Francesco VALENTINO
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Telephone
- 041 234 7729
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francesco.valentino@unive.it
- Academic discipline
- Chemical Plants [ICHI-02/A]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/francesco.valentino(personal record)
- Office
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Room: office 212 (Epsilon bulding, 2nd floor)
- Office
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Interdepartmental School of Economics, Languages and Entrepreneurship
Website: https://www.unive.it/sele
Where: Treviso - Palazzo San Paolo
- Safety Role
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Preposto di Laboratorio
Responsabile dell’Attività di Didattica e Ricerca in Laboratorio (RDRL)
Office hours
Scientific Campus, Via Torino, Mestre-Venice (Epsilon Building, 2° floor, room 212)
Monday and Wednesday by appointment via mail: francesco.valentino@unive.it
Environmental Engineering Laboratory - Wastewater Treatment Plant, Treviso
By appointment via mail: francesco.valentino@unive.it
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
Activities and research skills
- Academic discipline
- Impianti chimici [ICHI-02/A]
- Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
- CHIMICA E BIOTECNOLOGIA DELLE FERMENTAZIONI [CHIM/11]
- Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
- Internazionale: Europa
- Known languages
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Inglese
(scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
- Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
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a) Membro dell'Editorial Board di MDPI Sustainability; sezione "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/sectioneditors/sustainablechemistry).
b) Membro dell'Editorial Board di MDPI Biomass (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomass/editors).
- Participation as referees of national and international research projects
- Expert Evaluator presso "European Commission - Research Executive Agency (REA)" per la valutazione di progetti Europei nell'ambito di H2020-BBI-JU (Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking) e Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU).
- Main departmental research areas and fields
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Area:
Ambiente Linea:
Bioindicazione e Ecotossicologia
Area: Ambiente Linea: Chimica ambientale e rischio
Area: Ambiente Linea: Gestione e trattamento rifiuti/reflui
Area: Ambiente Linea: Microbiologia Applicata
Area: Chimica Fisica e Materiali Linea: Green Chemistry
- Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates production from by-products and mixed microbial culture (MMC)
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- SSD:
- ING-IND/25
- Other members of the research group:
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Marco GOTTARDO
- Innovative wastewater treatment technologies specifically tailored for the remediation of tannery effluents.
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- SSD:
- ING-IND/25
- Other members of the research group:
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Marco GOTTARDO
Paolo PAVAN
- Production of single-cell proteins (SCPs) utilizing aerobic heterotrophic and photoheterotrophic bacteria (purple bacteria).
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- SSD:
- CHIM/11
- Other members of the research group:
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Marco GOTTARDO
- Valorization of agro-industrial by-products through fermentative processes for the biological production of hydrogen and metabolic intermediates.
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- SSD:
- ING-IND/25
- Other members of the research group:
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Cristina CAVINATO
Marco GOTTARDO
Paolo PAVAN
- BRiC-INAIL: Process development in the frame of Industrial Biotechnology and health-safety aspects
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- Funding body:
- INAIL
- Type:
- Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2015 Length in months: 12
- BRiC-INAIL: Processi innovativi biologici e bio-elettrochimici per la produzione di idrogeno da matrici organiche di scarto
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- Funding body:
- INAIL
- Type:
- Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
- Role in the project:
- LD
- Starting date:
- Year: 2023 Length in months: 24
- Other members of the research group:
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Cristina CAVINATO
Paolo PAVAN
- BioMoon: low gravity biorefinery
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- Funding body:
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
- Type:
- Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 Length in months: 36
- Other members of the research group:
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Eva CARRARO
Cristina CAVINATO
Navid KHORRAMIAN
- Eco-design e riciclo di DPI in una filiera industriale circolare (EcoDPI)
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- Funding body:
- Regione Veneto
- Type:
- POR FESR (2014-2020)
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2021 Length in months: 24
- Other members of the research group:
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Paolo PAVAN
- Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging (FP7 EcoBioCap)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- VII Programma Quadro - Cooperation
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/265669/it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2011 Length in months: 48
- Enhancing knowledge of BIOmolecular solutions for the well-being of European AQUAculture sector (BIOAQUA)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- COST
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22160/
- Starting date:
- Year: 2023 Length in months: 48
- Food-4-Life - Alimenti funzionali per la salute e benessere: Innovazione delle materie prime, caratterizzazione delle proteine di origine vegetale e animale, nuovi approcci per la shelf life e packaging più sostenibile
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- Funding body:
- Regione Veneto (PR Veneto FESR 2021-2027)
- Type:
- POR FESR (2014-2020)
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 Length in months: 30
- Other members of the research group:
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Andrea BRUNELLI
Antonio MARCOMINI
Paolo PAVAN
Elena SEMENZIN
- Innovative approaches to turn agricultural waste into ecological and economic assets (No Agro-Waste - NoAW)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- H2020 - Science with and for society
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/688338/it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2016 Length in months: 48
- Integrating bio-treated wastewater with enhanced water use efficiency to support the Green Economy in EU and India (FP7 Water4Crops)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- VII Programma Quadro - Cooperation
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/311933/results
- Starting date:
- Year: 2012 Length in months: 48
- Novel processing routes for effective sewage sludge management (FP7 ROUTES)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- VII Programma Quadro - Cooperation
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/265156/it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2011 Length in months: 36
- Resources from Urban Bio-waste (RES-URBIS)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- H2020 - Science with and for society
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/730349/it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2017 Length in months: 36
- Other members of the research group:
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Paolo PAVAN
- Scale-up of low-carbon footprint material recovery techniques in existing wastewater treatment plants (SMART-Plant)
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- H2020 - Science with and for society
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690323/it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2016 Length in months: 48
- Sistemi Avanzati per il Recupero di Rifiuti (SARR)
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- Funding body:
- Regione Veneto
- Type:
- POR FESR (2014-2020)
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2018 Length in months: 36
- Other members of the research group:
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Paolo PAVAN
- “Trattamenti Circolari Innovativi degli Scarti del Processo Conciario” (REWASTER)
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- Funding body:
- Regione Veneto (PR Veneto FESR 2021-2027)
- Type:
- POR FESR (2014-2020)
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 Length in months: 24
- Other members of the research group:
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Paolo PAVAN
Publication highlights
Bartkova, Simona; Valentino, Francesco; Saraiva, Marcia; Duman, Muhammed; Gerilovych, Anton; Radosavljevic, Vladimir; de Marco, Ario; Saticioglu, Izzet Burcin; Ay, Hilal Assessment of water prophylaxis and biosafety in finfish aquaculture - current and emerging technologies in FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 17 (ISSN 1664-302X)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5124667
Russo, P.; Lancia, M.C.; Lauri, R.; Gottardo, M.; Valentino, F. Biohydrogen production from biowaste: Assessment of the flammability of bioreactors gaseous mixtures in JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES, vol. 102 (ISSN 0950-4230)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5119113
Danieli Sara; Gottardo Marco; Macilotti Matteo; Beltrame Davide; Rizzato Umberto; Nogarole Marco; Valentino Francesco Biological Sulphate Removal from Tannery Wastewater using Mixed Microbial Culture in a Sequencing Batch Reactor in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS, vol. 124, pp. 217-222 (ISSN 2283-9216)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5119111
Serra-Toro, A.; Romero-Vidal, T.; Pelizzaro, V.; Da Silva, C.; Valentino, F.; Astals, S.; Dosta, J.; Mas, F. New modelling approach for nitrogen transfer and water passage in gas-permeable membranes for wastewater treatment in BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 454 (ISSN 0960-8524)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5119112
Bertasini, Davide; Valentino, Francesco; Lauri, Roberto; Bolzonella, David; Battista, Federico Optimizing specific dark fermentation strategies for enhanced bio-hydrogen production from different agricultural wastes in RENEWABLE ENERGY, vol. 275 (ISSN 0960-1481)
DOI 2026,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5124867