The laboratory studies soils contaminated by various sources (industrial, mining, urban, agricultural, etc.). It investigates the presence, mobility, transformation, bioaccumulation, and toxicity of contaminants to evaluate their reduction and environmental impact. Additionally, the laboratory develops sustainable methodologies to reduce or contain contamination and restore matrices degraded by pollutants such as heavy metals, metalloids, organic molecules, and emerging contaminants (nanoparticles, nano/microplastics, rare earth elements). It employs specific plant species and soil additives to address contamination through site-specific tests and scale-up approaches to assess the feasibility of decontamination strategies.
Relevant instrumentation
Analitics
- Optical emission spectrometer with plasma source equipped with autosampler (ICP-OES, Agilent 5900)
- Atomic absorption spectrometer equipped with hydride generator and autosampler (AAS, …)
- Mercury analyzer (AMA – Automatic Mercury Analyser)
- Total hydrocarbon detector (Horiba OCMA – 500)
- Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS Agilent)
- UV-Vis spectrophotometer (Shimadzu 1900i with CPS 100 temperature control system)
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Experimentation
- Climate cell
- Microscan
- 120-sqm greenhouse equipped with digital phenotyper (Trait finder)
| Chief Scientific Officer | Meri Barbafieri, Eliana Tassi |
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| Team | Eliana Tassi, Meri Barbafieri, Silvia Traversari, Francesca Pedron, Beatrice Pezzarossa, Serena Doni, Irene Rosellini, Daniela Di Baccio, Eleonora Peruzzi, Francesca Bretzel, Gianniantonio Petruzzelli |
| Contacts | E-mail: elianalanfranca.tassi@cnr.it, meri.barbafieri@cnr.it |