Paola Grenni, Ricercatore

• Microbial ecology: molecular methods for characterizing natural microbial communities or strains with recovery capacity in contaminated ecosystems
• Xenobiotics (Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Biocides, PCB, metals): their environmental fate and effects on soil, surface and groundwater microbial communities
• Bioremediation and Phyto-assisted bioremediation of contaminated sites
• Environmental chemistry of the most significant elements in the biogeochemical cycles
• Vulnerability of of groundwater ecosystem and natural attenuation of contaminants
• Evaluation of the environmental risk of chemical substances in the light of the REACH
• Ecotoxicity assessment of soils conditioned with commercial foaming products used with tunnel boring machine in tunnelling
• Regulation (EC Regulation 1907/2006) and development of an Ecotoxicological database (DESC)

• MicroCoKit Project FP7 People-2012-IAPP: “Microbial Community-based sequencing analysis linked to anthropogenic pressures: MicroCoKit to address the water quality - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways – MicroCoKit”, (2013-2016)
• BioLink COST Action: Linking belowground biodiversity and ecosystem function in European forests (COST Action number: FP1305, European Cooperation in Science and Technology), Assistant in the WG3 Action “Belowground biodiversity in plantations and tree crops” (2014-2018)
• TECO Project “EU-India Research and Innovation Partnership Europe Technological eco-innovation for the quality control and the decontamination of polluted waters and soils Europe” (2014-2018)
• Indo-Italian Centre of Excellence, Eyes wide open on the EU-India Environmental Research
• Bilateral Italian CNR-Egyptian NRC scientific and technological cooperation Agreement “Spectroscopic analyses for natural microsphere for maximizing its application in the remediation of inorganic pollutants” (2016-2017)
• Bilateral Italian CNR-Bulgarian HAS (MTA) scientific and technological cooperation Agreement “Interdisciplinary collaboration between pharmacology and environmental sciences to assess drug occurrence in the environment by using advanced spectrochemistry and analytical methods” (2016-2018)
• Italian Flagship Programme RITMARE, Italian research on the sea, funded by the Italian Education, University and Research Ministry (2012-2016)
• Bilateral CNR-CSIR scientific and technological cooperation Agreement “Bioremediation and Rhizoremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Contaminated Soils” (2012 - 2014).
• Italian Project “Innovative experiments aimed at optimizing the agronomic use of digested residuse coming from zootechnical treatment plants through phytodisidratation and composting processes” (2007/2013)
• Italian Project POPLARS “Experimental application of low-cost phytoremediation techniques in the ex-campo Cimino– Manganecchia area in Taranto”
• Scientific collaboration “Isolation and characterization of bacteria involved in pharmaceutical degradation using chemical and microbiological methods” with Complutense University of Madrid
• Scientific collaboration “Assessment of the natural capacity of soil and surface water ecosystems to degrade pharmaceutical” Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Southern Crop Protection and Food Research Center London, ON (Prof. Edward Topp)
• IMIDRA “Evaluacion del impacto ambiental y recuperacion del medio natural en emplazamientos contaminados (EIADES)”.Project funded by Comunidad de Madrid (IMIDRA), Alcalà de Henares - Spain

• Grenni P, Patrolecco L, Ademollo N, Di Lenola M, Barra Caracciolo A, 2016. Seasonal persistence of Gemfibrozil in a river ecosystem. Microchem J http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2016.11.018
• Volpe A, Pagano M, Mascolo G, Grenni P, Rossetti S., 2016. Biodegradation of UV-filters in marine sediments. Sci Total Environ. 575:448-457.
• Ancona V, Barra Caracciolo A, Grenni P, Di Lenola M, Campanale C, Calabrese A, Uricchio VF, Mascolo G, Massacci A., 2016. Plant-assisted bioremediation of a historically PCB and heavy metal-contaminated area in Southern Italy. N Biotechnol. pii: S1871-6784(16)32430-X.
• Matturro B, Ubaldi C, Grenni P, Barra Caracciolo A, Rossetti S., 2016. Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) anaerobic degradation in marine sediments: microcosm study and role of autochthonous microbial communities. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 23(13):12613-23.
• 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, Special Issue Analytical Approaches 106: 25–36
• Grenni P, Patrolecco L, Ademollo N, Di Lenola M, Barra Caracciolo A, 2014. Capability of the natural microbial community in a river water ecosystem to degrade the drug Naproxen. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21 (23): 13470-13479
• Grenni P, Rodríguez-Cruz M.S., Herrero-Hernández E., Marín-Benito J.M., Sánchez-Martín M.J., Barra Caracciolo A., 2012. Effects of wood-amendments on the degradation of terbuthylazine and on soil microbial community activity in a clay loam soil. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 223: 5401–5412
• Barra Caracciolo A, Grenni P, Saccà ML, 2010. Effect of the Antiviral Drug Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) on the Bacterial Community Structure of a Surface Water Ecosystem Analyzed using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 85:443-446

Curriculum

• Microcokit Marie Curie Project
• COST ACTION BIOLINK
• SETAC Europe
• Banca dati DESC
• Indo-Italian Centre of excellence for Environmental Sustainability