Selected Papers [Agro-industrial waste treatment and valorization]

1- Ena A., Pintucci C., Carlozzi P. The recovery of polyphenols from olive mill waste using two adsorbing vegetable matrices. In: Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 157 pp. 573 - 577. Elsevier, 2012.

2- Carlozzi P., Scoma A., Pintucci C., Ena A. Co-production of bioH2 and biomasses rich in oil from two Rhodopseudomonas Palustris strains: 42OL and 6A. In: Clean Energy: Resources, Production and Developments. pp. 163 - 178. Aiden M. Harris (ed.). New York: Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2010.

3- Carlozzi P., Buccioni A., Minieri S., Pushparaj B., Piccardi R., Ena A., Pintucci C. Production of bio-fuels (hydrogen and lipids) through a photofermentation process. In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 101 pp. 3115 - 3120. Elsevier, 2010.

4- Carlozzi P., Pintucci C., Piccardi R., Buccioni A., Minieri S., Lambardi M. Green energy from Rhodopseudomonas palustris grown at low to high irradiance values, under fed-batch operational conditions. In: BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 32 (4) pp. 477 - 481. Springer, 2010.

5- Carlozzi P. The effect of irradiance growing on hydrogen photoevolution and on the kinetic growth in Rhodopseudomonas palustris, strain 42OL. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, vol. 34(19 pp. 7949 - 7958. Elsevier, 2009.

6- Carlozzi P., Pushparaj B., Pinzani E. Two closed-coil photobioreactors operating at high Dean number in dense algal cultures. In: Photosynthesis: Theory and Applications in Energy, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology. pp. 163 - 178. Thomas B. Buchner and Nicolas H. Ewingen (eds.). New York (USA): Nova Science, 2009.

7- Carlozzi P., Lambardi M. Fed-batch operation for bio-H2 production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris (strain 42 OL). In: RENEWABLE ENERGY, vol. 34 pp. 2577 - 2584. Elsevier, 2009.

8- Ena A., Pintucci C., Faraloni C., Torzillo G. An ecocompatible process for the depuration of wastewater from olive mill industry. In: WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 60-4 pp. 1055 - 1063. IWA Publishing, 2009.

9- Pushparaj B., Buccioni A., Paperi R., Piccardi R., Ena A., Carlozzi P., Sili C. Fatty acid composition of Antarctic cyanobacteria. In: PHYCOLOGIA, vol. 47 pp. 430 - 434. International Phycological Society, 2008.

10- Ena A., Carlozzi P., Pushparaj B., Paperi R., Carnevale S., Sacchi A. Ability of the aquatic fern Azolla to remove COD and polyphenols from olive mill wastewater. In: GRASAS Y ACEITES, vol. 58 (1) pp. 34 - 39. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de la Grasa, 2007.

Selected Papers [Bioenergy and high value products from microalgae]

Torzillo G. Giannelli L., Martinez-Roldan A.J., Verdone N., De Filippis P., Scarsella M., Bravi M. (2010). Microalgal culturing in thin-layer photobioreactors. Chem Eng Trans , 20: 265-270.

1- Chini Zittelli G., Ponis E., Parisi G., Lavista F., Robert R., Tredici M. Pavlova lutheri: Production, preservation and use as food for Crassostrea gigas larvae. In: Aquaculture, vol. 282 pp. 97 - 103. Elsevier, 2008.

2- Torzillo G., Scoma A., Faraloni C., Ena A., Johanningmeier U. Increased hydroge photoproduction by means of a sulfur-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii D1 protein mutant. In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, vol. 34 pp. 4529 - 4536. Elsevier, 2009.

3- Giannelli L., Scoma A., Torzillo G. Interplay between light intensity, chlorophyll concentration and culture mixing on the hydrogen production in sulfur-deprived Chlmaydomonas reinhardtii cultures grown in laboratory photobioreactors. In: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING, vol. 104 pp. 76 - 90. Wiley, 2009.

4- Rodolfi L., Chini Zittelli G., Bassi N., Padovani G., Biondi N., Bonini G., Tredici M. R. Microalgae for oil: strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor. In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 102-1 pp. 100 - 112. Wiley, 2009.

5- Faraloni C., Torzillo G. Phenotypic characterization and hydrogen production in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii QB binding D1 protein mutants under sulfur starvation: changes in chlorophyll fluorescence and pigment composition. In: JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, vol. 46 (4) pp. 788 - 799. Phycological Society of America, 2010.

6- Masojidek J., Kopecky J., Giannelli L., Torzillo G. Productivity correlated to photobiochemical performance of Chlorella mass cultures grown outdoors in thin-layer cascades. In: Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, vol. 38 (2) pp. 307 - 317. Springer, 2011.

7- Tredici M. R., Chini Zittelli G., Rodolfi L. Photobioreactors. In: Encyclopedia of Industrial Biotechnology: Bioprocess, Bioseparation and Cell Technology. vol. 6 pp. 3821 - 3838. Michael C. Flickinger (ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2010.

8- Tulli F., Chini Zittelli G., Giorgi G., Poli B. M., Tibaldi E., Tredici M. R. Effect of inclusion of dried Tetraselmis suecica on growth, feed utilization and fillet composition of European sea bass juveniles fed organic diets. In: WEFTA - XXXX Annual Meeting of the West European Fish Technologists Association "Seafood: getting most, serving best..." (CeSme İzmir, Turchia, 4-7 ottobre 2010). Proceedings, pp. 132 - 134. Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fisheries, Ege University, 2010.

9- Torri C., Samorì C., Adamiano A., Fabbri D., Faraloni C., Torzillo G. Preliminary investigation on the production of fuels and bio-char from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii biomass residue after bio-hydrogen production. In: Bioresource Technology, vol. 102 pp. 8707 - 8713. Elsevier, 2011.

10- Faraloni C., Ena A., Pintucci C., Torzillo G. Enhanced hydrogen production by means of sulfur-deprived Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cultures grown in pre-treated olive-mill wastewater. In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 36 (10) pp. 5920 - 5931. Pergamon Elsevier Science LTD, 2011.

11- Silva-Benavides A. M., Torzillo G. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal through laboratory batch cultures of microalga Chlorella vulgaris and cyanobacterium Planktothrix isothrix grown as monoalgal and as co-cultures. In: Journal of Applied Phycology, vol. 24 pp. 267 - 276. Springer, 2012.

12- Adessi A., Torzillo G., Baccetti E., De Philippis R. Sustained outdoor H2 production with Rhodopseudomonas palustris cultures in a 50 L tubular photobioreactor. In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 37 (10) pp. 8840 - 8849. Pergamon-Elsevier Science LTD, 2012. <

13- Scoma A., Krawietz D., Faraloni C., Giannelli L., Happe T., Torzillo G. Sustained H2 production in a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii D1 protein mutant. In: Journal of Biotechnology, vol. 157 pp. 613 - 619. Elsevier Science BV, 2012.

14- Scarsella M., Torzillo G., Cicci A., Belotti G., De Filippis P., Bravi M. Mechanical stress tolerance of two microalgae. In: Process Biochemistry, vol. 47 (11) pp. 1606 - 1614. Elsevier, 2012. [Online First 12 July 2011]

Chapters

1- Masojidek J., Torzillo G. Mass Cultivation of Freshwater Microalgae. vol. Encyclopedia of Ecology 2226-2235 p. Sven Erik Jorgensen and Brian Fath (eds.). Oxford: Elsevier, 2008.

2- Sili C., Torzillo G., Vonshak A. Arthrospira (Spirulina). In: Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time. pp. 677 - 705. Brian.A. Whitton (ed.). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012.

3- Masojidek J., Vonshak A., Torzillo G. Chlorophyll fluorescence applications in microalgal mass cultures. In: Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences: Methods and Applications. pp. 277 - 292. (Developments in Applied Phycology). Dordrecht, NL: David J. Suggett, Ondrej Prasil and Michael A. Borowitzka, 2010.

Selected Papers [Biology and physiology of photosynthetic microorganisms of industrial interest]

1- Sili C., Torzillo G., Vonshak A. Arthrospira (Spirulina). In: Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time. pp. 677 - 705. Brian.A. Whitton (ed.). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2012.

2- Bondioli P., Della Bella L., Rivolta G., Chini Zittelli G., Bassi N., Rodolfi L., Tredici M., Chiaramonti D., Casini D., Prussi M. Oil production by the marine microalgae Nannochloropsis sp. F&M-M24 and Tetraselmis suecica F&M-M33. In: Bioresource Technology, vol. 114 pp. 567 - 572. Elsevier, 2012.

3- Faraloni C., Cutino I., Petruccelli R., Leva A., Lazzeri S., Torzillo G. Chlorophyll fluorescence technique as a rapid tool for in vitro screening of olive cultivars (Olea europaea L.) tolerant to drought stress. In: Environmental and Experimental Botany, vol. 73 pp. 49 - 56. Elsevier, 2011.

4- Masojidek J., Vonshak A., Torzillo G. Chlorophyll fluorescence applications in microalgal mass cultures. In: Chlorophyll a Fluorescence in Aquatic Sciences: Methods and Applications. pp. 277 - 292. (Developments in Applied Phycology). Dordrecht, NL: David J. Suggett, Ondrej Prasil and Michael A. Borowitzka, 2010.

5- Rodolfi L., Chini Zittelli G., Bassi N., Padovani G., Biondi N., Bonini G., Tredici M. R. Microalgae for oil: strain selection, induction of lipid synthesis and outdoor mass cultivation in a low-cost photobioreactor. In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering, vol. 102-1 pp. 100 - 112. Wiley, 2009.

6- Tredici M. R., Biondi N., Chini Zittelli G., Ponis E., Rodolfi L. Advances in microalgal culture for aquaculture feed and other uses. In: New Technologies in Aquaculture. Improving production efficiency, quality and environmental management. pp. 610 - 676. Burnell Gavin and Allan Geoff (eds.). Cambridge UK: Woodhead Publishing Ltd and CRC Press LLC, 2009.

Staff [Agro-industrial waste treatment and valorization]

Agro-industrial waste treatment and valorization
Name	Topic	Position

Pietro Carlozzi	Green energies, photobioreactors	Permanent researcher
Alba Ena	Waste treatment, polyphenols	Associated researcher
Cristina Pintucci	Olive mill waste, polyphenols	Post doctoral fellow
Giulia Padovani	Photobioreactor management	Temporary researcher
Sigita Vaičiulytė		External master student
Benjamin Pushparaj	Bioactive molecules	Senior associated researcher
Edoardo Pinzani	Instrumentation assistance	Permanent technician
Giuseppe Torzillo	Biofuels, microalgae	Permanent researche

Staff [Bioenergy and high value products from microalgae]

Bioenergy and high value products from microalgae
Name	Topic	Position

Torzillo Giuseppe	Head of the Section Group leader Renewable energy (hydrogen)	Permanent researcher
Faraloni Cecilia	Growth physiology	Permanent researcher
Pietro Carlozzi	Photosynthetic bacteria	Permanent researcher
Sili Claudio	Systematics Microalgae and cyanobacteria	Associated researcher
Chini-Zittelli Graziella	Mass cultivation	Permanent researcher
Silva Margarita	Bioactive molecules	Visiting professor
Edoardo Pinzani	(Culture control and management) Mass cultivation	Permanent technician
Masojidek Jiri	Growth physiology and mass culture	Visiting prof (Bilateral project: CNR/AVCR)
Kopecky Jiri	Chemical analysis of biomass	Visiting scientist (CNR/AVCR)

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