• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2023/2024 (40. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO
• INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
  Politecnico di TORINO

• Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente
• Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente invitato
• Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• “Corso di formazione su “energy performance indicator tool per la progettazione di sistemi e dispositivi elettronici ecosostenibili” e “eco packaging e green marketing di sistemi e dispositivi elettronici: metodologie e buone prassi secondo i principi etici e ambientali dell'economia circolare”, (2023-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial contracts

• EcòPoli
  Valerio Giunta

• Institute of Chemical Engineering

• Biorefinery Processes
• Chemical and catalytic processes for energy and environment protection
• Circular Economy and Waste Valorization
• CO2 reduction for a low-carbon economy

• Anaerobic Fermentation Laboratory (FERMAN)
• Biorefinery Processes Laboratory
• Enviromental Catalysis Laboratory (Blu Nox)
• Laboratory of Enviromental Catalysis Characterization
• Solar Fuels Laboratory

Projects funded by competitive calls

• BIOTICS - Prebiotics and probiotics from agro-food wastes to enhance soil and crop health. , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Nationally funded research - PRIN

Projects funded by commercial contracts

• Accordo di cooperazione tra il Politecnico di Torino (DISAT) e l'Università degli Studi Federico II di Napoli (DiSTAR) , (2024-) - Responsabile contrattuale
  Departmental agreements
• CONVENZIONE PER L’EROGAZIONE DI CONTRIBUTO IN DENARO DESTINATO AL CO-FINANZIAMENTO DI UNA ANNUALITA’ DI UNA BORSA DI STUDIO PER IL DOTTORATO DI RICERCA IN INGEGNERIA CHIMICA (XXXVII CICLO) IN APPLICAZIONE DEL D.M. 1061 DEL 10/08/2021 , (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Agreements
• programma di ricerca relativo a TEMA 3 - Agroforestry , (2021-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
  Commercial Research

• Fabiana Rovera. Programme in Design E Tecnologia. Persone, Ambiente, Sistemi (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
• Gaia Mazzanti. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 38, 2023-in progress)
• Melania Fiore. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 37, 2022-in progress)
  Thesis: The hidden potential of agri-food and organic urban wastes for circular economy: integrating bioenergy and soil organic amendments production
• Giacomo Proietti Tocca. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 37, 2021-2025)
  Thesis: Towards sustainable food production: studies on CO2, acetic acid and formic acid valorisation into microalgal biomass rich in proteins and oils with high nutritional value
• Aurora Zamboi. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 37, 2021-in progress)
  Thesis: Opuntia ficus-indica: a biorefinery integrated process for the valorization of cladodes
• Silvia Bellini. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (cycle 36, 2020-2024)
  Thesis: Biopolymer production through bacterial fermentation using circular economy approaches

• Fiore, Melania; Demichelis, Francesca; Deorsola, Fabio Alessandro; Fino, Debora; ... (2025)
  Optimizing biomethane production and plants growth with biochar-enhanced anaerobic digestion. In: RESULTS IN ENGINEERING, vol. 26, pp. 1-14. ISSN 2590-1230
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, Francesca; Lenzuni, Martina; Converti, Attilio; Del Borghi, Adriana; ... (2025)
  Agro-food waste conversion into valuable products in the Italian scenario: current practices and innovative approaches. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 13. ISSN 2213-3437
  Contributo su Rivista
• Mazzanti, G.; Demichelis, F.; Fino, D.; Tommasi, T. (2025)
  A closed-loop valorization of the waste biomass through two-stage anaerobic digestion and digestate exploitation. In: RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, vol. 207. ISSN 1879-0690
  Contributo su Rivista
• Orlandella, I.; Smith, K. N.; Belcore, E.; Zamboi, A.; Dilillo, N.; Tommasi, T.; Russo, ... (2025)
  Analysis of biochar and digestate as biofertilizers in lettuce cultivation. In: CYPRUS 2025 12th International conference on Sustainable and Solid Waste Management, Paphos Cyprus, 25-28 June 2025
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Lenzuni, Martina; Demichelis, Francesca; Felipe Basbus, Juan; Barbucci, Antonio; ... (2025)
  Microalgae-based bioremediation of olive mill wastewater: Technical and environmental evaluations using orange peel and orange peel-derived biochar. In: SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES, vol. 43, pp. 1-15. ISSN 2214-9937
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, Francesca; Robotti, Elisa; Deorsola, FABIO ALESSANDRO; Marengo, Emilio; ... (2024)
  Modelling of technical, environmental, and economic evaluations of the effect of the organic loading rate in semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of pre-treated organic fraction municipal solid waste. In: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, vol. 344. ISSN 0269-7491
  Contributo su Rivista
• Proietti Tocca, Giacomo; Agostino, Valeria; Menin, Barbara; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, ... (2024)
  Mixotrophic and heterotrophic growth of microalgae using acetate from different production processes. In: REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY, vol. 23. ISSN 1569-1705
  Contributo su Rivista
• Zamboi, Aurora; Fraterrigo Garofalo, Silvia; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, Debora (2024)
  Optimization of ultrasounds assisted extraction of polysaccharides from cladodes of Opuntia ficus-indica using response surface methodology. In: SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY, vol. 37. ISSN 2352-5541
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fiore, Melania; Demichelis, Francesca; Tommasi, Tonia; Pugliese, Massimo; Fino, Debora (2024)
  Preliminary results on food waste valorization into soil organic amendments and their agronomic effects. In: 11th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Rhodes (GRE), 19-22 June, 2024
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Fraterrigo Garofalo, Silvia; Demichelis, Francesca; Peletti, Veronica; Picco, Lorenzo; ... (2024)
  Comparative study of polyphenol extraction using physical techniques and water as a solvent: a sustainable approach for the valorization of apple pomace. In: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. ISSN 1614-7499
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, F.; Robotti, E.; Deorsola, F. A.; Cerruti, S.; Marengo, E.; Tommasi, T.; ... (2024)
  Technical feasibility and modeling of enzymatic pre-treatments of organic fraction of municipal solid waste to improve anaerobic digestion. In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 476. ISSN 0959-6526
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellini, S.; Demichelis, F.; Tommasi, T.; Tarraran, L.; Fino, D. (2024)
  Integrated biorefinery strategy for poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) accumulation in Cupriavidus necator DSM 545 using a sugar rich syrup from cereal waste and acetate from gas fermentation. In: JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, vol. 12. ISSN 2213-3437
  Contributo su Rivista
• Barracco, Francesco; Demichelis, Francesca; Sharifikolouei, Elham; Ferraris, Monica; ... (2023)
  Life cycle assessment for the production of MSWI fly-ash based porous glass-ceramics: Scenarios based on the contribution of silica sources, methane aided, and energy recoveries. In: WASTE MANAGEMENT, vol. 157, pp. 301-311. ISSN 0956-053X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, Francesca; Martina, Carola; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, Debora; Deorsola, FABIO ... (2023)
  Life cycle assessment of absorbent hygiene product waste: Evaluation and comparison of different end-of-life scenarios. In: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION, vol. 38, pp. 356-371. ISSN 2352-5509
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, F.; Deorsola, F. A.; Robotti, E.; Cravotto, G.; Marengo, E.; Tommasi, T.; ... (2023)
  Experimental and modelling optimisation of sustainable techniques for the pre-treatment of the organic fraction municipal solid waste to improve anaerobic digestion. In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 399. ISSN 0959-6526
  Contributo su Rivista
• FRATERRIGO GAROFALO, Silvia; Cavallini, Nicola; Demichelis, Francesca; Savorani, ... (2023)
  From tuna viscera to added-value products: A circular approach for fish-waste recovery by green enzymatic hydrolysis. In: FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, vol. 137, pp. 155-167. ISSN 0960-3085
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fraterrigo Garofalo, S.; Cavallini, N.; Destefano, R.; Micera, M.; Cavagnero, C.; Botto, ... (2023)
  Optimization of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction of Rice Bran Oil and γ-Oryzanol Using Multi-Factorial Design of Experiment. In: WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION, pp. 3327-3337. ISSN 1877-2641
  Contributo su Rivista
• Tarraran, Loredana; Agostino, Valeria; Vasile, Nicolò S.; ABDEL AZIM, Annalisa; ... (2023)
  High-pressure fermentation of CO2 and H2 by a modified Acetobacterium woodii. In: JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, vol. 76, pp. 1-11. ISSN 2212-9820
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellini, Silvia; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, Debora (2022)
  Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) biosynthesis by Cupriavidus necator: A review on waste substrates utilization for a circular economy approach. In: BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY REPORTS, vol. 17. ISSN 2589-014X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Tarraran, L.; Lueckel, F. B.; Tommasi, T.; Contador, F. I. S.; Fino, D. (2022)
  A practical method for gas changing time estimation using a simple gas-liquid mass transfer model. In: JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS, vol. 200. ISSN 0167-7012
  Contributo su Rivista
• Cocuzza, Clarissa; Pietricola, Giuseppe; Zonca, Ilaria; Dosa, Melodj; Romero, Oscar; ... (2022)
  Simultaneous CO2 reduction and NADH regeneration using formate and glycerol dehydrogenase enzymes co-immobilized on modified natural zeolite. In: RSC ADVANCES, vol. 12, pp. 31142-31155. ISSN 2046-2069
  Contributo su Rivista
• Demichelis, F.; Tommasi, T.; Deorsola, F. A.; Marchisio, D.; Mancini, G.; Fino, D. (2022)
  Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing of advanced anaerobic digestion of organic fraction municipal solid waste. In: CHEMOSPHERE, vol. 289. ISSN 0045-6535
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellini, Silvia; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, Debora (2022)
  A CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH FOR CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR DSM 545 BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLY (3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE. In: 9th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Corfu (Greece), 15/06/2022-18/06/2022
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Pietricola, G.; Dosa, M.; Ottone, C.; Fino, D.; Piumetti, M.; Tommasi, T. (2022)
  Covalent Immobilization of Aldehyde and Alcohol Dehydrogenases on Ordered Mesoporous Silicas. In: WASTE AND BIOMASS VALORIZATION, vol. 13, pp. 4043-4055. ISSN 1877-265X
  Contributo su Rivista
• Bellini, Silvia; Tommasi, Tonia; Fino, Debora (2022)
  CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR DSM 545 BIOSYNTHESIS OF POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE): A CIRCULAR ECONOMY APPROACH. In: Gricu 2022 - Centralità dell'ingegneria chimica in un mondo che cambia, Ischia (NA), 03/07/2022-06/07/2022
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Demichelis, F.; Tommasi, T.; Deorsola, F. A.; Marchisio, D.; Fino, D. (2022)
  Effect of inoculum origin and substrate-inoculum ratio to enhance the anaerobic digestion of organic fraction municipal solid waste (OFMSW). In: JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, vol. 351. ISSN 0959-6526
  Contributo su Rivista
• Fraterrigo Garofalo, Silvia; Demichelis, Francesca; Mancini, Giuseppe; Tommasi, Tonia; ... (2022)
  Conventional and ultrasound-assisted extraction of rice bran oil with isopropanol as solvent. In: SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY, vol. 29. ISSN 2352-5541
  Contributo su Rivista
• Cristina, G.; Camelin, E.; Fraterrigo Garofalo, S.; Salomone, F.; Pugliese, M.; Gullino, ... (2022)
  Time-based evaluation of bioavailable phosphorus in a calcareous soil after the application of anaerobically digested sewage sludge. In: BIOMASS CONVERSION AND BIOREFINERY. ISSN 2190-6815
  Contributo su Rivista
• Pietricola, G.; Chamorro, L.; Castellino, M.; Maureira, D.; Tommasi, T.; Hernandez, S.; ... (2022)
  Covalent Immobilization of Dehydrogenases on Carbon Felt for Reusable Anodes with Effective Electrochemical Cofactor Regeneration. In: CHEMISTRYOPEN, vol. 11. ISSN 2191-1363
  Contributo su Rivista
• Rossi, Manuela; Capasso, Francescopaolo; Rasulo, Ada Antonella; Pretto, Patrizia; ... (2022)
  First results on microfibers in marine sediments from the Gulf of Naples, Italy. In: EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23-27 maggio 2022
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Fiore, Melania; Fraterrigo Garofalo, Silvia; Migliavacca, Alessandro; Mansutti, ... (2022)
  Tackling Marine Microplastics Pollution: an Overview of Existing Solutions. In: WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION, vol. 233. ISSN 0049-6979
  Contributo su Rivista