PERSONAL INFORMATION Barbara Scaglia

University of Milan
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Production, Landscape, Agroenergy-DISAA
Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy

+39 0250316535 +39 3496310141

Barbara.scaglia@unimi.it

https://expertise.unimi.it/get/person/barbara-scaglia

Sex Female | Date of birth 03/09/1973 | Nationality Italian


Enterprise University EPR
☐ Management Level
☐ Full professor
☐ Research Director and 1st level Technologist / First Researcher and 2nd level Technologist / Principal Investigator
☐ Mid-Management Level
☒ Associate Professor
☐ Level III Researcher and Technologist

☐ Employee / worker level
☐ Researcher and Technologist of IV, V, VI and VII level / Technical collaborator ☐ Researcher and Technologist of IV, V, VI and VII level / Technical collaborator


WORK EXPERIENCE

From April 2019 Associate Professor
University of Milan, DISAA
▪ Research: valorisation of agri-food by-product to produce biostimulant and biopesticides
▪ Teaching (Courses: Use and recycling of agro-food biomasses; Valorisation of biomasses in agriculture and environmental impact; environmental Laboratory)

From April 2016 to March 2019 Senior Researcher
University of Milan, DISAA
▪ Research: extraction of high added molecules for cosmetic and nutraceutical sectors
▪ Teaching: (Courses: Use and recycling of agro-food biomasses; Use and recycling of biomasses in agriculture; Environmental Laboratory)
From October 2012 to September 2015 Junior Researcher
University of Milan, DISAA
▪ Research: valorisation of agro-food residues, development of cascade re-use system.
▪ Teaching: (Courses: Use and recycling of agro-food biomasses; Use and recycling of biomasses in agriculture)
From January 2002 to March 2016 Post Doc Researcher
University of Milan, DISAA
▪ Research: biological stability of biomass, composting and anaerobic digestion processes; agronomic use of biomasses; biomass impacts (odour, pathogen, etc..)
▪ Teaching: (seminaries and graduate assistant teaching)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

From 2000 to 2005 PhD in Agriculture Ecology
University of Milan
“The use of chemical-biological parameters to define the dynamic quality of soils”
▪ 5-year degree in Biological Sciences
From 1993 to 1998 ▪ University of Milan

WORK ACTIVITIES


Editorial activity Editorial Board of the Journal of Waste Water Treatment & Analysis. OMICS Publishing Group -2010.
Reviewer for more than 20 WoS journals.

Grants Last five years:
2022-2024 Co-PI: Biorefinery approach in recovering vegetal fruit wastes producing high added value products in a circular economy frame”. INDIA-ITALY JOINT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION CALL FOR JOINT PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR THE YEARS 2021-2023; Euro 177,000 (3 Y).

2021-22 PI: "Tomatine-based biopesticed production using the tomato cannery waste as feedstock-BRIO" –Call Seed; University of Milan, Euro 29,500 (1 Y).

2021-22 PI: "Development of auxin-like biostimulant from digestate to increase rice salt tolerance -Auxin-like bioStimulantS dIgeSTion sAliNity riCE -ASSISTANCE. Call PSR of DISAA, University of Milan, Euro 14,800 (1 Y).

2017-2019 UNIMI Responsible, project: ”GREEN FASHION – Development of a Platform for the production of low impact environmental products destined to the Beauty Fashion sector” BEAUTY FASHION”- Call POR FESR-Lombardy Region, EURO 220,000 (2 Y).

2015-2017 PI : “Integrated algae based biorefinery from renewable carbon sources to produce high value products” Call Circular Economy: research for a Sustainable future-Cariplo Foundation; E 175,000 (2 Y).

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Italian
Other language(s) English (B1)

Job-related skills Analytical biomass skills (metabolite, functional molecules); chemiometrics tools

Digital skills IBM – SPSS; AMDIS - Agilent fiehn metabolomics Database; Enhanced Data Analysis-Agilent Technologies

Other skills Biomass characterisation, biorefinery development, green technology use

Publications
total number of publications in peer-review journals 67
total number of citations 2374
H index 30




1. Scaglia et al. 2000. New rules for the design of composting plants and compost quality in the Regione Lombardia (North Italy). Biocycle, 4, 80-82.
2. Scaglia et al. 2000. Respiration Index Determination: a dynamic and static approach. Compost Science & Utilization, 8 (2), 90-98.
3. Genevini et al. 2002. Evolution of humic and core-humic during high-rate composting of pig faeces amended with wheat straw. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 48 (2), 135-141.
4. Genevini et al. 2002. Qualitative modification of humic acid and core-humic acid during high-rate composting of pig faeces amended with wheat straw. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 48 (2), 143-150.
5. Scaglia et al. 2007. Precision determination for The Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate (SOUR) method used for biological stability evaluation on compost and biostabilized. Bioresource Technology, 98, 706-713.
6. Scaglia and Adani. 2008. An index for quantifying the aerobic reactivity of municipal solid wastes and derived waste products. Science of the Total Environment, 394, 183-191.
7. Scaglia and Adani. 2009. Biodegradability of soil water soluble organic carbon extracted from seven different soils. Journal of Environmental Sciences. vol. 21, No 5-6.
8. Confalonieri et al. 2009. Analysis of sample size for variables related to plant, soil, and soil microbial respiration in a paddy rice field. Field Crops Research, 113, 125–130.
9. Pognani et al. 2009. Substituting energy crops with organic fraction of municipal solid waste for biogas production at farm level: A full-scale plant study. Process Biochemistry, 44 , 817–821.
10. Schievano et al. 2009. Prediction of biogas potentials using quick laboratory analyses: Upgrading previous models for application to heterogeneous organic matrices. Bioresource Technology, 100, 5777–5782.
11. Scaglia et al. 2010. Estimating biogas production of biologically treated municipal solid waste Bioresource Technology, 101, 945–952.
12. Tambone et al. F. 2010. Assessing amendment and fertilizing properties of digestates from anaerobic digestion through a comparative study with digested sludge and compost. Chemosphere, 81, 577-583.
13. Borin et al. 2010. Rock weathering creates oases of life in a High Arctic desert. Environmental Microbiology, 12(2), 293-303.
14. Pognani et al. 2010. Monitoring the organic matter properties in a combined anaerobic/aerobic full-scale municipal source-separated waste treatment plant. Bioresource Technology, 101(17), 6873–6877.
15. Papa et al. 2010. Micropore surface area of alkali-soluble plant macromolecules (humic acids) drives their decomposition rates in soil. Chemosphere, 78(8), 1036-1041.
16. Adani et al. 2010. Surfactant properties and tetrachloroethene (PCE) solubilisation ability of humic acid like substance extracted from maize plant and from organic wastes: a comparative study. Chemosphere, 78(8), 1017-1022.
17. Tambone et al. 2011. Effects of biodrying process on municipal solid waste properties. 2011. Bioresource Technology, 102, 7433-7450.
18. Scaglia et al. 2011. Odours and volatile organic compounds emitted from municipal solid waste at different stage of decomposition and relationship with biological stability. Bioresource Technology, 102, 4638-4645.
19. Pognani et al. 2011. Evolution of organic matter in a full-scale composting plant for the treatmnet of sewage sludge and biowaste by respiration techniques and pyrolysis-CG/MS. Bioresource Technology, 102, 4536-4543.
20. Scaglia et al. 2011. Intra- and inter-laboratory in real dynamic respiration index (RDRI) method used to evaluate the potential rate of microbial self heating of solid recovered fuel. Bioresource Technology, 102, 3591-3594.
21. Scaglia et al. 2011. Precision determination for the dynamic respirometric index (DRI) method used for biological stability evaluation on municipal solid waste and derived products. Waste Management, 31, 3-9.
22. Acutis et al. 2012. Perfunctory analysis of variance in agronomy, and its consequences in experimental results interpretation. European Journal of Agronomy, 43, 129–135.
23. Schievano et al. 2012. Two-stage vs single-stage thermophilic anaerobic digestion: Comparison of energy production and biodegradation efficiencies. Environmental Science and Technology, 46 (15), 8502-8510.
24. Carozzi et al. 2012. The development of a methodology using fuzzy logic to assess the performance of cropping systems based on a case study of maize in the Po Valley. Soil Use and Management, 29 (4), 576-585.
25. Pognani et al., 2012. Evolution of the organic matter in an urban wastewater sludge composting process. Tecnologia del Agua, 32 (340), 68-73.
26. Scaglia et al. 2013. Short mechanical biological treatment of municipal solid waste allows landfill impact reduction saving waste energy content. Bioresource Technology, 143, 131-138.
27. Salati et al. 2013. Mechanical biological treatment of organic fraction of MSW affected dissolved organic matter evolution in simulated landfill. Bioresource Technology, 142, 115,120.
28. Merlino et al. 2013. Microbial community structure and dynamics in two-stage vs single-stage thermophilic anaerobic digestion of mixed swine slurry and market bio-waste. Water Research, 47 (6), 1983-1995.
29. Scaglia et al. 2013. Cr(VI) reduction capability of humic acid extracted from the organic component of municipal solid waste. Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 25 (3), 487-494.
30. Salati et al. 2013. The use of the dynamic respiration index to predict the potential MSW-leachate impacts after short term mechanical biological treatment. Bioresource Technology, 128,351,358.
31. Scaglia et al. 2014. Expression of Arabidopsis thaliana S-ACP-DES3 in Escherichia coli for high-performance biodiesel production. RSC Advances, 4 (108), 63387-63392. 3.708.
32. Scaglia et al. 2014. Sanitation ability of anaerobic digestion performed at different temperature on sewage sludge. Science of the Total Environment, 466-467, 888-897.
33. Papa et al. 2014. Nanoscale structure of organic matter could explain litter decomposition. Biogeochemistry, 117 (2-3), 313-324.
34. Corno et al. 2015. Substituting energy crops with Giant Cane (Arundo donax L.) increases biogas yield and reduces costs. Bioresource Technology, 191, 199-204.
35. Manzini et al. 2015. Dark fermentation effectiveness as a key step for waste biomass refineries: influence of organic matter macromolecular composition and bioavailability. International Journal of Energy Research 39, pp. 1519-1527.
36. Orzi et al. 2015. The role of biological processes in reducing both odor impact and pathogen content during mesophilic anaerobic digestion. Science of the Total Environment, 526, 116-126.
37. Scaglia et al. 2015. Evaluation of hormone-like activity of the dissolved organic matter fraction (DOM) of compost and digestate. Science of the Total Environment, 514, 314-321.
38. Pepè Sciarria et al. 2015. Electricity generation using white and red wine lees in air cathode microbial fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources 274, 393-399.
39. Tambone et al. 2015. Composting of the solid fraction of digestate derived from pig slurry: Biological processes and compost properties. Waste Management 35, 55-61.
40. Ledda et al. 2016. Integration of microalgae production with anaerobic digestion of dairy cattle manure: An overall mass and energy balance of the process. Journal of Cleaner Production, 112, pp. 103-112.
41. Scaglia et al. 2016. Investigating organic molecules responsible of auxin-like activity of humic acid fraction extracted from vermicompost. Science of the Total Environment, 562, pp. 289-295.
42. Scaglia et al. 2016. Chlorpyrifos-methyl solubilisation by humic acids used as bio-surfactants extracted from lignocelluloses and kitchen wastes. Chemosphere, 159, pp. 208-213.
43. Gilardelli et al. 2016. WOFOST-GTC: A new model for the simulation of winter rapeseed production and oil quality. Field Crops Research, 197, pp. 125-132.
44. Schievano et al. 2016. Dark fermentation, anaerobic digestion and microbial fuel cells: An integrated system to valorize swine manure and rice bran. Waste Management, 56, pp. 519-529.
45. Colombo et al. 2016. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production from fermented cheese whey by using a mixed microbial culture. Bioresource Technology, 218, pp. 692-699.
46. Musso et al. 2017. Chemical characterization and nematicidal activity of the essential oil of nepeta nuda L. Ssp. pubescens and nepeta curviflora boiss. From Lebanon. Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants, 20 (6), pp. 1424-1433.
47. Salati et al. 2017. Mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella for local protein production using agro-food by-products. Bioresource Technology, 230, pp. 82-89.
48. Pognani et al. 2017. Isolation and characterization of surface-active fractions responsible for foam formation during anaerobic digestion of municipal wastes. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, 36 (2), pp. 359-365.
49. Scaglia et al. 2017. The anaerobic digestion process capability to produce biostimulant: the case study of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) vs. auxin-like property. Science of the Total Environment, 589, pp. 36-45.
50. Colombo et al. 2017. Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by using mixed microbial culture. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10 (1). Green Chemistry, vol. 20, pag. 4058 - 4066
51. Orzi et al. 2018. Anaerobic digestion coupled with digestate injection reduced odour emissions from soil during manure distribution. Science of the Total Environment, 621, pp. 168-176.
52. Pepè-Sciarria et al., 2018. Bio-electrorecycling of carbon dioxide into bioplastics.
53. Mapelli, F., Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Scaglia, B., Tsiamis, G., Rolli, E., Fodelianakis, S., Bourtzis, K., Ventura, S., Tambone, F., Adani, F., Borin, S., Daffonchio, D. 2018. The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequenc3. ISME Journal, 12 (5), pp. 1188-1198.
54. Scaglia, B., Tambone, F., Corno, L., Orzi, V., Lazzarini, Y., Garuti, G., Adani, F. 2018. Potential agronomic and environmental properties of thermophilic anaerobically digested municipal sewage sludge measured by an unsupervised and a supervised chemometric approach. Science of the Total Environment, 637-638, pp. 791-802.
55. Villegas Calvo et al., 2018. Bioconversion of Giant Cane for Integrated Production of Biohydrogen, Carboxylic Acids, and Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) in a Multistage Biorefinery Approach. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol. 6, pag: 15361 – 15373.
56. Colombo et al., 2019. Biohydrogen and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as products of a two-steps bioprocess from deproteinized dairy wastes. Waste Management, vol. 95, pag: 22 – 31.
57. Scaglia B., et al., 2020. Development of a tomato pomace-based biorefinery based on supercritical extraction process for the production of lycopene high value product and bioenergy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 118650.
58. Papa et al., 2020. Implementing polyhydroxyalkanoates production to anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste to diversify products and increase total energy recovery. Bioresource Technology, vol. 318, 124270.
59. Bononi et al., 2020. δ13C data of the total water-soluble fraction and triacylglycerols as related indexes for differentiating the geographical origin of saffron (Crocus sativus L.). Food Chemistry, vol. 315, 126292.
60. Squillace et al., 2020. Supercritical CO2 extraction of tomato pomace: Evaluation of the solubility of lycopene in tomato oil as limiting factor of the process performance. Food Chemistry, vol. 315, 126224.
61. Zilio et al., 2020. The distribution of functional N-cycle related genes and ammonia and nitrate nitrogen in soil profiles fertilized with mineral and organic N fertilizer. Plos ONE, vol. 15, e0228364.
62. Abbasi-Parizad et al., 2020. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of the crude extracts of raw and fermented tomato pomace and their correlations with aglycate-polyphenols. Antioxidants, vol. 9, 179.
63. Abbasi-Parizad P., et al., 2021. Recovery of phenolic compounds from agro-industrial by-products: Evaluating antiradical activities and immunomodulatory properties. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 127, Pages 338 – 348.
64. Su et al., 2022. Growth Performance, Biochemical Composition and Nutrient Recovery Ability of Twelve Microalgae Consortia Isolated from Various Local Organic Wastes Grown on Nano-Filtered Pig Slurry. Molecules, 10.3390/molecules27020422.
65. Papa et al., 2022. Diversifying the products from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW) by producing polyhydroxyalkanoates from the liquid fraction and biomethane from the residual solid fraction. Bioresource technology , 2022, Vol.344, p.126180.
66. Abbasi-Parizad P., et al. 2022. Polyphenol bioactivity evolution during the spontaneous fermentation of vegetal by-product. Food Chemistry, 131791
Analytical Methods:
1. UNI/TS 11184 2006. Determination of biological stability using dynamic respiration index (DRI). ICS13.030.01; 75.160.10.
2. Solid recovered fuels— Determination of the current rate of aerobic microbial activity using the real dynamic respiration index. EN 15590:2011.


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