Projects

E-M@S: E-Mining@school

Funded by: EIT Raw Materials | European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
Grant: 409.000 €
Year: 2018
Role: Leader of the unit “Università degli Studi di Trento” with a grant of 48.000 €. Project coordinator: dr. Milena Bigatto, Hub Innovazione Trentino S.c.a.r.l. (HIT), Trento, Italy.


VALORVITIS 2.0 – La ricerca e l’innovazione incontrano il mercato – Research and innovation meet the market

Funded by: Fondazioni in rete per la ricerca agroalimentare – Progetto Ager agroalimentare e ricerca
Grant: 100.000 €
Year: 2018
Role: Leader of the scientific research unit “Università degli Studi di Trento” with a grant of 15.000 €. Project scientific coordinator: Prof. Giorgia Spigno, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza, Italy.


ERiCSol – Energia rinnovabile e combustibili solari – Renewable energy and solar fuels

Funded by: University of Trento
Grant: 162.000 €
Year: 2018
Role: Participant. Coordinator of the project: Prof. Antonio Miotello, Physics Department, University of Trento, Italy.


Industrial Research Project: Industrial-scale production of oil enriched in omega-3 fats from processing waste of Trentino trout.

Funded by the private companies: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto and ASTRO , Via Galilei 43, 38015 Lavis, Trento, Italy
Research grant: 117.000 €
Year: 2015
Role: Partner researcher. Scientific project coordinator: prof. Graziano Guella, Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy.


Industrial Research Project: Research and development of hydrothermal processes applied to sewage sludge

Funded by the private company: Atzwanger S.p.A.
Research grant: 29.000 € + VAT
Year: 2015
Role: Scientific project coordinator together with prof. Gianni Andreottola, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy.


Industrial Research Project: Hydrothermal carbonization of waste from MSW management.

Funded by: Contarina S.p.A., via Vittorio Veneto 6, 31027 Lovadina di Spresiano (TV), Italy
Research grant: 39.000 € + VAT
Year: 2014
Role: main responsible researcher


Industrial Research Project: Enrichment in omega-3 fatty acids of raw fish oil extracted from trout processing by-products.

Funded by the Autonomous Province of Trento – L.P. 6/99 and the association ASTRO, Via Galilei 43, 38015 Lavis, Trento (TN), Italy
Research grant: 42.000 € + VAT
Year: 2013
Role: Scientific coordinator of the research project


VALORVITIS – Valorisation of the wine industry by-products for the production of high-added value compounds

Funded by: Fondazioni in rete per la ricerca agroalimentare – Progetto Ager agroalimentare e ricerca
Research grant: 870.000 €
Year: 2011
Role: Leader of the scientific research unit “Università degli Studi di Trento, Dipartimento Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale” whose research grant is 85.000 €.
Scientific coordinator of the research program: Prof. Dante Marco De Faveri, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza, Italy


Valorization of exhausted grape marc at a local and trans-national level: cooperation for its utilization as a source of energy and foodstaff

Funded by: Federation of the Trentino cooperatives
Research grant: 36.000 €
Year: 2009
Role: main responsible researcher


Industrial Research Project: Feasibility study for the recovery of omega-3 from fish processing waste

Funded by the association: ASTRO, Via Galilei 43, 38015 Lavis, Trento (TN), Italy
Research grant: 36.000 € + VAT
Year: 2009
Role: main responsible researcher


BIOMASFOR – Potentialities, technological and energetic innovations for the sustainable utilization of forest biomass in Trentino

Funded by the private company: Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trento e Rovereto
Research grant: 260.000 €
Year: 2009
Role: partner researcher. Scientific project coordinator: dr. Nicola Laporta, Edmund Mach Foundation – Istituto Agrario di San Michele all’Adige


Combined use of supercritical CO2 and ethanol to recover valuable compounds from residues by the food-processing industry and from officinal plants

Funded by: Autonomous Province of Trento
Research grant: 50.000 €
Year: 2007
Role: main responsible researcher