Cycle / Years
41th cycle [2025-2028]
Contacts
Supervisor(s)
Prof. Anna Maria Raspolli Galletti, Dott. Alberto Dolci
Title of the PhD project
Conversion of fish biomass into bioadhesives
Abstract of the PhD project
Each year, fish processing generates approximately 20 million tonnes of waste, whose disposal at sea causes severe pollution and ecosystem imbalances. For this reason, more sustainable management of fishery by-products is required, involving the extraction of valuable compounds for the synthesis of higher value-added bioproducts. This PhD project is carried out in collaboration with Bolton Food and is part of a broader European project entitled One Earth. The study is framed within this context, as it focuses on the valorisation of fish processing waste through the synthesis of bio-based adhesives. In particular, the derivatized fractions of polyunsaturated fatty acids, collagen fraction and fish soluble derived peptides from fish biomass, will be characterized in terms of physicochemical characteristics. A re-evaluation of feasibility will be performed and compared with key findings in literature. The identified most promising molecules for adhesives properties and technological feasibility will be selected for the bioadhesive formulations. In this way, the project aims to support the transition from a linear to a circular economic model, fostering the development of the blue economy while simultaneously reducing environmental impact.
Academic Fields and Disciplines (SSD), main and secondary
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Educational and third mission activities
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International
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Publications
• Nan Yang, Marta Cremonesi, Tomas Markevicius, Alice Dal Fovo, Kirill Shumikhin, Elena Ducoli, Catarina Rocha Pires, Raffaella Fontana, Pascal Van Der Voort, Karen Leus, Gert Nuyts, Gianluca Pastorelli, Sofie Wikkelsø Jensen, Ilaria Bonaduce, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Rino Morent, Anton Nikiforov & Geert Van der Snickt, “The reproduction of fire-born soot for comparative cleaning tests on heritage objects”, npj Heritage Science, 2025 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s40494-025-02067-1)
Oral communications at conferences
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Poster communications at conferences
• Elena Ducoli, Kirill Shumikhin, Silvia Pizzimenti, Alessia Andreotti, Antonella Manaretti, Celia Duce,
Anton Nikiforov, Tomas Markevicius, Klaas Jan van den Berg, Ilaria Bonaduce, “Impact of atomic oxygen and laser surface cleaning techniques on Cultural Heritage materials: a mass spectrometry investigation”, 12th MSJDay, University of Pisa, 2025 May 22–23, poster presentation.
• E. Ducoli, K. Shumikhin, S. Pizzimenti, A. Andreotti, A. Manaretti, C. Duce, A. Nikiforov, T. Markevicius, K. J. van den Berg, I. Bonaduce, “Evaluating atomic oxygen as an innovative cleaning technique for Cultural Heritage preservation: a comparative study with laser technology”, Chemistry for the Future International Conference, University of Pisa, 2025 July 7-9, poster presentation.
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Funding
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