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Overview

Paola Calza is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has extensive research experience in Environmental Science and Energy. Their work spans several subfields including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research primarily focuses on advanced photocatalysis techniques, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells, advanced oxidation water treatment, water treatment and disinfection, advanced nanomaterials in catalysis, and analytical chemistry methods development.

Frequent coauthors in their publications include:

  • Debora Fabbri
  • Claudio Medana
  • Maria Cristina Paganini
  • Elisa Gaggero
  • Federica Dal Bello

The most productive publication venues for Paola Calza include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Sciences
  • Catalysts
  • Catalysis Today

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Calza are:

  • The role of Cerium, Europium and Erbium doped TiO2 photocatalysts in water treatment: A mini-review, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
  • Humic acid coated magnetic particles as highly efficient heterogeneous photo-Fenton materials for wastewater treatments, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • From monitoring to treatment, how to improve water quality: The pharmaceuticals case, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
  • Bioremediation Methods for the Recovery of Lead-Contaminated Soils: A Review, 2020, Applied Sciences
  • Hybrid materials for the removal of emerging pollutants in water: classification, synthesis, and properties, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic degradation study of diclofenac over aqueous TiO2 suspensions

    P. Calza;V.A. Sakkas;C. Medana;C. Baiocchi

  • Enhancement of the ETS-10 Titanosilicate Activity in the Shape-Selective Photocatalytic Degradation of Large Aromatic Molecules by Controlled Defect Production

    Francesc X. Llabres I. Xamena;Paola Calza;Carlo Lamberti;Carmelo Prestipino

  • Photocatalytic transformations of sulphonamides on titanium dioxide

    Paola Calza;Claudio Medana;Marco Pazzi;Claudio Baiocchi

  • Photocatalytically Assisted Hydrolysis of Chlorinated Methanes under Anaerobic Conditions

    Paola Calza;Claudio Minero;Ezio Pelizzetti

  • Light-assisted 1,4-dioxane degradation

    V. Maurino;P. Calza;C. Minero;E. Pelizzetti

  • Characterization of intermediate compounds formed upon photoinduced degradation of quinolones by high-performance liquid chromatography/high-resolution multiple-stage mass spectrometry.

    Paola Calza;Claudio Medana;Francesco Carbone;Valeria Giancotti

  • Photocatalytic transformation of organic compounds in the presence of inorganic ions

    Paola Calza;Ezio Pelizzetti

  • Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of the pharmaceutical agent salbutamol in aqueous titanium dioxide suspensions

    V.A. Sakkas;P. Calza;C. Medana;A.E. Villioti

  • Phenol chlorination and photochlorination in the presence of chloride ions in homogeneous aqueous solution.

    Davide Vione;Valter Maurino;Claudio Minero;Paola Calza

  • The fate of organic nitrogen in photocatalysis: an overview

    P. Calza;E. Pelizzetti;C. Minero

  • Light induced elimination of mono-and polychlorinated phenols from aqueous solutions by PW12O403-. The case of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol

    Evagelia Androulaki;Anastasia Hiskia;Dimitra Dimotikali;Claudio Minero

  • Rare earth ions doped ZnO: Synthesis, characterization and preliminary photoactivity assessment

    Erik Cerrato;Chiara Gionco;Ilaria Berruti;Fabrizio Sordello

  • The role of nitrite and nitrate ions as photosensitizers in the phototransformation of phenolic compounds in seawater.

    P. Calza;D. Vione;A. Novelli;E. Pelizzetti

  • Tailoring the Selectivity of Ti-Based Photocatalysts (TiO2 and Microporous ETS-10 and ETS-4) by Playing with Surface Morphology and Electronic Structure

    Sandro Usseglio;Paola Calza;Alessandro Damin;Claudio Minero

  • Photocatalytic transformation of the antipsychotic drug risperidone in aqueous media on reduced graphene oxide—TiO2 composites

    Paola Calza;C. Hadjicostas;V. A. Sakkas;Marco Sarro

  • Tuning TiO2 nanoparticle morphology in graphene–TiO2 hybrids by graphene surface modification

    Fabrizio Sordello;Fabrizio Sordello;Gul Zeb;Kaiwen Hu;Paola Calza

  • Assessment of the abatement of acelsulfame K using cerium doped ZnO as photocatalyst

    Paola Calza;Chiara Gionco;Margherita Giletta;M. Kalaboka

  • Photocatalytic degradation of selected anticancer drugs and identification of their transformation products in water by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry.

    P. Calza;C. Medana;M. Sarro;V. Rosato

  • Solar driven production of toxic halogenated and nitroaromatic compounds in natural seawater.

    Paola Calza;Cristina Massolino;Ezio Pelizzetti;Claudio Minero

  • Identification of the unknown transformation products derived from clarithromycin and carbamazepine using liquid chromatography/high‐resolution mass spectrometry

    P. Calza;C. Medana;E. Padovano;V. Giancotti

  • Photocatalytic transformations of chlorinated methanes in the presence of electron and hole scavengers

    Paola Calza;Claudio Minero;and Ezio Pelizzetti

Frequent Co-Authors

Ezio Pelizzetti
Ezio Pelizzetti University of Turin
Claudio Minero
Claudio Minero University of Turin
Maria Cristina Paganini
Maria Cristina Paganini University of Turin
Davide Vione
Davide Vione University of Turin
Marta Cerruti
Marta Cerruti McGill University
Giuliana Magnacca
Giuliana Magnacca University of Turin
Valter Maurino
Valter Maurino University of Turin
Marco Sangermano
Marco Sangermano Polytechnic University of Turin
Adriano Zecchina
Adriano Zecchina University of Turin
Claudio Baggiani
Claudio Baggiani University of Turin

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