GIUSSANI BARBARA | Università degli studi dell'Insubria

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031 238 6434,031 238 6451

Dr. Barbara Giussani
Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia (DISAT)
Università degli Studi dell’Insubria
Via Valleggio 9
22100 Como – Italy
Phone: +390312386434 office
+390312386451 laboratory
Fax: +390312386630
email: barbara.giussani@uninsubria.it
skype: ba.giussani

Current position
Associate professor in Analytical Chemistry (CHIM/01), Dept. DISAT, University of Insubria, 22100 Como (Italy), since 2017
Visiting professor, Dept. de Quimica Analitica i Quimica Organica, URV, 43007 Tarragona (Catalunya-Spain), since 2017

Education
2004 PhD degree in Chemistry
University of Insubria
Como, Italy

2001 Master degree in Chemistry cum laude
University of Insubria
Como, Italy

1995 High School Graduation
ITIS di Setificio P.Carcano
Como, Italy

2001 Qualifying examination (Esame di Stato) to qualify as a Chemist

Teaching experience

Present activities:

2005 – present: lecturer - Chemometrics (6CFU) in MSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

2012 – present: lecturer - Advanced Analytical Chemistry (3CFU) in BSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

2016 - present: teacher in PLS (Piano Nazionale Lauree Scientifiche) project

2016 - present: lecturer - “Introduzione alle scienze forensi”, a course promoted by the Department of Science and High Technology at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria for students of high school

2017 – present: lecturer - Course of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (5CFU) in BSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

Past activities:

2001 – 2005: Tutoring activity in the courses of Analytical Chemistry Lab I and Analytical Chemistry Lab II in BSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

2005 – 2012: lecturer - Analytical Chemistry Laboratory in BSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

AA 2010-2011: lecturer - Chemical Methodologies for the Environment (modB) in MSc Environmental Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

AA 2011-2012: lecturer - Process Analysis and Chemometrics (modB) in MSc Chemical Sciences degree at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

AA 2016-2017 and 2019-2020: lecturer - Experimental Design (3CFU) in the PhD course Chemical and Environmental Sciences (DISCA), Department of Science and High Technology at the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria

AA 2021-2022: lecturer - Quimiometria para el control de bebidas fermentadas (1.5 CFU) in the Master en Begudes Fermentades

2002 – present: director of 15 and co-director of 9 laurea dissertations (BSc and MSc degrees)

2005 - present: BSc and MSc laurea degrees committee member at
the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria and PhD committee member in Italy and Europe

referee for analytical chemistry and chemometrics journals

Other Teaching experience

2005 - 2020 Collaboration with CAMO Software AS as trainer in Multivariate Analysis - base and advanced levels, Design of Experiment, Sensory Analysis and Multivariate Analysis Of Spectroscopic Data

2007 Course of Basis of Chemometrics in “Chemometrics - Data evaluation in support of cultural heritage studies” organizzata da IAEA – International Atomic energy Agency in Tirana, Albania (11-12/12)

Trainer in Chemometrics - collaborations between University of Insubria and industries (contratto per attività di formazione) among them Barilla G & R F.lli S.p.A. (2007; 2017), Silliker Italia S.p.A (2009), Thermo Electron S.p.A (2009), Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Italia S.p.A. (2010), Baggi s.r.l. (2013), ENI S.p.A (2013), Novamont S.p.A (2014), Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano (2016), Raggruppamento Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche (2016; 2021)

Research

Research Activity

Barbara Giussani research activity started in the field of analytical chemistry developing fast and non-destructive analytical methods suitable for the determination of inorganic and organic species in contexts where the sample manipulations should be reduced or even avoided. Multivariate and multi-way qualitative and quantitative data analysis methods were developed and used in data analysis from the very beginning of her activity.

Knowledge and experience in multivariate modelling give her the opportunity to conduct research work in Environmental Sciences, Catalysis, Biology, Food Sciences, Sensory and Consumer Sciences, Energy science, Cultural Heritage and Archaeology fields as shown by her publications, and to collaborate as consultant with several national and international industrial realities.

In recent years her research interests are mainly focus on the two areas of:

(i) control process strategies through multivariate analysis
(ii) design and development of smart analytical strategies to solve real-world problems, from sampling to data analysis. Infrared and near-infrared spectroscopies, especially using portable sensors, are the techniques that most uses being the most suitable for the type of research she deals with.

She has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, and has presented several contributions in many international symposiums, congresses and conferences. She is member of the Società Chimica Italiana and the Italian Chemometric Society.

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Foods" (published online by MDPI)

Recent international and national projects

2019 - Participation in the project: “ALLFRUIT4ALL: Innovative fruit-based products to increase fruit consumption, promote health and reduce food waste” (Ref: PID2019-104269RR-C33). Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. R+D+i Projects Research Challenges (2019)

2020 - Participation in the project: “UNDERLANDSCAPE: a multi-analytic approach to the study, conservation and valorization of the underground historical environment and the surrounding landscape” (PRIN 2020)