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Claudio Ciavatta

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGR/13 Agricultural Chemistry

Research

Keywords: Soil chemistry and biochemistry Soil fertility Fertilisers Organic matter Humic substances Organic-based fertilisers Use and recycling of agro-industrial biosolids Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) Mineralisation of organic N Phosphates Chromium in soil-plant system



His scientific activity is focused on soil chemistry and biochemistry and mainly includes research on the aspects of the characterization of the soil's humic and humic-like substances, of organic fertilizers, compost and of the waste biomasses with both agronomical and environmental implications. The main objective is to increase structural and functional knowledge on the organic matter because it plays a key role in supplying plant nutrition, on adsorption of heavy metals and xenobiotics. Researches are carried out using chromatographic (IEF, SEC-Page), potentiometric, termogravimetric (TG), differential thermal analysis DTA), spectroscopic techniques DRIFT, 1H-, 13C-NMR, Raman-SERS, and elemental analyzer (CHN) equipped with isotopic 15N and 13C.
Prof. Ciavatta is author of more than 200 publications most of which published in international and peer-reviewed journals.