Ph.D. Student

Lino Sciurba

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Phone

+39 3278262228

E-mail

lino.sciurba@unipa.it

Orc-ID

https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3228-1693

Location

Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Viale delle Scienze, Building 5, entrance C, Palermo, Italy.

Profile

-          Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship and Quality of Agri-Food Systems (LM-69); Master’s thesis: Application of oregano essential oils for improving the quality characteristics of “Tuma” cheese made from ewe’s milk.

-          Bachelor’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologie (L-25); Bachelor’s Degree elaborate: Environmental parameters for the development of microrganisms.

Expertise

Agriculture and Food Microbiology. Isolation, characterisation and comparison of microbial communities in soil, food and environmental matrices.

Knowledge of application and programmes: Office products (Word, Excel).

Advisor

Prof. Luca Settanni

Co-advisor

Prof. Riccardo Scalenghe

Thesis topics

Soil and Environment Microbiology; the role of microbiology in reconstituting dry soils.

Research interests

Soil microbial communities; exopolysaccharide-producing bacteria; dry and sandy soils.

Link to publications

-          http://www.stlcjournal.com/cont/journals-articles/834/volume-issue-production-cheeses-enriched-with.asp; DOI: 10.36138/STLC.02.2023.01

-          https://issuu.com/quinebusinesspublisher/docs/stlc_3_2023_giugno; DOI: 10.36138/STLC.03.2023.01