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Pierluigi MAZZEI Curriculum

PIERLUIGI MAZZEI is currently Associate Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at DIFARMA of the University of Salerno. He obtained the ANVUR national qualification as Full professor In November 2023. He is member of several and prestigious Italian and International Scientific Societies, such as International Humic Substances Society (IHSS), Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry (SICA) and Interdivisional Group of Magnetic Resonances (GIDRM). He is the author of more than 70 papers published on international scientific journals (SCOPUS AUTHOR IDENTIFIER; ORCID AUTHOR IDENTIFIER)

Associate editor for the journal "Chemical and Biological Technology in Agriculture (SpringerOpen)" and, from 2012 to the present, he served as reviewer for more than 45 manuscripts submitte to prestigious international journals such as Scientific reports - Nature portfolio, Environmental science and technology, Plants, PlosOne, Food Chemistry, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Langmuir, European Journal of Soil Science, Catalysts, Metabolites, European Journal of Soil Biology, Applied soil Ecology, Marine Drugs.(PUBLONS AUTHOR IDENTIFIER)

Starting from 2007 to date, the main investigated research lines concern (i) soil organic matter (structural and conformational investigations using advanced analytical techniques - interaction studies with molecules of agrochemical interest - structure-activity relationship) (ii) NMR-based Metabolomics to study the effects induced in plants and in agricultural products by either abiotic stress or experimental treatments (iii) development of innovative hydrogels based on waste biomasses and exploitable for agriculture (iv) structural characterization and application of unknown and bioactive metabolites of microbial origin.

2020. Commission member for the final exam for the title of PhD in Agricultural and Agri-food Sciences at the University of Naples Federico II.

2018-present Associate Professor of Agricultural Chemistry (AGR / 13), Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno. He is the holder of the courses "Soil Chemistry and Fertility" and "Laboratory of Chemical Analyses in Agriculture", at DIFARMA, and "Pedology", at the Department of Chemistry and Biology Adolfo Zambelli of the University of Salerno.

2016-2017 Teacher of the course for doctoral students "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) applied in life sciences" provided by the PhD School "Sustainable agricultural and forestry systems and food safety" of the University of Naples Federico II.

2012 Visiting Professor at the Department of Agriculture of the University of Nanjing (China), in collaboration with prof. Genxing Pan

2012 PhD in Agricultural Chemistry, University of Naples Federico II, Department of Agriculture. Thesis entitled “NMR evaluation of the interactions between humic substances and three molecules of agrochemical interest: b-D-glucosidase and alkaline phosphatase enzymes, and glyphosate” (Supervisor: prof. Alessandro Piccolo). Research activity co-funded by the Institute of Chemical Methodologies of the CNR in Rome.

2012-2018 Highly qualified expert and responsible for the CERMANU NMR research center (Interdepartmental Research Center on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for the Environment, Agro-Food and New Materials) of the University of Naples Federico II.

2011 Visiting researcher at the Structural Biology division and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center of the Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin (Campus Buch), in collaboration with prof. Hartmut Oschkinat.

2008 Research fellow for activities carried out at the CERMANU NMR research center (Interdepartmental Research Center on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for the Environment, Agro-Food and New Materials) of the University of Naples Federico II. (Research leader: prof. Alessandro Piccolo)

2008 Research fellow for activities carried out at the Department of Soil, Plant, Environment and Animal Production of the University of Naples Federico II (Research leader: prof. Alessandro Piccolo)

2007 Research fellow for activities carried out at the ACS-PROT-CHIM Environmental Chemistry section of the ENEA Research Center (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development) in Portici ((Research leader: Dr. Antonio Salluzzo).

2006 Research fellow for activities carried out at the Campano Center for Technology and Environment (C.C.T.A.) (Research leader: Dr. Maria Palumbo)

2005 Graduated in Environmental Sciences (chemical profile) at the Parthenope University of Naples. Experimental thesis in Environmental Chemistry (Supervisor: prof. Maurizio Avallone) carried out in collaboration with the RSA center (Research and development for the environment) and the environmental chemistry section of the ARPAC (Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Campania) in Naples.