Anna Barra Caracciolo, Ricercatore

• Destino ambientale ed effetto degli xenobiotici (pesticidi, biocidi, farmaci) sui microrganismi del suolo e delle acque.
• Vulnerabilità degli ecosistemi delle acque sotterrane ed attenuazione naturale degli inquinanti
• Identificazione di microrganismi con capacità di recupero di suoli ed acque contaminate.
• Indicatori microbici di qualità degli ecosistemi
• Biorimedio e Biorimedio fitoassistito di aree contaminate
• Valutazione del rischio ambientale delle sostanze chimiche alla luce del Regolamento REACH (Regolamento CE N. 1907/2006).

• Coordinatore del Progetto Europeo FP7 People-2012-IAPP – Microbial Community-based sequencing analysis linked to anthropogenic pressures: MicroCoKit to address the water quality - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways
• Management Committee COST Action FP1305: BioLink - Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests (2014-2018)
• Responsabile attività del Contratto Pioppi: Progetto Applicazione sperimentale di tecniche di fitorimedio a basso costo in località ex-campo Cimino– Manganecchia a Taranto
• EU-India Research and Innovation Partnership Europe Technological eco-innovation for the quality control and the decontamination of polluted waters and soils Europe
• Partecipazione al Progetto RIT Mare Sottoazione SP3-WP2-AZ3-UO04 Tecnologie di biorisanamento in situ: applicazione di approcci innovativi e decontaminazione biologica
• Progetto ‘Evaluacion del impacto ambiental y recuperacion del medio natural en emplazamientos contaminados (EIADES)’ finanziato della Comunidad de Madrid (IMIDRA), Alcalá de Henares - Spagna, Responsabile scientifico italiano.

• JRC - Joint Research Centre (EC), Ispra (Italy) - Institute for Environment and Sustainability - Water Resources Unit
• LGC Limited, Teddington, Middlesex (United Kingdom)
• Natural Biotec SL (NTBC), Madrid (Spain)
• Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) Plymouth (United Kingdom)
• Università Complutense di Madrid
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center London, ON

• Barra Caracciolo A, Bustamante MA, Nogues I, Di Lenola M, Luprano ML, Grenni P, 2015. Changes in microbial community structure and functioning of a semiarid soil due to the use of anaerobic digestate derived composts and rosemary plants. Geoderma 245-246: 89-97
• Barra Caracciolo A, Topp E, Grenni P, 2015. Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Biodegradation and effects on natural microbial communities. A Review. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 106: 25-36
• Godoi I, Sene L, Barra Caracciolo A, 2014. Assessment of the bacterial community structure in a Brazilian clay soil treated with atrazine. Annals of Microbiology 64: 307-311.
• Babut M, Arts GH, Barra Caracciolo A, Carluer N, Domange N, Friberg N, Gouy V, Grung M, Lagadic L, Martin-Laurent F, Mazzella N, Pesce S, Real B, Reichenbeger S, Roex EWM, Romijn K, Rottele M, Stenrod M, Tournebize F, Vindimian E, 2013. Pesticide risk assessment and management in a globally changing world – Report from a European interdisciplinary Workshop. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20: 8298-8312
• Barra Caracciolo A, Bottoni P, Grenni P, 2013. Microcosms studies to evaluate microbial potential to degrade pollutants in soil and water ecosystems. Microchemical Journal 107: 126-130.
• Grenni P, Patrolecco L, Ademollo N, Tolomei A, Barra Caracciolo A, 2013. Degradation of gemfibrozil and naproxen in a river water ecosystem. Microchemical Journal 107: 158-164
• Artigas J, Arts G, Babut M, Barra Caracciolo A, Charles S, et al, 2012. Towards a renewed research agenda in Ecotoxicology. Environmental Pollution 160: 201-206
• Barra Caracciolo A, Grenni P, Saccà ML, Amalfitano S, Martin M, Gibello A, 2009. The role of a groundwater bacterial community in the degradation of the herbicide terbuthylazine. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 71: 127-136

Curriculum

• Progetto MicroCokit
• COST Action Biolink
• SETAC Europe
• SETAC IB
• Indo-Italian Centre of excellence
• Banca dati DESC
• Corso Biorimedio Università Sapienza