National Research Council (CNR)

The National Research Council (CNR) is a public organization promotes a wide diffusion of its competences throughout the national territory and at facilitating contacts and cooperation with local firms and organizations. CNR has co-ordinated a number of projects funded by the EU and other international and national structures. The Institute for Coastal Marine Environment (IAMC-CNR) works on biological oceanography, particularly with regard to ecological assessment of coastal and open waters, marine and brackish fish farming and evaluation of nekton and fishing resources. The Water Research Institute (ISRA-CNR carries out fundamental and applied research activities in the fields of management and protection of water resources and in developing methodologies and technologies for water purification and treatment of wastewater.
Main tasks in the project:

  • OMICS analysis of HCB activity in experiments and assessing Kill•Spill products and prototypes (WP4)
  • Field Tests of the most promising "products and technologies" at IAMC-CNR Facilities (WP8).
  • Develop novel bioelectrochemical processes for remediation of contaminated sediments (WP5)
  • Characterize the microbial communities involved in hydrocarbons degradation (WP5)

 

Michail Yakimov - Contact this person by email

Dr. Michail M. Yakimov is currently a Senior Scientist of the IAMC. His research interests include: regulation and production of microbial surface-active compounds and construction of hybrid surface active lipo-peptides with altered biological and chemical activities; construction of genetically modified microorganisms able to degrade pollutants and simultaneously to produce bio-surfactant, and their application for the decontamination of polluted environment; marine petroleum microbiology and environmental biotechnology. He is author of more than 70 peer-reviewed publications, including review articles and books and is co-inventor on several patents.

Federico Aulenta - Contact this person by email

Dr. Federico Aulenta is a Scientist at the Water Research Institute of the National Research Council (CNR-IRSA). He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Sapienza University of Roma. His main research interests are in the field of bioremediation and bioenergy production using microbial electrochemical systems. He is an active member of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) and the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET).

Simona Rossetti - Contact this person by email

Dr. Simona Rossetti is Senior Researcher at Water Research Institute, IRSA-CNR . Microbiologist with a PhD in Environmental and Sanitary Engineering from Polytechnic of Milan, Italy. Main research interests are related to environmental microbiology and biotechnology, wastewater treatment, bioremediation of polluted soil and groundwater, development and application of molecular methods for in situ identification and physiological/kinetic characterization of bacterial key-players in complex environmental systems.