Role: Postdoctoral researcher
Affiliation: Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences – One Health Unit, University of Milan
Description
After the degree in Biotechnology, I obtained a master’s degree in Science and Technology for the
Environment and Landscape and a PhD in Biology and Biotechnology. My academic activity focuses on
topics of environmental and food microbiology, with particular attention to wine microbiology, and
molecular biotechnology. I have been a research fellow for about five years and my research topics include:
i) the study of environmental microorganisms able to degrade contaminating compounds by the analysis of
metabolic pathways; ii) the study of the physiology and metabolism of oenological yeasts and bacteria as a
tool to improve the product, with particular interest in the Brettanomyces bruxellensis species; iii) the
development of molecular tools for biotechnological approaches in bacteria and yeasts; iv) the selection of
vine-associated microorganisms capable of having a biocontrol activity against pathogenic fungi.
Contacts: https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/person/alessandra-dicanito
Expertise and skills: https://expertise.unimi.it/get/person/alessandra-dicanito
Publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8383-2923