Ph.D. students enrolled in the 37° cycle

Ph.D. students, project titles, supervisors, and academic disciplines organised by Ph.D. programme research topics:

1. AGRONOMY, HERBACEOUS CROPS, FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL GENETICS AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY

• Mattia Alpi, “Innovative agro-technical solutions in compliance with the European Green”, Supervisor: Giovanni Dinelli, AGRI-02/A;

• Vito Aurelio Cerasola, “Alternative strategy for the individuation of reflectance threshold values for dynamic management of nitrogen in vegetable crops”, Supervisor: Gianquinto Giorgio Prosdocimi;

• Xinyue Chang, “Nutritional and healthcare aspects of several flours with different rheological properties”, Supervisor: Giovanni Dinelli, AGRI-02/A ;

• Chiara Morena, “Green agricultural innovations to face food and climate crises”, Supervisor: Cesare Accinelli, AGRI-02/A;

• Elena Pagani, “Innovative cropping systems for integrated production of industrial oil and food”, Supervisor: Andrea Monti, AGRI-02/A;

• Pietro Peroni, “Rooting assessment of lignocellulosic crops for phytoremediation”, Supervisor: Andrea Monti, AGRI-02/A;

• Xinying Zeng, “Use of genetic resources and genomics for wheat resilience genetic improvement”, Supervisor: Roberto Tuberosa, AGRI-06/A;

• Veronica Zuffi, “Myco-conversion of agricultural wastes into new bioproducts to improve the biodiversity of agricultural ecosystem”, Supervisor: Ornella Francioso, AGRI-06/B;

2. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES

• Steve Borchardt, “Identification of solutions, transformation pathways and technological key-enablers for SDGs achievement”, Supervisor: Matteo Vittuari, AGRI-01/A;

• Valentina Guerrieri, “Methods and tools for the integrated sustainability assessment of Mediterranean agri-food systems”, Supervisor: Matteo Vittuari, AGRI-01/A;

• Giulia Magnano, “The fight against labour exploitation within the biological agri-food sector as a driver of social innovation within EU sustainable framework", Supervisor: Luca Falasconi, AGRI-01/A;

• Anna Niero, “Sustainability assessment methodologies for city regions food systems”, Supervisor: Matteo Vittuari, AGRI-01/A;

• Giacomo Packer, “The fight against labour exploitation within the biological agri-food sector as a driver of social innovation within EU sustainable framework”, Supervisor: Cesare Zanasi, AGRI-01/A;

• Valentina Suprani, “Evaluating costs and benefits from monitoring and improving animal welfare and biosecurity in pig farms through the ClassyFarm system and its metrics”, Supervisor: Massimo Canali, AGRI-01/A;

3. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

• Michele Galiano, “Microorganisms for biohydrogen production in the dark”, Supervisor: Diana Di Gioia, AGRI-08/A;

• Lubin Guan, “The use of translatome in the plant – pathogen interaction study”, Supervisor: Elena Baraldi, AGRI-05/B;

• Andrea Morsolin, “Management of the artificial hydrographic network for the improvement of water quality”, Supervisor: Livia Vittori Antisari, AGRI-06/C;

4. AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ECONOMICS AND POLICY

• Gabriella Nunzia Fasolino, “Clusters, cooperation and networking for the development of the Bioeconomy”, Supervisor: Davide Viaggi, AGRI-01/A;

• Oluseyi Olagunju Kehinde, “Behavioural economics for the analysis of the agri-food sector in Northern Ireland”, Supervisor: Maurizio Canavari, AGRI-01/A;

• Nidhi Raina, “Evaluation of collective and result-based agri-environmental policy measures”, Supervisor: Davide Viaggi, AGRI-01/A;

• Giacomo Maria Rinaldi, “Role of education and organizational forms for Bioeconomy innovation systems”, Supervisor: Davide Viaggi, AGRI-01/A;

• Costanza Romanelli, “Economic evaluation of policy measures for animal welfare and biosecurity in animal breeding, and their effect on the reduction of antimicrobial resistance in the environment and along the food supply chain”, Supervisor: Maurizio Aragrande, AGRI-01/A;

• Marta Verza, “Eco-efficiency evaluation of Italian crop farming systems: A path for improved sustainable practices and reduced environmental pressures”, Supervisor: Luca Camanzi, AGRI-01/A;

5. AGRICULTURAL ENTOMOLOGY

• Diletta Missere, “Biocontrol of Diptera in agro-food industries”, Supervisor: Antonio Martini, AGRI-05/A;

6. AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

• Leonardo Angelucci, “Synthesis of operating cycles of agricultural tractors using CANBUS data”, Supervisor: Michele Mattetti, AGRI-04/B;

• Carlos Alejandro Perez Garcia, “Smart systems for precision agriculture and livestock farming”, Supervisor: Stefano Benni, AGRI-04/C;

7. FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Federico Baris, “Studies on the mechanisms involved in the colour expression and stability of Italian roseè wines”, Supervisor: Fabio Chinnici, AGRI-07/A;

• Gebremedhin Gebremariam Gebremical, “Applications of cold atmospheric plasma, as green technology, for food shelf life extension and waste reduction”, Supervisor: Pietro Rocculi, AGRI-07/A;

• Cesare Ravagli, “Technological, sensory and nutritional assessment of eco-friendly food lipids”, Supervisor: Maria Caboni, AGRI-07/A;

• Guanghao Wang, “Exploring the influence of redox chemistry as driver in precision winemaking”, Supervisor: Andrea Versari, AGRI-07/A;

8. ANIMAL SCIENCE

• Matteo Bolner, “Applied genomics for sustainable animal production systems”, Supervisor: Luca Fontanesi, AGR/17

• Clara Negrini, “Effectiveness of an improved form of Zinc Oxide as source of nutritional Zinc in maintaining the gut health and its impact on the growth performance of piglets”, Supervisor: Paolo Trevisi, AGRI-09/B;

• Ines Vinado Garcia, “Temporal stability of gut microbiota in pigs”, Supervisor: Paolo Trevisi, AGRI-09/B;

• Sara Virdis, “Role of feeding strategies in modulating growth, gut functional development and health of weaned piglets”, Supervisor: Paolo Trevisi, AGRI-09/B;

9. TREE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, FRUIT, FOREST AND ORNAMENTAL TREES AND GRAPE

• Arleen Rodriguez Declet , “Effects and mechanisms of action of aluminum stress in Vitis spp. in intercropped viticultural systems under agroecological management”, Supervisor: Adamo Domenico Rombolà, AGRI-03/A;

10. WATER-FOOD-ENERGY-SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NEXUS

• Francesco Chioggia, “Nature based solutions for polluted water treatment and reuse in agricultural irrigation”, Supervisor: Attilio Toscano, AGRI-04/A;

• Francesco De Sario, “Investigation on the determinants of wheat-pathogen interaction towards increased sustainability of agricultural systems”, Supervisor: Marco Maccaferri, AGRI-06/A;

• Elettra Frassineti, “Medicinal and aromatic plants as innovative and sustainable approach for phytoremediation of polluted soils”, Supervisor: Ilaria Marotti, AGRI-02/A;

• Celeste Lazzarini, “Production and analytical characterization of new and traditional foods: focus on sustainability”, Supervisor: Tullia Gallina Toschi, AGRI-07/A.