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Alessandra Cincinelli

Alessandra Cincinelli

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
10334
World Ranking
3148
National Ranking
43

Overview

Alessandra Cincinelli is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florence in Italy, specializing in environmental science with a focus on pollution and industrial and manufacturing engineering. Their scholarly work covers various subfields including health, toxicology, mutagenesis, biomaterials, and ecology.

Their research topics prominently include microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, toxic organic pollutants impact, effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Frequently, Alessandra Cincinelli collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Tania Martellini
  • David Chelazzi
  • Jaroslav Slobodník
  • Costanza Scopetani
  • Nikiforos Alygizakis

They have published extensively in well-known venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Toxics

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Alessandra Cincinelli are:

  • Microplastics in the Black Sea sediments, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum as a potential biomonitor for microplastics contamination on the Brazilian Amazon coast, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Hazardous contaminants in plastics contained in compost and agricultural soil, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Determination of 56 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in top predators and their prey from Northern Europe by LC-MS/MS, 2021, Chemosphere

Best Publications

  • Microplastic in the surface waters of the Ross Sea (Antarctica): Occurrence, distribution and characterization by FTIR.

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Costanza Scopetani;David Chelazzi;Emilia Lombardini

  • Indoor Air Quality and Health

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Tania Martellini

  • Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review.

    Nuno Ratola;Alessandra Cincinelli;Alessandra Cincinelli;Arminda Alves;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • Microplastics in cosmetics: Environmental issues and needs for global bans.

    C. Guerranti;T. Martellini;G. Perra;C. Scopetani

  • First evidence of microplastic ingestion by fishes from the Amazon River estuary.

    Tamyris de Souza e Silva Pegado;Kurt Schmid;Kirk O. Winemiller;David Chelazzi

  • Changes in tannins, ascorbic acid and sugar content in astringent persimmons during on-tree growth and ripening and in response to different postharvest treatments

    M. Del Bubba;E. Giordani;L. Pippucci;Alessandra Cincinelli

  • First account of plastic pollution impacting freshwater fishes in the Amazon: Ingestion of plastic debris by piranhas and other serrasalmids with diverse feeding habits.

    Marcelo C. Andrade;Kirk O. Winemiller;Priscilla S. Barbosa;Alessia Fortunati

  • A potpourri of microplastics in the sea surface and water column of the Mediterranean Sea

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Tania Martellini;Cristiana Guerranti;Costanza Scopetani

  • Organic pollutants in sea-surface microlayer and aerosol in the coastal environment of Leghorn—(Tyrrhenian Sea)

    A. Cincinelli;Angela Maria Stortini;M. Perugini;L. Checchini

  • Gas-particle concentration and distribution of n-alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the atmosphere of Prato (Italy)

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Massimo Del Bubba;Tania Martellini;Andrea Gambaro

  • Legacy and emerging flame retardants (FRs) in the freshwater ecosystem: A review

    Mehreen Iqbal;Jabir Hussain Syed;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Riffat Naseem Malik

  • Uptake of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by river water fish: The case of River Chenab

    Syed Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani;Riffat Naseem Malik;Alessandra Cincinelli;Gan Zhang

  • One year intensive PM2.5 bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons monitoring in the area of Tuscany, Italy. Concentrations, source understanding and implications.

    Tania Martellini;Martina Giannoni;Luciano Lepri;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • Microplastics in the Black Sea sediments

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Costanza Scopetani;David Chelazzi;Tania Martellini

  • Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples.

    Costanza Scopetani;David Chelazzi;Juha Mikola;Ville Leiniö

  • A review of PAH exposure from the combustion of biomass fuel and their less surveyed effect on the blood parameters.

    Atif Kamal;Alessandra Cincinelli;Tania Martellini;Riffat Naseem Malik

  • Geo-accumulation and enrichment of trace metals in sediments and their associated risks in the Chenab River, Pakistan

    Nida Hanif;Syed Ali Musstjab Akber Shah Eqani;Syeda Maria Ali;Alessandra Cincinelli

  • First detection of seven phthalate esters (PAEs) as plastic tracers in superficial neustonic/planktonic samples and cetacean blubber

    Matteo Baini;Tania Martellini;Alessandra Cincinelli;Tommaso Campani

  • PCBs and PCDD/Fs in soil from informal e-waste recycling sites and open dumpsites in India: Levels, congener profiles and health risk assessment.

    Paromita Chakraborty;Sakthivel Selvaraj;Masafumi Nakamura;Balasubramanian Prithiviraj

  • Cancer risk evaluation of brick kiln workers exposed to dust bound PAHs in Punjab province (Pakistan)

    Atif Kamal;Riffat Naseem Malik;Tania Martellini;Alessandra Cincinelli

  • Atmospheric Concentrations and Air−Water Flux of Organochlorine Pesticides along the Western Antarctic Peninsula

    Rebecca M. Dickhut;Alessandra Cincinelli;Michele Cochran;Hugh W. Ducklow

Frequent Co-Authors

Tania Martellini
Tania Martellini University of Florence
Athanasios Katsoyiannis
Athanasios Katsoyiannis Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
Simonetta Corsolini
Simonetta Corsolini University of Siena
Tommaso Giarrizzo
Tommaso Giarrizzo Universidade Federal do Ceará
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Arminda Alves
Arminda Alves University of Porto
Rebecca M. Dickhut
Rebecca M. Dickhut Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Andrea Gambaro
Andrea Gambaro Ca Foscari University of Venice
Lúcia Santos
Lúcia Santos University of Porto

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