Our Team
Sandra torriani
Full Professor of Microbiology and Chairperson of Agri-food Biotech Master Degree Course at University of Verona
Relevant research areas of Sandra Torriani include: molecular food ecology, taxonomy of lactic acid bacteria and related organisms; isolation, biotechnological characterisation and selection of suitable strains of bacteria and yeasts to be used as starter for food production and preservation; modelling of lactic acid bacteria and undesirable bacteria growth in fresh and fermented foods; rapid identification and direct detection in complex food matrices of specific microbial species; studies on probiotics. Further research areas include aspects related to health risk, and the application of new technologies to improve safety, shelf-life, sensorial and functional properties of foods and beverages. Sandra Torriani has been co-author of 11 chapters in books dealing with general and applied microbiology and about 180 research papers, 100 of which have been published in international refereed journals and are cited on Scopus. Her Scopus h index is 24 (calculated considering Scopus document published after 1995). Sandra Torrianihas been involved in several regional, national and European research projects. She acted as an evaluator of proposals within the fifth framework programme (Area 1, Food, Nutrition and Health) for the European Community. Member of the SIMTREA (Società Italiana di Microbiologia Agro-Alimentare e Ambientale), and of the Working Group “Wine Microbiology” of AIVV (Accademia Italiana della Vite e del Vino). Member of the Editorial Board of Food Microbiology, and reviewer for the database VITIS-VEA, and for several international journals.
Antonio Del Casale
Biotechnologist, CEO & Co-founder at Microbion
I have always been fascinated by scientific progresses that improve peoples live and society’s sustainability. This is the main reason why I have committed my university studies in agro-industrial biotechnologies getting a master degree and I am currently working for a PhD research project on environmental biotechnologies. Besides my interest on scientific research there is a strong involvement in technology transfer projects. My aim is to play a relevant role in industrial innovation processes, facing today’s sustainability challenges.
Fabio Fracchetti
Co-Founder and CEO
Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California, to Joanne Schieble (later Joanne Simpson) and Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father, Abdulfattah Jandali, was a Syrian political science professor and his mother, Joanne Schieble, worked as a speech therapist. Shortly after Steve was placed for adoption, his biological parents married and had another child, Mona Simpson.
Giovanna Felis
Co-fondatrice
Giovanna Felis è ricercatrice in Microbiologia degli Alimenti presso l’Università di Verona e co-fondatrice di Microbion srl. I suoi principali interessi di ricerca sono: (i) la diversità dei microrganismi, la tassonomia e l’evoluzione, soprattutto dei batteri lattici, investigate con tecniche genetiche e genomiche; e (ii) le interazioni dei microrganismi con diversi ospiti e con l’ambiente. E ‘stata co-autore di 10 capitoli di libri e più di 30 articoli di ricerca.
Elisa Salvetti
PhD in Agro-Industrial Biotechnology - Food Microbiology
Elisa Salvetti collabora con Microbion come associata esperta in genomica comparativa. Ha un dottorato di ricerca in Biotecnologie Agro-Industriali presso l’Università di Verona. La sua esperienza professionale è caratterizzata dallo studio della biodiversità, tassonomia ed evoluzione di microrganismi di interesse agro-alimentare attraverso l’analisi genomica comparativa, l’applicazione di diversi metodi molecolari e supporti bioinformatici.
