University of Padua, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (UniPd)

Giancarlo Renella

Full Professor in Agricultural Chemistry

giancarlo.renella@unipd.it

https://www.dafnae.unipd.it/category/ruoli/personale-docente?key=75BD62C780EBAC61E2A53F9C9D178AC6

Scientific interests:
All aspects of soil science, particular interests in soil chemistry and biochemistry, soil fertility and soil ecological functions. Expertize on the effects of soil management and soil amendments on the biogechemical cycles of nutrients, biochemical activity, gas exchange and organic matter dynamics in agricultural and forest soils.
Role in the project:
Principal investigator, in charge for coordination of scientific and communication and dissemination actions, and for measurement of main chemical and biochemical endpoints of soils amended with biochar of the vineyards of the experimental sites.

National Council of Research, Institute of Bioeconomy – Florence (CNR-IBE)

Silvia Baronti

Senior Research Scientist

silvia.baronti@ibe.cnr.it

https://webibe.ibe.cnr.it/IBE/personale/baronti-silvia

Scientific interests:
Plant physiology and ecophysiology, plant physiological and biochemical parameters correlated to their resistance and tolerance to biotic and abiotic factors. Relevant experience in environmental physiology, carbon cycle research and climate change mitigation in the agricultural sector.
Role in the project:
Responsible for the CNR-IBE research unit, deputy principal investigator, determination of plant ecophysiological parameters, determination of vineyard productivity in all field trials.

Francesca Ugolini

Research Scientist

f.ugolini@ibimet.cnr.it

https://webibe.ibe.cnr.it/IBE/francesca-ugolini/

Scientific interests:

Research scientist forestry and environmental sciences, plants functions, the effects of environmental stresses on plant responses and their provision of ecosystem services, water-soil-plant relationships, techniques to improve the sustainability of primary production systems especially in terms of water use.

Role in the project:
Component of the CNR-IBE unit, determination of vine plant responses to environmental abiotic factors in all field trials.

University of Bologna, Department of Physics and Astronomy (UniBo)

Serena Righi

Associate Professor in Applied Physics

serena.righi2@unibo.it

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/serena.righi2

Scientific interests:
Evaluation of environmental impacts of various productive activities by Life Cycle Approaches (LCA), with improvement and development of methodologies Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) and approaches applicable to products, processes, services, and organizations. Prof Righi is Director of the Interdepartmental Research Center for Environmental Sciences of the University of Bologna.
Role in the project:

responsible for the CNR-IBE research unit, management of the Tebano Field trial, coordination of the plant, soil and environmental data collection and inputs from all field trials for LCA analysis.

Nicolas Greggio

Research Scientist in Geochemistry

nicolas.greggio2@unibo.it

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/nicolas.greggio

Scientific interests:
Environmental geochemistry with reference to bioaccumulation of heavy metals and phytoremediation of soils and sediments.
Role in the project:

Component of the CNR-IBE unit, analysis of biochar weathering and C recalcitrance in biochar amended soils of field trials, and analysis of biochar interaction with soil carbon.

Enrico Balugani

Research scientist in Applied Physics

enrico.balugani2@unibo.it

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/enrico.balugani2

Scientific interests:
Modelling of soil microbial communities and of nutrient biogeochemical cycles.
Role in the project:

Component of the CNR-IBE unit, modelling of soil organic matter and of soil microbial biomass and biochemical activity, soil respiration measurements and isotopic analysis of soil C for model development

Free University of Bolzano, Faculty of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences (UniBz)

Prof. Carlo Andreotti

Associate Professor in Tree Crops

carlo.andreotti@unibz.it

Scientific interests:
Tree Ecophysiology and role in the exchange of carbon, mineral nutrients and water, and energy between soil, plants and atmosphere. Sustainable production of tree systems, efficient resource use efficiency, improving carbon storage.
Role in the project:
Responsible for the UniBz research unit. Management of the experimental trial of Labers (Merano, Alto Adige), analysis of vine physiology and production, analysis of greenhouse gas evolution from biochar amended and non amended soils, organization of the project second meeting.

Maurizio Ventura

Technician

maurizio.ventura@unibz.it

Scientific interests:
Analisi isotopiche con isotopi stabili, micrometeorologia, metodi ecofisiologici, modelli di biometria degli alberi.
Role in the project:
Gestione delle prove sperimentali Labers analisi delle emissioni di gas a effetto serra dal suolo, analisi della crescita delle piante di vite.

Fadwa Benyahia

Post doc researcher

fadwa.benyahia@unibz.it

Scientific interests:

plant physiology and productivity

Role in the project:
determination of plant growth and productivity, participation to communication and dissemination activities