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Barbara Scaglia

Barbara Scaglia

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
4665
World Ranking
9166
National Ranking
207

Overview

Barbara Scaglia is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy and conducts research primarily in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly output includes significant contributions to subfields such as Food Science, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Pollution, and Soil Science.

Scaglia's research topics span several key areas including Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Insect Utilization and Effects, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Frequent co-authors in Scaglia's collaborations include Fabrizio Adani, Fulvia Tambone, P. Abbasi Parizad, Alessio Scarafoni, and Gabriella Papa, indicating a network of interdisciplinary cooperation.

The scientist has published in a variety of journals and venues, with multiple contributions to Food Chemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Food and Bioproducts Processing. This spread reflects a focus on both applied and theoretical aspects within bioproducts and environmental sustainability domains.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara Scaglia include:

  • Recovery of phenolic compounds from agro-industrial by-products: Evaluating antiradical activities and immunomodulatory properties, 2021, Food and Bioproducts Processing
  • Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities of the Crude Extracts of Raw and Fermented Tomato Pomace and Their Correlations with Aglycate-Polyphenols, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Implementing polyhydroxyalkanoates production to anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste to diversify products and increase total energy recovery, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Supercritical CO2 extraction of tomato pomace: Evaluation of the solubility of lycopene in tomato oil as limiting factor of the process performance, 2020, Food Chemistry
  • Valorizing the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by producing black soldier fly larvae and biomethane in a biorefinery approach, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production

Best Publications

  • Assessing amendment and fertilizing properties of digestates from anaerobic digestion through a comparative study with digested sludge and compost

    Fulvia Tambone;Barbara Scaglia;Giuliana D’Imporzano;Andrea Schievano

  • Odours and volatile organic compounds emitted from municipal solid waste at different stage of decomposition and relationship with biological stability.

    B. Scaglia;V. Orzi;A. Artola;X. Font

  • Two-Stage vs Single-Stage Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion: Comparison of Energy Production and Biodegradation Efficiencies

    Andrea Schievano;Alberto Tenca;Barbara Scaglia;Giuseppe Merlino

  • Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) production from fermented cheese whey by using a mixed microbial culture.

    Bianca Colombo;Tommy Pepè Sciarria;Maria Reis;Barbara Scaglia

  • Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by using mixed microbial culture

    Bianca Colombo;Francesca Favini;Barbara Scaglia;Tommy Pepè Sciarria

  • Effects of biodrying process on municipal solid waste properties

    F. Tambone;B. Scaglia;S. Scotti;F. Adani

  • Composting of the solid fraction of digestate derived from pig slurry: Biological processes and compost properties

    Fulvia Tambone;Laura Terruzzi;Barbara Scaglia;Fabrizio Adani

  • Respiration index determination: dynamic and static approaches.

    Barbara Scaglia;Fulvia Tambone;Pier Luigi Genevini;Fabrizio Adani

  • Rock weathering creates oases of life in a high Arctic desert.

    Sara Borin;Stefano Ventura;Fulvia Tambone;Francesca Mapelli

  • Substituting energy crops with organic fraction of municipal solid waste for biogas production at farm level: A full-scale plant study

    Michele Pognani;Giuliana D’Imporzano;Barbara Scaglia;Fabrizio Adani

  • The role of biological processes in reducing both odor impact and pathogen content during mesophilic anaerobic digestion.

    Valentina Orzi;Barbara Scaglia;Samuele Lonati;Carlo Riva

  • Estimating biogas production of biologically treated municipal solid waste.

    Barbara Scaglia;Roberto Confalonieri;Giuliana D’Imporzano;Fabrizio Adani

  • Investigating organic molecules responsible of auxin-like activity of humic acid fraction extracted from vermicompost

    Barbara Scaglia;Ramom Rachide Nunes;Maria Olímpia de Oliveira Rezende;Fulvia Tambone

  • Biohydrogen and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) as products of a two-steps bioprocess from deproteinized dairy wastes.

    Bianca Colombo;Mariana Villegas Calvo;Tommy Pepè Sciarria;Barbara Scaglia

  • Evaluation of hormone-like activity of the dissolved organic matter fraction (DOM) of compost and digestate

    Barbara Scaglia;Michele Pognani;Fabrizio Adani

  • Microbial community structure and dynamics in two-stage vs single-stage thermophilic anaerobic digestion of mixed swine slurry and market bio-waste.

    Giuseppe Merlino;Aurora Rizzi;Andrea Schievano;Alberto Tenca

  • Sanitation ability of anaerobic digestion performed at different temperature on sewage sludge.

    Barbara Scaglia;Giuliana D'Imporzano;Gilberto Garuti;Marco Negri

  • Mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella for local protein production using agro-food by-products.

    Silvia Salati;Giuliana D'Imporzano;Barbara Menin;Davide Veronesi

  • The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence.

    Francesca Mapelli;Ramona Marasco;Marco Fusi;Barbara Scaglia

  • Bio-electrorecycling of carbon dioxide into bioplastics

    T. Pepè Sciarria;P. Batlle-Vilanova;B. Colombo;B. Scaglia

  • Integration of microalgae production with anaerobic digestion of dairy cattle manure: an overall mass and energy balance of the process

    Claudio Ledda;Andrea Schievano;Barbara Scaglia;Mara Rossoni

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabrizio Adani
Fabrizio Adani University of Milan
Fulvia Tambone
Fulvia Tambone University of Milan
Andrea Schievano
Andrea Schievano European Commission
Daniele Daffonchio
Daniele Daffonchio King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Sara Borin
Sara Borin University of Milan
Antoni Sánchez
Antoni Sánchez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Xavier Font
Xavier Font Autonomous University of Barcelona
Blake A. Simmons
Blake A. Simmons Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs
Kai-Uwe Hinrichs University of Bremen
Andrea Squartini
Andrea Squartini University of Padua

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