National & International Collaborations

National collaborations

  • Department of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Fluid dynamics Group, University of Genoa (Italy). “Experimentally-verified high resolution CFD analysis of Calcium Carbonate in a Spray-drying process”.

  • Department of Integrated Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Group, University of Genoa (Italy). “Validation of phenolic extracts on endothelial cells”.

  • Department of Physics, Nanomed Lab, University of Genoa (Italy). “Study of the gas permeability of biodegradable polymer films produced for active food packaging purposes”, “Surface characterization of spray-dried solid powders”.

  • Department of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Group, University of Genoa (Italy). “Optimization of innovative extraction methods of compounds of pharmaceutical/cosmetic interest from waste materials deriving from the processing of the food industry and microalgae”.

  • Department of Pharmacy Science and Technology, University of Torino (Italy). “Supercritical high-pressure microwave-assisted extraction of active substances (lycopene) from tomato peels”.

  • Industrial Engineering Department, Supercritical Fluids Group (Italy). “Extraction of active compounds from spent coffee grounds through techniques based on the use of supercritical fluids”, “Nanoemulsions containing lycopene-rich extracts obtained by supercritical carbon dioxide”, “Supercritical CO2-assisted production of polymeric microcapsules loaded with active compounds extracted from microalgae using a technique”, "Production with supercritical fluids and characterization of nanoliposomes for the encapsulation of monoclonal antibodies".

  • PRODAL Research Center for Product Innovation and Process Innovation in the Food Sector, University of Salerno (Italy).

  • Department of Chemical, Environmental and Land Engineering, University of Calabria (Italy).

  • Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Messina (Italy).

International collaborations

  • Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Vigo, home of Ourense (Spain). Industrial Biotechnology and Environmental Engineering Group. "Xylitol production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates". “A biorefinery approach to spent coffee grounds valorization using deep eutectic solvents”.

  • Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Nanociencia de Aragon, Universidad Zaragoza, Zaragoza (Spain). “Production of nanocomposite stimuli-responsive particles”.

  • i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto. “Encapsulation of drugs in polymeric nanoparticles”.

  • University of Osijek (Croatia), Josip Strossmayer University Juray. "Extraction of flavonoids from barley grain using high-pressure/high-temperature reactor".

  • Université de Lorraine, Nancy (France), Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Biomolecules. "Nanovectorization of natural antioxidant compounds", "Production, characterization, and biological validation of nanoliposomes for quercetin encapsulation”.

  • École Polytechinque, Paris (France), Laboratoire d'hydrodynamique. “Study and optimization of microfluidic apparatus for droplets and particles production”.

  • Institute of Biomaterials, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, l'Uniklinikum of Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany.

  • Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-TUO - Technical University of Ostrava (Czech Republic). “Study of the flammability and explosiveness properties of hazardous materials involved in process developments for energy transition”.

  • National University of Science and Technology, Polytechnic School of Bucharest (Romania).

  • Higher Institute of Agronomy, University of Sousse (Tunisia), Laboratory of Chemistry. "Ecophysiological study and valorisation of by-products and extracts of Vitex agnus castus in different areas".

  • The Axia Institute - School of Packaging Michigan State University (USA). “Production of biosensors for smart food packaging”.

  • Tennessee Valley Authority (USA). "Alcoholic fermentation of wood hydrolysates".

  • Solar Energy Resource Institute (USA). "Alcoholic fermentation of wood hydrolysates".

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, MA (USA), Khademhosseini Laboratory. "Fabrication of tubular PGS-PCL fortified with t-resveratrol for tissue engineered vascular implantation", "Development of a drug-laden hydrogel for the management of infected wounds".

  • School of Applied Sciences and Sustainable Industry, University of ICESI, Cali (Colombia). 

  • Departamento de Biotechnology, Faculdade de Engenharia Química di Lorena (FAENQUIL), Lorena, SP, (Brazil), Grupo de processos Fermentativos. "Acid hydrolysis of lignocellulosic materials for the production of substrates for fermentation".

  • Department of Biochemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (Brazil). "Thermodynamic Study of biological processes", "Production of microalgae Spirulina platensis", “Development and characterization of photolyase-loaded carriers”.

  • Department of Biotechnology, São Paulo State University – International (Brazil).

  • Department of Consumer Science, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, Laboratory of Physical-chemical Analysis of Foods. “Valorization of Spent Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) grounds by non-conventional extraction and encapsulation of the extract into A. platensis by spray drying”.

  • Laboratory of Food Science, Faculty of Nutrition, Federal University of Parà (Brazil).

  • Department of Food, Technological University of Paraná, Londrina (Brazil), Food Science Group. “Encapsulation of Hibiscus sabdariffa Extracts”.

  • School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney (Australia). "Biomass to Biofuel: Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Rice Husk", "An environmentally-friendly extraction technique to recovery valuable compounds from Vitis vinifera wastes", "Encapsulation of antioxidants in liposome systems".

  • School of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Zhejiang (China). 

  • School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou City (China).