Research

Coordinator Branch Office of scientific research programs of significant national interest MIUR ex 40%:
• Diagnostic methodologies in different commercial presentations of food of animal origin for the purpose of their quality and appropriateness for sanitary purposes (1999).
• Evaluation of strategies designed to ensure a high level of safety in the production of food of animal origin two-year Research Project completed in December (2003).
• Helicobacter pylori and emerging pathogens in food vehicle in organic food of animal origin (2004).
scientific coordinator of research projects financed by University funds UNIBA ex 60%:
• Staphylococcus aureus: survey and study on the formation of enterotoxin in contaminated cheese experimentally (2002).
• Hygienic and sanitary quality of carcasses at the slaughterhouse, meat derived foods and marketed alternative meats (2003).
• Thermophilic Campylobacter and other harmful microorganisms in animal foodstuffs (2004).
• Health and safety in the production of organic food (ISPAB) (2005).
• Safety and Quality 'microbiological meat foods: study on the potential transmissibility of Helicobacter pylori and other "food-borne pathogens" (2006).
• Lactobacilli isolated from food: study the inhibitory toward food infection agents microorganisms (2007).
Local operating unit scientific coordinator of current research projects Zooprophylactic Institute of Puglia and Basilicata:
• Dissemination of Listeria spp. in animal matrices, environmental and food and biomolecular characterization of isolates (2004).
• Study of the prevalence and characterization of Escherichia coli verocitoproduttore in the dairy supply chain (2006).
scientific coordinator of the research part of the POR Puglia - 2007-2013 Operational Programme AXIS I 1.1:
• Application of the radio technology for the process of pasteurization / pressiccazione of fresh filled pasta (2010).
• New Aflatoxin control processes in the agro-industrial processing and marketing of nuts (2010).

Coordinator PIF carni- Measure 124 - Cooperation for development of new products, processes and technologies in the agriculture and food sector and in the forestry "RDP 2007-2013 Puglia region" The beef industry in Puglia "
• Integrated management and enhancement of the beef industry in Apulia: Safety, Quality and Shelf Life (2012)

Bioconversion of fruit and vegetable waste to earthworm meal as novel food source finanziato dalla Fondazione Cariplo in collaborazione con l'Università degli Studi di Milano