Laura Scrano

Position: Associate professor, Department of European Cultures and Mediterranean (DICEM). University of Basilicata, Potenza – Italy Photochemistry Ph.D., University Claude Bernard, Lyon 1, Prof. Scrano studied the problems linked to the safeguard of the environment from those external and internal events that often can cause its degradation. The outlines of research are: 1. Degradation and transformation of recent pesticides in the liquid phase and adsorbed phase (soil, organic matter, clay minerals, zeolites, cyclodextrin) and toxicity test; 2. The use of hybrid nanostructured materials as absorbents for the organic pollutants removal from wastewater; 3. Identification and characterization of hydrocarbons from crude oil in the soil using ultra-sensitive methods; 3. Characterization of stone materials and causes and level decay evaluation to realize bio-cleaning and bio-restoration; 4. Identification and characterization of secondary metabolites with health properties in vegetables; 5. Identification and characterization of vegetal and animal secondary metabolites and their application as alternative to synthetic pesticides.