Elena SEMENZIN
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Roles
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Coordinator of the University Board for Sustainability
Scientific Committee Coordinator for the 2027-2029 Action Proposal - Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan
Rector's Delegate for Sustainability
- Telephone
- 041 234 8914 / 041 234 6664
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semenzin@unive.it
- Academic discipline
- Chemistry for the Environment and for Cultural Heritage [CHEM-01/B]
- Website
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https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/semenzin(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 323 (Epsilon bulding, 3rd floor)
Teaching activity current year
Teaching activity previous years
ALTRE OPPORTUNITÀ FORMATIVE [AOF]
Micro-credenziali
BIOTECNOLOGIE PER L'AMBIENTE E LO SVILUPPO SOSTENIBILE [CMR10]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)
SCIENZE AMBIENTALI [CMR5]
Laurea magistrale (DM270)
INGEGNERIA AMBIENTALE PER LA TRANSIZIONE ECOLOGICA [CT10]
Laurea
INGEGNERIA AMBIENTALE PER LA TRANSIZIONE ECOLOGICA [CTR10]
Laurea
Activities and research skills
- Academic discipline
- Chimica dell'ambiente e dei beni culturali [CHEM-01/B]
- Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
- CHIMICA ANALITICA [CHIM/01]
- Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
- Internazionale: Europa
- Known languages
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Italiano
(scritto: madrelingua parlato: madrelingua)
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
- Participation in editorial boards of scientific journals/book series
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Membro dell'advisory board della rivista scientifica Environmental Sciences Europe (ESEU) dal 2011.
Membro dell'Editorial Board della rivista scientifica Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) dal 2015 al 2023.
Membro dell'Editorial Board della rivista scientifica Toxics dal 2019 al 2023.
- Participation as referees of national and international research projects
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2023 - Revisore scientifico per il programma scientifico “Mistra SafeChem”. Mistra (https://mistra.org/#eng) è una fondazione indipendente in Svezia che supporta la ricerca volta a individuare soluzioni a problemi ambientali.
2016 - Revisore scientifico esterno per la 2015 BiodivERsA call for proposals “Understanding and managing biodiversity dynamics to improve ecosystem functioning and delivery of ecosystem services in a global change context: the cases of (1) soils and sediments, and (2) land- river- and sea-scapes (habitat connectivity, green and blue infrastructures, and naturing cities)”.
- Main departmental research areas and fields
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Area:
Ambiente Linea:
Chimica Analitica Ambientale
Area: Ambiente Linea: Chimica ambientale e rischio
Area: Ambiente Linea: Chimica e Tossicologia Ambientale
Area: Ambiente Linea: Gestione e trattamento rifiuti/reflui
Area: Beni culturali Linea: Chimica del restauro
- Valutazione della sostenibilità ambientale di prodotti e processi (LCA, Impronte Ambientali)
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- Description:
- Assessment of environmental sustainability of products and processes (LCA, Environmental Footprints)
- Analisi di rischio ambientale da esposizione a sostanze chimiche e (nano)particelle
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- Description:
- Environmental risk assessment for exposure to chemical substances ad (nano)particles
- Studi sulla qualità degli ambienti di transizione a supporto della loro gestione sostenibile.
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- SSD:
- CHIM/12
- Other members of the research group:
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Elena BADETTI
Alessandro BONETTO
Loris CALGARO
Andrea CRITTO
Antonio MARCOMINI
- Valutazione della sicurezza chimica e della sostenibilità di prodotti lungo il loro ciclo di vita, con approcci di Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD)
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- SSD:
- CHIM/12
- Other members of the research group:
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Elena BADETTI
Alessandro BONETTO
Andrea BRUNELLI
- BioSusTex: Towards absolute safe and sustainable biobased textile
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- HorizonEurope - Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://www.biosustex.eu/
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 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
Francesco VALENTINO
- GREENART - GREen ENdeavor in Art ResToration
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- H2020 - Societal Challenges
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://www.greenart-project.eu/
- Starting date:
- Year: 2022 Length in months: 36
- RISKGONE – Science-based RISK GOvernance of Nano-tEchnology
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- Funding body:
- Unione Europea
- Type:
- H2020 - Industrial Leadership - LEIT
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Starting date:
- Year: 2019 Length in months: 48
- Other members of the research group:
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Elena BADETTI
Antonio MARCOMINI
- SUNRISE – Safe and sUstainable by desigN: integRated approaches for Impact aSsessment of advanced matErials
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- Funding body:
- Unione Europea
- Type:
- HorizonEurope - Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://www.sunrise-horizon.eu/
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 Length in months: 48
- Other members of the research group:
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Elena BADETTI
Andrea BRUNELLI
Antonio MARCOMINI
- SUNSHINE - Safe and sUstainable by desigN Strategies for HIgh Performance Multi-component NanomatErials
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- Funding body:
- Unione Europea
- Type:
- H2020 - Industrial Leadership - LEIT
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/952924
- Starting date:
- Year: 2021 Length in months: 48
- Other members of the research group:
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Elena BADETTI
Andrea BRUNELLI
Antonio MARCOMINI
- SurfToGreen: Bio-based sustainable SURFactants TO foster GREEN industry
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- Funding body:
- European Commission
- Type:
- Altri finanziamenti per progetti di ricerca
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- https://www.surftogreen.eu/
- Starting date:
- Year: 2024 Length in months: 60
- Venezia 2021: Programma di ricerca scientifica per una laguna regolata (2018-2022)
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- Funding body:
- CORILA, Ministero Infrastrutture e Trasporti, Provveditorato interregionale per il Veneto
- Type:
- Bando Cluster Tecnologici Nazionali
- Role in the project:
- PT
- Sito di progetto:
- http://Venezia 2021.corila.it
- Starting date:
- Year: 2019 Length in months: 36
- Other members of the research group:
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Antonio MARCOMINI
Publication highlights
Cecchetto, Martina; Peruzza, Luca; Giubilato, Elisa; Bernardini, Ilaria; Rovere, Giulia Dalla; Marcomini, Antonio; Regoli, Francesco; Bargelloni, Luca; Patarnello, Tomaso; Semenzin, Elena; Milan, Massimo An innovative index to incorporate transcriptomic data into weight of evidence approaches for environmental risk assessment in ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, vol. 227, pp. 115745 (ISSN 0013-9351)
DOI 2023,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5017683
Calgaro, Loris; Giubilato, Elisa; Lamon, Lara; Calore, Francesco; Semenzin, Elena; Marcomini, Antonio Emissions of pharmaceuticals and plant protection products to the lagoon of Venice: development of a new emission inventory in JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol. 330, pp. 117153 (ISSN 0301-4797)
DOI 2023,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5011563
D'Amato, D.; Gaio, M.; Semenzin, E. A review of LCA assessments of forest-based bioeconomy products and processes under an ecosystem services perspective in SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, vol. 706, pp. 135859 (ISSN 0048-9697)
DOI 2020,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3720854
Semenzin E.; Subramanian V.; Pizzol L.; Zabeo A.; Fransman W.; Oksel C.; Hristozov D.; Marcomini A. Controlling the risks of nano-enabled products through the life cycle: The case of nano copper oxide paint for wood protection and nano-pigments used in the automotive industry in ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL, vol. 131 (ISSN 0160-4120)
DOI - URL correlato 2019,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3716243
Semenzin E.; Giubilato E.; Badetti E.; Picone M.; Volpi Ghirardini A.; Hristozov D.; Brunelli A.; Marcomini A. Guiding the development of sustainable nano-enabled products for the conservation of works of art: proposal for a framework implementing the Safe by Design concept in ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL, vol. 26, pp. 26146-26158 (ISSN 0944-1344)
DOI - URL correlato 2019,
Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3716242
List of publications
Curriculum vitae
Associate Professor of Environmental Chemistry at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, within the Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics, and Statistics (DAIS), and Rector's Delegate for Sustainability. PhD in Environmental Sciences from Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE) in 2007 (partially at Wageningen University, NL, thanks to a Marie Curie grant). Master's degree in Environmental Sciences from Ca' Foscari in 2002.
Research focus: Chemical safety and sustainability along the life cycle of innovative products and processes in various industrial sectors through the implementation of the European Commission's SSbD (Safe and Sustainable by Design) framework, developing methodologies for assessing the hazard of chemicals and materials, human health and environmental risk analysis, and environmental sustainability assessment and its integration with social and economic dimensions.
Robust research expertise in Environmental Risk Assessment for contaminated sites (both aquatic and terrestrial systems), in the development of integrated risk indices following Weight of Evidence (WoE) approaches based on Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) Methods, and in the conceptual design of Decision Support Systems (DSS). Proven experience in the development and application of bioaccumulation models, in the assessment of contaminant bioavailability, and in the concept of Species Sensitivity Distribution (SSD).
Experience in coordinating multidisciplinary research groups and involvement in the preparation and development of national and international research projects. Currently, she is the scientific leader for UNIVE of the HEU BioSusTex project "Towards absolute safe and sustainable biobased textile", the CBE JU SurfToGreen project "Bio-based sustainable SURFactants TO foster GREEN industry", and the CBE JU IRIS project "Palette of safe and sustainable coloration for cellulosics". She coordinates the EIC Pathfinder Open project GREENDIGO "Biosolutions for denim dyeing within the Planetary Boundaries". Member of SETAC Europe since 2004.
Member of the Advisory Board of the scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe since 2011 and member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) from 2015 to 2023. Since 2015, she is also a founding member and member of the Technical and Scientific Committee of GreenDecision s.r.l., a company born as a spin-off of Ca' Foscari University of Venice.
Since 2023, she has been the director of the DAIS Department of Excellence Project (funded by the Ministry of University and Research, MUR) and Coordinator of the Technical Table for the Student Community of RUS (Network of Universities for Sustainable Development). As of April 2025, she is Vice President of the UN Global Compact Network Italia Foundation.
National Scientific Qualification (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, ASN) for the Academic Discipline (Settore Concorsuale, SC) 03/A1 for Full Professor (prima fascia) obtained in February 2025.
Complete CV in European format: CV Elena Semenzin
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