PhD 2024-2027 - 40th Cycle | Industrial Biotechnologies

The 40th PhD cycle in Biotechnology has started on Nov 1, 2024 and will end on Oct 31, 2027.

Board of teachers:

Members of the Federico II University

Angela Arciello Characterization of antimicrobial peptides to be applied in food and cosmeceutical fields		Eugenio Notomista Identification, production and characterization of Host Defence Peptides (HDP)
Viola Calabrò Natural metabolites from plants and fungi: characterization of their biological activities for nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical industry		Giorgia Oliviero Design and synthesis of oligonucleotides and analogues to be used for the obtainment of new biomaterials and the development of bioprobes for theranostics applications (read more)
Pasquale Chiaiese Plant and microalgae biotechnology for environmental remediation and food biofortification		Ermenegilda Parrilli Biofilm of Antarctic marine Bacteria as a tool for biotechnologies
Gabriella Fiorentino (Hyper)Thermophiles-inspired molecular strategies to address environmental pollution with biotechnological approaches		Francesco Pennacchio Understanding the mechanisms that underlie the impact of environmental stress factors on honey bee immunocompetence, to set the ground for developing targeted biotechnologies to reduce colony losses
C. Valeria L. Giosafatto Production and characterization of environmentally friendly bioplastiscs from renewable sources		Cinzia Pezzella Integrated biorefineries for the valorization of wastes and designing of microbial cell-factories for their conversion in bio-based products
Rachele Isticato Biotechnological applications of halophilic microbes and their functionalization for sustainable agriculture		Alessandra Piscitelli Isolation, characterization and engineering of fungal self-assembling protein biosurfactants, exploitable in (nano)materials functionalization
Loredana Mariniello Biopolimers from wastes as components of edible films to be applied in the food industry for a sustainable development		David Turrà Comprehension of how environmental signals (chemical/physical) are transduced in fungal cells and impact the physiology, infectivity and interaction of soil-borne plant pathogenic fungi with the plant host and/or the associated microbiome
Antonio Marzocchella Development of bioprocesses - see webpage (link) for details		Piero Salatino Development of advanced bioconversion units - see webpage (link) for details
Daria Maria Monti Use of microalgae as a source of high added value molecules. A biorefinery approach will be used and the isolated molecules biologically characterized		Maria Luisa Tutino Exploiting the industrial use of unconventional Antarctic bacteria as host for recombinant production of difficult proteins
		Raffaele Velotta Electrochemical and optical biosensors for environmental monitoring, food safety, and medical diagnostics

Foreign members
Cesar De La Fuente Nunez		Adam Macierzanka
Carlos Fontes		Reynaldo Villalonga Santana
Angharad M. R. Gatehouse		Lars Rehmann

Educational Offer reserved to PhD students of the 40th cycle. (Courses provided to PhD students of the 40th cycle over three years)

Notices and communications from teachers will be published on the dedicated page (Notices)

Borse di Ateneo

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	Arena Mariateresa	Methanotrophic fermentation for methanol and chemical production	A. Marzocchella R. Francesca

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	Dzhambazova Ivelina Ivaylova	Advanced next-generation cell factories for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomasses into high-value bioproducts	C. Pezzella

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	Gentile Maria Chiara	Biotechnological Application of Bacteria and Their Functionalization for Sustainable Agriculture	R. Isticato

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	Levorato Luca Livio	Nanotechnology-Driven Biosensor for Allergen Monitoring in the Food Chain	R. Velotta

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	Piccolo Erika	Self-Fibrillating Antimicrobial Peptides: A New Frontier in Surface Functionalization to Prevent Infections	A. Arciello

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	Vitale Armando	Understanding the Role of Pheromone signalling system in Fusarium oxysporum Host Perception and Response	D. Turrà S. Vitale

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Borse PNRR DM630

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	Student	Project	Tutor
	Apuzzo Gennaro Antonio	Valorization of Agri-Food Waste for Nutraceutical and Functional Ingredients Production in a Technology Transfer and Company Creation Perspective	M. L. Tutino G. Preite Martinez
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	Musella Federica	Molecular strategies inspired by (hyper)thermophilic microorganisms to counter environmental pollution with biotechnological approaches	G. Fiorentino

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	Scotto D'Apollonia Sara	Microalgae as a sustainable solution for modern agriculture	D. M. Monti M. M. Monti

	This PhD scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Giulio Regeni
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Borse MARIE-CURIE 'ARCHTEC'

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	Bermejo i Cuadros Joan	Structural elucidation of archaeal exopolysaccharides and identification of candidate enzymes involved in glycans modification	M. Moracci A. Strazzulli

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PhD 2024-2027 - 40th Cycle

Educational Offer reserved to PhD students of the 40th cycle. (Courses provided to PhD students of the 40th cycle over three years)

Borse di Ateneo

Borse PNRR DM630

Borse MARIE-CURIE 'ARCHTEC'

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