Universitá Ca’ Foscari Venezia (UNIVE)
The Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics (DAIS) of UNIVE leads WP5 “Sustainability integration” and contributes to WP1, 2, 3 and 4 to ensure an adequate safety and sustainability assessment of chemicals and materials. Its team, involved in the application of the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) Framework in several EU projects (SUNSHINE, SUNRISE, GREENART and BioSusTex), brings: Expertise in Hazard Assessment, Exposure Assessment and Chemical Safety Assessment; Development and application of screening approaches for human health and ecological risk assessment according to the EU REACH and CLP regulation; Integration of the main pillars of sustainability (environmental, economic and social) through Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) and the application of Decision Analysis methodologies, such as Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA).
Elena Semenzin – Associate professor, Scientific responsible for UNIVE
Elena Semenzin, Associate professor in Environmental Chemistry, is Scientific responsible for UNIVE. She holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences at UNIVE, completed with a Marie Curie fellowship at Wageningen University (NL). Her research interests are in: 1) Environmental Risk Assessment for both traditional and emerging pollutants (e.g. nanomaterials) along the life cycle of products/processes and including the SSbD concept. 2) Sustainability assessment (integrating tools belonging to the environmental, social and economic pillars) and, more specifically, assessment of environmental sustainability (environmental footprints, LCA, etc.) in the circular economy context.
Elena Badetti – Associate professor
Elena Badetti is Associate professor in Environmental Chemistry. She obtained her PhD in Chemistry with European Mention from Universidad Autόnoma de Barcelona (Spain). She has experience in organic synthesis, catalysis, coordination and supramolecular chemistry as well as in synthesis, functionalization and characterization of nanomaterials. Her research focuses on the field of environmental chemistry, with particular attention to the study of the environmental fate and behaviour of chemicals and nanomaterials.
Marco Picone – Researcher
Marco Picone holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences at UNIVE. His research interests are in: 1) Aquatic ecotoxicology, with a focus on crustaceans and molluscs. 2) Bioaccumulation in vertebrates using non-destructive and non-invasive methods. 3) Ecology of waders and seabirds. 4) Wetland ecology, including peracarid communities and halophilous vegetation.
Alessandro Bonetto – Lab technician
Alessandro Bonetto holds a PhD in Environmental Sciences at UNIVE. He has advanced expertise in assessing environmental exposure and analysing organic molecules and metals across a variety of matrices, including geological and biological substrates, through mass spectrometry techniques at both low and high resolution. His solid foundation in industrial chemistry, coupled with the PhD in environmental sciences, has enabled him to contribute to and publish research on a wide range of topics, from the investigation of emerging pollutants to the characterization of catalysts and nanomaterials. Tackling such varied subjects has allowed him to develop expertise in experimental design aimed at replicating environmental phenomena within a controlled laboratory setting. His work integrates cutting-edge mass spectrometry methodologies (spot and imaging) to systematically examine the simulated variables.