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David Bolzonella

David Bolzonella

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
58
Citations
12824
World Ranking
2484
National Ranking
59

David Bolzonella publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Bolzonella sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 245 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

David Bolzonella D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Bolzonella sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

David Bolzonella is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, they have contributed extensively to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Building and Construction, Biomaterials, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The main research topics addressed by David Bolzonella include:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Membrane Separation Technologies

David Bolzonella has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. Notable among these are Federico Battısta (32 collaborations), Nicola Frison (20 collaborations), Fabio Rizzioli (13 collaborations), Davide Bertasini (9 collaborations), and Marianna Villano (7 collaborations).

The scientist has published regularly in the following journals:

  • Environmental Technology & Innovation (7 publications)
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (4 publications)
  • Bioresource Technology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Cleaner Production (4 publications)
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (3 publications)

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by David Bolzonella are:

  • "Added-value molecules recovery and biofuels production from spent coffee grounds", 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Can bioplastics be treated in conventional anaerobic digesters for food waste treatment?", 2021, Environmental Technology & Innovation
  • "A critical review on the techno-economic feasibility of nutrients recovery from anaerobic digestate in the agricultural sector", 2022, Separation and Purification Technology
  • "Enhancing volatile fatty acids (VFA) production from food waste in a two-phases pilot-scale anaerobic digestion process", 2021, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • "Influence of different household Food Wastes Fractions on Volatile Fatty Acids production by anaerobic fermentation", 2021, Bioresource Technology

David Bolzonella has also contributed to academic books, including one published by UWA Publishing titled "Wastewater and Biosolids Management" in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Defining the biomethane potential (BMP) of solid organic wastes and energy crops: a proposed protocol for batch assays.

    I. Angelidaki;M. Alves;David Bolzonella;L. Borzacconi

  • Mesophilic anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: influence of the solid retention time in the wastewater treatment process

    David Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan;Paolo Battistoni;Franco Cecchi

  • Full scale co-digestion of wastewater sludge and food waste: Bottlenecks and possibilities

    Long D. Nghiem;Long D. Nghiem;Konrad Koch;David Bolzonella;Jörg E. Drewes

  • Volatile fatty acids production from food wastes for biorefinery platforms: A review.

    Giuseppe Strazzera;Federico Battista;Natalia Herrero Garcia;Nicola Frison

  • A research challenge vision regarding management of agricultural waste in a circular bio-based economy

    Nathalie Gontard;Ulf Sonesson;Morten Birkved;Mauro Majone

  • Thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cattle manure with agro-wastes and energy crops: Comparison of pilot and full scale experiences

    Cristina Cavinato;F. Fatone;D. Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan

  • Dry anaerobic digestion of differently sorted organic municipal solid waste: a full-scale experience.

    David Bolzonella;P Pavan;S Mace;Franco Cecchi

  • Semi-dry thermophilic anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: focusing on the start up phase

    D Bolzonella;L Innocenti;Paolo Pavan;Pietro Traverso

  • Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and source sorted biowaste in pilot- and full-scale reactors.

    Cristina Cavinato;David Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan;Francesco Fatone

  • Effect of trace element supplementation on the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of foodwaste in batch trials: The influence of inoculum origin

    Veronica Facchin;Cristina Cavinato;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan

  • Anaerobic codigestion of waste activated sludge and OFMSW: the experiences of viareggio and treviso plants (Italy).

    D. Bolzonella;P. Battistoni;C. Susini;F. Cecchi

  • Bio-hythane production from food waste by dark fermentation coupled with anaerobic digestion process: a long-term pilot scale experience

    Cristina Cavinato;Antonio Giuliano;David Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan

  • Optimization of two-phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion of biowaste for hydrogen and methane production through reject water recirculation.

    Cristina Cavinato;David Bolzonella;Francesco Fatone;Franco Cecchi

  • Nutrients recovery from anaerobic digestate of agro-waste: Techno-economic assessment of full scale applications.

    D. Bolzonella;F. Fatone;M. Gottardo;N. Frison

  • Fate of aromatic hydrocarbons in Italian municipal wastewater systems: an overview of wastewater treatment using conventional activated-sludge processes (CASP) and membrane bioreactors (MBRs).

    Francesco Fatone;Silvia Di Fabio;David Bolzonella;Franco Cecchi

  • High rate mesophilic, thermophilic, and temperature phased anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: A pilot scale study

    David Bolzonella;Cristina Cavinato;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan

  • An urban biorefinery for food waste and biological sludge conversion into polyhydroxyalkanoates and biogas.

    Giulia Moretto;Ivan Russo;David Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan

  • Recent developments in biohythane production from household food wastes: A review.

    David Bolzonella;Federico Battista;Cristina Cavinato;Marco Gottardo

  • Anaerobic Fermentation of Organic Municipal Solid Wastes for the Production of Soluble Organic Compounds

    David Bolzonella;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan;Franco Cecchi

  • P removal from anaerobic supernatants by struvite crystallization: long term validation and process modelling.

    P. Battistoni;A. De Angelis;M. Prisciandaro;R. Boccadoro

  • Co-digestion of livestock effluents, energy crops and agro-waste: Feeding and process optimization in mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

    Antonio Giuliano;D. Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan;Cristina Cavinato

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Pavan
Paolo Pavan Ca Foscari University of Venice
Francesco Fatone
Francesco Fatone Marche Polytechnic University
Nicola Frison
Nicola Frison University of Verona
Mauro Majone
Mauro Majone Sapienza University of Rome
Joan Mata-Álvarez
Joan Mata-Álvarez University of Barcelona
Alan J. Guwy
Alan J. Guwy University of New South Wales
Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
J.B. van Lier
J.B. van Lier Delft University of Technology
Almudena Hospido
Almudena Hospido University of Santiago de Compostela
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark

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