Food science and technology

Food formulation, processing, emerging and mild technologies, packaging, sustainability, quality management, certification and shelf-life. Chemical analysis, physical, sensory properties of food. Quality, safety and authenticity aspects. By-products valorization, use of additives and residues.

Keywords: Analysis, Antioxidants, Authenticity, Beverages, Composition, Food, Functionality, Microstructure, Oils, Packaging, Processing, Quality, Sensory, Sustainability, Wine.

Main research fields

Technologies and Innovative Processing

Production of oils, cereal-based, meat, dairy products and emulsions, mild and cold formulations
Sustainable and innovative technologies for smart winery 4.0 and vegetable fermented beverages
New extracts (e.g. Cannabis Sativa, Curcuma Longa L.) and by-products exploitation
Pulsed electric fields, gas plasma, ultrasounds and oil mills on lab, pilot and industrial scale
Packaging and processing to reduce toxicants (e.g. acrylamide), allergens (SO₂) and mycotoxins

Instrumental and Sensory Analysis of Food and Beverages

Innovative, rapid, targeted and non-targeted methods of analysis to control the quality of food of animal, vegetable origin, fruit juices, wine and beer
Measure of water mobility, physical, microstructural properties, shelf-life (accelerated aging and math modelling) and modification induced by processing (quality markers)
Sensory analysis, profile sheets and reference materials to study quality and preference
Activities of the Professional Committee of Olive Oils Tasters

People

Silvia Arduini

PhD Student

keywords: Grappa spirit, Brandy, Authentication, Spirit drinks, HPLC, GC-MS, GC-FID, Aging, Wine

Alessandra Bendini

Associate Professor

keywords: Sensory analysis, Antioxidant activity, Phenolic compounds, Virgin olive oil quality, Chromatographic analysis, Lipid

Erica Bensmail

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Stefano Benvenuti

Associate Professor

keywords: Agroecosystem biodiversity, Agronomic weed control, Weed soil seed bank, Medicinal crops, Urban wild flora, Green roofs

Maria Caboni

Full Professor

keywords: chromatography, phospholipid, antioxidant, lipid, oxidation

Fabio Chinnici

Associate Professor

keywords: Beverages, Enology, HPLC, Food Technology, Food Analysis, GC-MS, Vinegar, Beer, Fermented Beverages, Phenolics, Aroma

Marco Dalla Rosa

Full Professor

keywords: water in foods, Computer aided image analysis, antioxidants, minimally processing of fruit and vegetables, coffee

Michele D'Ostuni

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Urban Agriculture, Integrated hydroponic systems, Sustainable urban planning, Building-integrated Agriculture

Tullia Gallina Toschi

Full Professor

keywords: lipid oxidation and antioxidants, food and functional food, virgin olive oil, sensory analysis, food waste recovery,

Gebremedhin Gebremariam Gebremical

Research fellow

keywords: Food rheology, emerging technology, Functionalization , sorption kinetics, thermal properties, texture

Giulio Giannini

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

Mario Guida

PhD Student

Teaching tutor

keywords: BY-PRODUCTS, BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS, EXTRACTION TECHNIQUES

Sona Hajiyeva

PhD Student

Giuseppe Mancuso

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Wastewater treatment, Water reclamation

Carlo Mengucci

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: Machine Learning, Multivariate Models, Metabolomics, NMR Spectrometry

Dario Mercatante

Research fellow

Teaching tutor

keywords: Lipid oxidation and antioxidants, Composition and stability of food lipids, Formulation, characterization and stability

Afsaneh Nematpour

Research fellow

Giuseppina Paola Parpinello

Associate Professor

keywords: Wine and beverages, Chemical analysis, Sensory evaluation, Exploitation of by-products in enology

Carla Pezzuoli

Research fellow

Elisa Quaranta

PhD Student

Arianna Ricci

Fixed-term Researcher in Tenure Track L. 79/2022

keywords: Oenology; oenological techniques; bioactive compounds; polyphenols; antioxidants; food waste recovery; climate change

Pietro Rocculi

Associate Professor

keywords: Minimally processed food, Novel non-thermal processing, Modified atmosphere processing and packaging, Food processing,

Maria Teresa Rodriguez Estrada

Associate Professor

keywords: Quality, stability and analysis of food, Lipid oxidation and antioxidants, Composition and stability of food lipids,

Santina Romani

Associate Professor

keywords: Food processing and quality, Food packaging, Innovative and sustainable packaging (edible coating, active,

Giulia Salvatori

PhD Student

Maria Alessia Schouten

Research fellow

keywords: Food technology, Food packaging, Shelf-life study, Acrylamide, Rheology, Edible coating, Valorisation of agro-food

Marco Spiga

PhD Student

keywords: Functional beers, Nab/Lab Beers, Bioactive compounds, Oenology, Oenological techniques, Climate change

Claudia Troisi

PhD Student

Matilde Tura

Junior assistant professor (fixed-term)

keywords: olive oil, hemp seed oil, liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, sensory analysis, food technologies

Urszula Tylewicz

Associate Professor

keywords: non-thermal technologies, Pulsed electric fields (PEF), ultrasound (US), waste and By-products valorisation, Thermal

Enrico Valli

Associate Professor

keywords: chemical analysis, chromatography, olive oils, sensory analysis, by-products, food technologies

Ester Maria Vasini

Research fellow

keywords: NMR spectroscopy

Andrea Versari

Full Professor

keywords: enology, sustainability, beverages shelf-life, bioactive antioxidant, polyphenolic compounds, byproduct and waste from