Subject Area
Chemical Oceanography
Pollution
Activities
Responsible for the laboratory UTPRA-GEOC, of the ENEA network contacts for International projects;
Responsible in ENEA for contracts on stability studies of IRMM certified reference materials: BCR 477, BCR 462, BCR 710, BCR 483-484, BCR 701, BCR 605;
Director and lecturer of the course "Analysis of organic pollutants in environmental matrices" organized at the ENEA CR Casaccia, 2012;
Lecturer of post graduate University courses:
- "Protection and management of the marine environment and remediation of contaminated sites", Kore University, Enna
- "Chemical Analysis and Quality Control", University La Sapienza, Rome
Research Projects
2012-2016 - “RITMARE- La ricerca italiana per il mare” (Progetti Bandiera). Responsabile dell’Unità Operativa SP3_WP4_AZ4_UO03 - Modellistica della migrazione di contaminanti in acque costiere;
2011-2014 - “ECOINNOVAZIONE SICILIA” , intervento pilota nei settori del sostenibilità di sistemi produttivi con applicazioni nei settori delle Apparecchiature Elettroniche e della Plastica e del Turismo sostenibile. o Responsabile del TASK 2.3.5: Turismo sostenibile, Risorsa mare: monitoraggio delle acque costiere;
2012-2014 - “CARISMA”, Caratterizzazione (chimico fisica ecotossicologica) ed Analisi RIschio ecologico di biocidi antivegetativi nel Sud del Mar Adriatico: Programma di Cooperazione Scientifica e Tecnologica tra Italia e Albania;
2005-2009 - “TBTIMPACTS”, Assessing impacts of TBT on multiple coastal uses, Finanziato dalla CE in ambito del FP6 INCO;
2000-2004: “OTSAFE”, Sources, consumer exposure and risks of organotin contamination in seafood, Finanziato dalla CE in ambito del FP5-LIFE QUALITY.
Skills
Development of analytical methods for the determination and speciation of organic compounds of environmental concern (POPs, biocides, organo-metallic compounds, priority pollutants) through the use of hyphenated techniques (GC-MS, GC-FPD, GC-ECD);
Antifouling compounds and their environmental fate;
Innovative techniques for environmental monitoring: passive sampling of organic and inorganic compounds in aqueous matrices;
Analytical data quality and certified reference materials studies;
Study of the mobility of inorganic contaminants in environmental matrices using procedures based on a kinetic approach and procedures based on fractionation, such as sequential extractions.
