Microplastics in Agriculture and Food Science: Methods for Identification and Remediation

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Prof. Avino studies the development of innovative analytical methodologies for development and application of analytical and sampling methods for the qualitative and quantitative determination of chemical compounds (e.g. contaminants pollutants nutrients) in food agricultural biological and anthropogenic matrices. These studies are aimed at evaluating inorganic and organic species present at trace and ultra-trace levels in food and environmental (smoke air water and soil) matrices as well as the evaluation of the environmental and human health risks related to the exposure/ingestion of such compounds. In 1998 he received both the Group Achievement NASA Award” and the Next Generation Award” ( 22nd International Symposium on Chromatography). He has also received the Environmental Sapio” Award for his research in the environmental field and in particular in the atmospheric particulate matter problems. Prof. Avino is author and co-author of scientific publications including original papers published in national and international journals and books. Cristina DiFiore is a Ph.D. student working in the Analytical Chemistry group working on the research on microplastics in several matrices. She has previously published with Prof. Dr. Avino Stefano Farris is Full Professor at the Department of Food Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS) University of Milan. His research focuses on the design and development of new high-performance materials using mainly biomacromolecules by means of different approaches such as soft chemistry and nanotechnology. His research firstly deals with fundamental aspects to provide new suitable practical solutions especially for the food packaging sector. This is accomplished by strong and fruitful collaborations with several industrial partners.