Position held
November 2022-currently Research fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences - DISTAL (University of Bologna, campus of Cesena). Main activities and responsibilities: European Union’s Horizon 2020 project "FOODLAND - FOOD and Local, Agricultural and Nutritional Diversity" (Grant agreement n. 862802, https://foodland-africa.eu/).
Education and Training
April 2022 PhD in Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences and Technologies (University of Bologna), research topic Food Science and Biotechnology, Cycle XXXIV, presenting the thesis entitled: “Innovative Strategies for the Mitigation of Acrylamide Content in Different Food Products” (Supervisor: Prof. S. Romani, Co-Tutor: Dr. S. Tappi).
September 2020-March 2021 international mobility experience at Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, The Netherlands) participating in the Erasmus+ and Marco Polo mobility programmes (Supervisor: Prof. V. Fogliano).
October 2018 Master's Degree in Food Science and Technology (University of Bologna) with the experimental thesis: "Effect of the use of innovative treatments on the reduction of acrylamide content in potato chips" (Supervisor: Prof. S. Romani, Co-tutors: Dr. S. Tappi and Dr. J. Genovese). Evaluation obtained 110/110 with honors.
February-June 2017 University exchange with the European Erasmus+ mobility program at the Facultat de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació, University of Barcelona, Spain.
October 2016 Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology (University of Bologna) with the experimental thesis "Study for the obtainment of dried apples slices enriched with β-Glucan” (Supervisor: Prof. S. Romani, Co-tutor: Dr. Urszula Tylewicz). Evaluation obtained 110/110 with honors.
July 2013 High school graduation at Commercial Technical Institute for Surveyors I.T.C.G. "A. Oriani", Faenza (RA), Italy. Evaluation obtained 100/100.
Professional experiences
June 2022-July 2023 Organising Committee Junior of the LatinLAB project, coordinated by the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL) of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (https://site.unibo.it/latinlab/en).
November 2018-currently Teaching support in the Masters’ degree programme in Food Technology and in the Master's degree programme in Food Science and Technology at the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Cesena, Italy).
November 2021-October 2022 Research fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL) of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Cesena, Italy). Main activities and responsibilities: European Union’s Horizon 2020 project "NewTechAqua - New technologies Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture" (Grant agreement n. 862658, https://www.newtechaqua.eu/).
September 2020-March 2021 Teaching support in the Master’ degree programme Food Quality and Design at the Wageningen University & Research (Wageningen, Netherlands).
March-April 2018 Curricular internship (100 h) at Tulips S.r.l.s., startup of online grocery, Cesena (FC), Italy.
September 2017 Laboratory assistant at the final stage of the Gelato World Tour, in collaboration with “Gelato University” (Carpigiani - Ali S.r.l.) and SIGEP, Rimini (RN), Italy.
February-March 2016 Curricular internship (125 h) at Natura Nuova S.r.l., company leader on processing and marketing of fruit and vegetable smoothies, Bagnacavallo (RA), Italy.
August-September 2014 Control officer at the packaging department of Leone s.r.l., manufacturer of disposable articles for HHCA and GDO sectors, Lugo (RA), Italy.
Courses and Seminars
2023 Pruduction and consumption of processed vegetable foods summer school, 26-30 June (Bertinoro, FC, Italy).
2023 English course at CEFR level C1 (30 h), organised by Associazione per lo sviluppo della cultura Aps, Università degli adulti (Lugo, RA, Italy).
2022 Use of DSC (8 h), MDSC (3 h), TGA and STD (6 h), DMA (7 h), organised by TA instruments (webinar).
2021 Use of Python (16 h) organised by Francesco Bagattini (webinar).
2020 Data Analysis and Visualisation Tools course (60 h) organised by ASSOFORM Romagna S.c.a r.l., BIG DATA project edition 2 (Regione Emilia-Romagna) (webinar).
2019 Pulsed Electric Field School, 6th edition, 3-7 June, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Cesena (FC), Italy.
2018 English course at CEFR level B2 (50 h), organised by Centro Linguistico di Ateneo Alma Mater - University of Bologna (Cesena, Italy).
2017 Spanish course at CEFR level B1 (20 h), organised by Estudios Hispánicos of theUniversitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
2015 Basic gelato making course (40 h), organised by Gelato University, Carpigiani group - Ali Group s.r.l., as part of the Food Science and Technology degree programme (Anzola dell'Emilia, BO, Italy).
Conferences
2022 International Conference on Food Chemistry & Technology (FCT), 8th edition, 12-14 October, Roma, Italy and online. Oral and poster presentation.
2021 International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction (IMARS-14), 14th edition, 20-24 September, Doha, Qatar (online). Poster presentation.
2021 1st Virtual Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology (organised by University of Palermo), XXV edition, 14-15 September, Palermo (PA), Italia (online). Oral presentation.
2020 Agro Food international scientific conference (organised by University of Rzeszowski), 19 November, Rzeszów, Poland (online). Partecipation.
2019 EFFoST International Conference (organised by Wageningen University & Research), 33rd edition, 12-14 November, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Oral and poster presentation.
2019 Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology (oganised by University of Florence), XXIV edition, 11-13 September, Firenze (FI), Italia. Poster presenation.
2018 International Conference on Foodomics (organised by University of Bologna), 5th edition, 10-12 January, Cesena (FC), Italy. Partecipation.
Awards
- What for Award 2021 (organized by Federalimentare and the Italian Network of the PhD courses in Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology) received during the 1st Telematic Workshop on the Development in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science Technology and Biotechnology (September 14-15, 2021). The award was given to the presentation of the PhD project entitled “Innovative Strategies for the Mitigation of Acrylamide Content in Different Food Products” (Supervisor: Prof. S. Romani, Co-Tutor: Dr. S. Tappi).
- Selected finalist at Coimbra Group 3 Minute Thesis Competition 2020 among over 60 applications from 27 different doctoral courses at the University of Bologna edition, presenting of the PhD project entitled "Effect of innovative pre-treatments on the mitigation of acrylamide formation in potato chips" (Supervisor: Prof. S. Romani, Co-Tutor: Dr. S. Tappi).
- MSc Student of the Year Award 2019 received during the 33rd EFFoST International Conference (November 12-14, 2019, Rotterdam, The Netherlands). The award was given to the poster presentation of the work entitled "Effect of innovative pre-treatments on the mitigation of acrylamide formation in potato chips" (Authors: M. A. Schouten, S. Tappi, J. Genovese, A. Di Francesco, E. Baraldi, M. Cortese, G. Caprioli, S. Angeloni, S. Vittori, S. Romani).
