Research Topics - XXXVII Course

Curriculum Biology applied to Agriculture and Environment (Cod. 8253)

N.1 PhD research theme funded by Project COFUND CLOE H2020-MSCA-COFUND2020 - The candidate has to choose one of the two proposed research themes (Theme N.1 or N.2) for the preparation of the research project:

- Theme N.1 - "Re-Wild vs Neo-settlement in mountain areas: implications on natural and anthropogenic biodiversity in Western Alps and/or North Apennines"

- Theme N.2 - "Changes in flora and vegetation related to mountain settlements with regard to invasive alien species
in Western Alps and/or North Apennines"

Further information on the Research Topics and on the project proposal structure are available on the project's website at the following link: https://cloe.dp.unige.it

See also "Theme N.1_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" and "Theme N.2_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further information on the Research Topics.

 

N.1 Industrial PhD research theme reserved for employees of Italsia s.r.l. :

- Theme N.3 - "Development of devices for the control of dipters and for the abatement of their microbial load
in urban and industrial contexts"

See also "Theme N.3_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.1 PhD research theme funded by ANGEL Consulting s.a.s. :

- Theme N.4 - "Evaluation of the effects on the skin physiology of substances with estrogenic activity"

See also "Theme N.4_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.1 PhD research theme co-financed by FET-Open H2020 ECOLOPES :

- Theme N.5 - "Vegetation dynamics in urban ecosystems and applied aspects"

See also "Theme N.5_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.1 PhD research theme funded by Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) :

- Theme N.6 - "Multimodal Optical Nanoscopy to study chromatin organization during cell differentiation and neoplastic transformation"

See also "Theme N.6_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.2 institutional PhD scholarships entirely funded by Università degli Studi di Genova. The interested candidates must choose only one of the following research themes:

- Theme N.7 - "Inventory and sanitary evaluation of Insects and other Arthropods from urban and port contexts"

- Theme N.8 - "Sustainable waste management exploiting fungal biotechnologies"

- Theme N.9 - "Relationships between lichen functional traits, microclimate, and ecosystem function: tools for studying global change"

- Theme N.10 - "Functional characterization of plant cytochrome b561: from redox reactions to flowering processes"

See also "Theme N.7_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf", "Theme N.8_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf", "Theme N.9_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" and "Theme N.10_BIO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topics.

 

PON

Theme n. 1 - Evaluation of the cosmetic efficacy of polyunsaturated fatty acids extracted from plant and animal waste

Theme n. 2 - Characterization and application of microbial consortia for the reutilization of organic wastes from different origins

For furter details on these research topics see at the end of this page: PON Theme 1 - STAT Bio 37 ciclo Grasselli-EN ; PON Theme 2 - STAT Bio 37 ciclo Grasselli-EN

 

Curriculum Earth Sciences (Cod. 8254)

N.1 PhD research theme funded by Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS) :

- Theme N.1 - "Quasi real-time Earthquake source parameter estimation in Northern Italy"

See also "Theme N.1_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.1 Industrial PhD research theme reserved for employees of Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) :

- Theme N.2 - "Calibration of empirical methods for rapid estimates of seismic parameters. An application to Northern Italy"

See also "Theme N.2_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.1 PhD research topic co-financed by departmental funds of DISTAV (Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell'Ambiente e della Vita) :

- Theme N.3 - "Experimental investigation on induced phosphatisation of CaCO3 rich geomaterials for cultural or built heritage conservation"

See also "Theme N.3_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topic.

 

N.2 institutional PhD scholarships entirely funded by Università degli Studi di Genova. The interested candidates must choose only one of the following research topics:

- Theme N.4 - "Evolutionary paleoecology on associations of benthic foraminifera in deltaic contexts with high anthropic impact"

- Theme N.5 - "Geoheritage and global change"

- Theme N.6 - "Correlations between the Sardinian Ordovician volcanic arc system and the contemporary
Pyrenean-Montagne Noire system: a possible reconstruction of the southern European Caledonian volcanic system?"

- Theme N.7 - "Terrestrial heat flux of the Mediterranean Region"

See also "Theme N.4_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf", "Theme N.5_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf", "Theme N.6_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" and "Theme N.7_GEO_PhD STAT_XXXVII.pdf" at the bottom of this page for further details on the Research Topics.

 

PON

Theme n. 1 - Palaeoecology and resilience of planktonic and benthic communities through major Cenozoic climatic perturbations, as a proxy for future climatic changes.  

Theme n. 2 - Hydro-geomorphological research in Liguria applied to the multi-service network for integrated monitoring, management and mitigation of geo-hydrological hazards in context of climate change

Theme n. 3 - Innovative methods with low environmental impact in the conservation of cultural heritage

Theme n. 4 - Increase the knowledge of natural systems through the evaluation of the uncertainty of environmental data: operational theory and application

For furter details on these research topics see at the end of this page: PON Theme 1 - STAT Geo 37ciclo Briguglio-EN ; PON Theme 2 - STAT Geo 37 ciclo Faccini-EN ; PON Theme 3 - STAT Geo 37ciclo Gaggero-EN ; PON Theme 4 - STAT Geo 37ciclo Gaggero-EN