research interests

Mechanisms guiding the expression of terroir, with particular reference to soil, in red and white wines

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International Mobility

 

Ph.D. Student

 TUGCAN ALINC

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E-mail

tugcan.alinc@unipa.it

Orcid ID

ORCID

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 5

Profile

- Bachelor degree in ‘Plant Protection’ at the Çukurova University, Turkey, 2015

- Master of Science in Entomology at the Çukurova University, Turkey, 2019

 

Expertise

Applied research on trophic interactions, insect ecology and biological pest control

Tutor

Prof. Ezio Peri

Co-tutor

Prof. Stefano Colazza

Thesis topics

 

The research activities focus on the role played by beneficial soil microbe in mediating plant defenses against stink bugs

 

Research interests

Plant-insect-microbe interactions; chemical ecology; behavioural ecology; integrated pest management

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International Mobility

Research period abroad at KU Leuven (Belgium), PME&BIM Laboratory, from January 2022 to July 2022

Ph.D. Student

DAVIDE BORGIA

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E-mail

davide.borgia@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0003-1733-1458

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, entry “L”, second floor

Profile

- Bachelor degree in Agricultural Sciences (L-25) at the University of Perugia (2016)

- Master Degree in Agricultural Production (LM-69) at the University of Pisa (2019)

- Erasmus study-abroad period at the Agricultural University of Athens, Athens-Greece

- Post-degree traineeship at the Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible (CSIC), Cordoba-Spain

Expertise

Agronomy, field crops, research in intercropping; botany, geobotany

Tutor

Prof. Dario Giambalvo

Co-tutor

Prof. Alfonso Salvatore Frenda

Thesis topics

Intercropping of durum wheat and lentil for grain production in Mediterranean environments

Research interests

Professional: Agronomy, agroecology, fields crops, cereals, legumes, wheat, lentil, intercropping, soil tillage techniques

Personal: botany, systematic botany, geobotany, vegetation science, phytosociology

Link to publications (IRIS data-base)

 

International Mobility

01/2022-03/2022: INRAe Toulouse (France)

Ph.D. Student

NICOLO' AUTERI

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E-mail

nicolo.auteri@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-9690

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, entrance L, 2° Plan

Profile

- Studied at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy) where in 2019 he graduated in Forestry and Agro-Environmental Science and Technology (LM-73)

- Awarded a 3-year PhD scholarship in 2019, funded by the Università degli Studi di Palermo

Expertise

Phosphorus cycle; Phosphorus recovery techniques; Soil fertility; Erosion

Tutor

Dott. Filippo Saiano

Co-tutor

Prof. Riccardo Scalenghe

Thesis topics

The recovery of phosphorus dispersed in surface run-off water through the re-use of agricultural waste materials as fertilizer

Research interests

Identification of sustainable solutions that ensure the reduction of phosphorus losses as well as the recovery of these lost fractions

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International Mobility

Research activity at the Université de Poitiers (FR) lasting 6 months during the academic year 2020/21

Ph.D. Student CASSANDRA FUNSTEN
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E-mail cassandra.funsten@unipa.it
Orcid ID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4443-8322

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4, Entrance A

Profile

- Bachelor of Arts in “Landscape Architecture” at the University of California, Berkeley, 2005;

- Bachelor of Arts in “English” at the University of California, Berkeley, 2005;

- Master’s degree in “Agricultural productions and technologies” - “Park and garden planning and management” curriculum (LM-69), at the Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2018, graduated cum laude and awarded special mention for the thesis: “Il Giardino del Chiostro del Museo Archeologico ‘Antonino Salinas’”;

- Awarded a PhD position in Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences in 2019 with a 3-year grant financed by the Università degli Studi di Palermo.

Expertise

 

Park and garden conservation; management and tourism; landscape policy; landscape economics and valuation; social and spatial research methods and analysis tools; interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research.

 

Tutor

Prof. Emanuele Schimmenti

Co-tutor

Prof. Valeria Borsellino

Thesis topics

The economic and social sustainability of Sicilian historic gardens

Research interests

 

Social sustainability; cultural landscapes; cultural ecosystem services; non-market valuation; environmental, heritage and landscape policy; cultural landscapes and wellbeing; landscape equity, evidence-based and participatory design; human and environmental geography; quantitative/qualitative and social/spatial mixed-methods research.

 

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International Mobility

Research period abroad planned at Cardiff University (U.K.), School of Geography and Planning, date to be determined.

Ph.D. Student

ELISEO ROMA

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E-mail

eliseo.roma@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1036-7829

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4

Profile

- Studied at the University of Palermo (Italy)

- In 2017, graduated in “Agricultural Sciences and Technology” (L-25) cum laude

- In 2019, graduated in “Agricultural Productions and Technologies” (LM-69) cum laude

- Since 2019, a PhD student in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences

Expertise

Main areas of research concern the application of different remote and proximal sensing data acquisition platforms in agriculture for the discrimination and detection of different stress levels.

Tutor

Prof. Pietro Catania

Co-tutor

Prof.ssa Mariangela Vallone

Thesis topics

Precision farming and Smart Agriculture

Research interests

Precision farming and Smart Agriculture

Link to publications

(IRIS)

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International Mobility

International PhD Mobility, Erasmus +and Erasmus Traineeship at Universitat Politècnica de València UPV, Spain from September 2021 to July 2022.

Ph.D. Student

MATTEO IPPOLITO

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E-mail

matteo.ippolito@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-5000

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4 entrance L

Profile

- Graduated cum laude at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), in 2019 obtaining an MSc in Environmental Engineering (LM35);

- Started the PhD course in Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences in November, 2019, with a fellowship funded by the research project PRIN 2017 INtegrated Computer modelling and monitoring for Irrigation Planning in ITaly – INCIPIT”.

Expertise

Spatial Analysis, Satellite Image Processing, GIS and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Big data analysis with Matlab

Tutor

Prof. Giuseppe Provenzano

Co-tutor

Ing. Mario Minacapilli

Thesis topics

Irrigation management at different spatial scales and, more specifically, the estimation of actual crop evapotranspiration and crop coefficients by using remote sensing data.

Research interests

Irrigation management, environmental monitoring, climate database processing and applications of water balance models with remote sensing data

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International Mobility

Period of research activities at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y del Medio Natural of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)

Ph.D. Student

BEPPE BENEDETTO COSENTINO

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E-mail

beppebenedetto.consentino@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5539-2230

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 5

Profile

- Bachelor Degree in “Agricultural Engineering” at the Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2017

- Master Degree in “Agricultural productions and technologies” at the Università degli Studi di Palermo, 2019

Expertise

Plant propagation, biofortification of crops, herbaceous grafting, biostimulant application

Tutor

Prof. Fabio D’Anna

Co-tutor

Prof. Giuseppe Di Miceli

Thesis topics

Direct and indirect effects of biofortification on quanti-qualitative aspects of vegetable species and its interaction with other agronomic techniques

Research interests

Biofortification, biostimulant, herbaceous grafting, plant propagation

Link to publications (IRIS data-base)

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International Mobility

Research period abroad at the Agricultural University of Athens from 01/07/2021 to 30/09/2021

Ph.D. Student

SERENA SOFIA

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E-mail

serena.sofia@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5459-5914

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4 entrance H (ground floor)

Profile

- Bachelor Degree in Agro-Engineering (class L-25) at the Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 2017

- Master Degree in Forestry and Agro-Environmental Sciences and Technologies, curriculum Protection and Enhancement of the Rural Territory (class LM-73), at Università degli Studi di Palermo (Italy), 2019

Expertise

- LIDAR data processing Laboratory

- Field measurement of natural resources from innovative technologies (UAV and terrestrial LIDAR scanning) for forest planning investigations

- Estimation of the dendrometric parameter of trees by data extrapolation algorithms

Tutor

Prof. Maetzke, Federico Guglielmo

Co-tutor

Prof. La Mela Veca, Donato Salvatore

Thesis topics

“Metodologie innovative di rilievo attraverso le tecnologie LIDAR scanner terrestri per la valutazione delle risorse forestali”

Research interests

- Precision Forestry

- Lidar Remote Sensing

- Forest Management

- LIDAR data processing

Link to publications (IRIS data-base)

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International Mobility

Research internship with Universtät Hamburg, Institute of Wood

Sciences, Worldforestry (Germany)

Ph.D. Student

MARIALETIZIA PONTE

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E-mail

marialetizia.ponte@unipa.it

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-2798

Location

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 4

Profile

- Master’s degree in Firm and Quality for the Agricultural and Food System – curriculum Management of Agri-zootechnical enterprises (LM-69), awarded in July, 2019, with a thesis entitled “Natural evolution of lactic acid bacterial populations in spontaneously fermented salami from the meat of four animal species”

- Qualified as a State Board certified Agronomist and Forester in 2020;

- Awarded a 3-year PhD scholarship funded by the Università degli Studi di Palermo in November 2019

Expertise

Animal husbandry and welfare, animal nutrition, agri-zootechnical business management, agri-food quality, food microbiology

Tutor

Prof. Adriana Bonanno

Co-tutor

Prof. Antonino Di Grigoli

Thesis topics

Green and dehydrated fodder in the diet of lactating sheep: effects on the technological and functional properties of milk and cheeses (SSD AGR/19)

Research interests

Animal feeding and management factors affecting the health properties of dairy products and meat

Link to publications (IRIS database)

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International Mobility