LESSON CANCELLED - course Sustainable Water and Waste Management

Dear students, the lesson of the Course SUSTAINABLE WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT of the degree MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FOR SUSTAINABILITY scheduled for tomorrow March the 1st, 17:00-19:00 is CANCELLED. Best regards.

Tommaso Lotti è attualmente Ricercatore a tempo determinato (RTDa) presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale dell'Università di Firenze (Italia). In precedenza, ha lavorato al Politecnico di Milano (Italia) dove ha ottenuto una prestigiosa fellowship individuale H2020-MSCA. Ha conseguito due dottorati di ricerca in Ingegneria Ambientale con focus sui processi di trattamento delle acque reflue, sia in Italia (Dottorato congiunto tra Università di Firenze e Università della Basilicata, 2012) che nei Paesi Bassi (Delft University of Technology, 2016) e ha ricoperto posizioni da post-doc in entrambe queste Università. Tommaso Lotti è stato premiato per i suoi contributi innovativi nel trattamento delle acque reflue per lo sviluppo del processo di rimozione completamente autotrofa dell'azoto per applicazioni in linea acque (premio Jaap van der Graaf 2014; Premio Waternet Watercycle Innovation 2017). I suoi studi pioneristici di processi biologici innovativi per il trattamento sostenibile ed economico di acque reflue municipali ed industriali, insieme al Prof van Loosdrecht (EBT, TU-Delft), hanno contribuito in modo significativo al cambiamento di paradigma circa gli impianti di depurazione, da semplice trattamento delle acque reflue a bioraffineria per il recupero di risorse in un contesto di economia circolare. Tommaso Lotti ha pubblicato oltre 40 tra libri e articoli scientifici apparsi su riviste ad alto impatto tra cui Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, ecc., con più di 3300 citazioni (Scopus). È stato relatore per presentazioni orali in più di 20 conferenze internazionali ed è stato invitato come relatore principale e come presidente in conferenze e simposi internazionali. Ha partecipato a diversi progetti di ricerca nazionali e internazionali, essendo PI in un MSCA-IF e PRIN. È inventore in due brevetti internazionali validi in USA and EU.

Curriculum Vitae

INFORMAZIONI PERSONALI

Cognome, nome: Lotti, Tommaso

ECAS (European Commission Authentication Service) username: Tommaso_Lotti

Data e luogo di nascita: 14/08/1982, Fiesole (Firenze, Italia)

Codice Fiscale: LTTTMS82M14D575V

Residenza: Via Francesco De Sanctis 5, 50136, Firenze, Italia

• INDICATORI BIBLIOMETRICI

Autore di 37 pubblicazioni in importanti riviste internazionali di settore con sistema di revisione peer-review.

• EDUCAZIONE

26/01/2016                               PhD, DOCTOR

Thesis: ”Developing Anammox for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment”

Environmental Biotechnology (EBT), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

23/02/2012                               PhD, ICAR/03, Ciclo XXIV A.A. 2010/2011

Tesi: ”Monitoraggio del processo anammox: aspetti fisiologici per un utilizzo in piena scala”

                                               Dottore di Ricerca in “Metodi e Tecnologie per il Monitoraggio Ambientale”

Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente (DIFA), Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italia

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

01/06/2009 - 31/12/2010           Periodo di training internazionale durante il PhD

Department of Biotechnology -BT (Environmental Biotechnology group - EBT, Kluyver Lab.), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

03/10/2008                               Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio (MSc)

Scuola di Ingegneria/ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

10/06/2009 - 24/06/2009           Advanced course on environmental biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

01/09/2007 - 31/12/2007           Periodo di Training durante progetto ERASMUS

WETSUS, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, The Netherlands

01/01/2007 - 31/09/2007           Progetto ERASMUS

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• ABILITAZIONE SCIENTIFICA NAZIONALE, ASN

04/04/2017                               ASN, Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale a Professore di seconda fascia per il Settore Concorsuale 08/A2. Valida dal 04/04/2017 al 04/04/2026 (art. 16, comma 1, Legge 240/10 e successiva L. 156/2019: art. 5, co. 1)

• POSIZIONE ATTUALE

01/09/2021 - presente                Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato (RTD) ai sensi dell’articolo 24, comma 3, lett. a) della legge 30 dicembre 2010, n. 240, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

• POSIZIONI PRECEDENTI

01/02/2020 – 31/01/2021          Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2018 - 30/11/2019           Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2017 - 30/11/2018           Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2015 - 30/11/2017           Postdoc, EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

01/12/2015 - 30/11/2017           Ricercatore - Collaborazione Professionale

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

11/06/2015 - 30/11/2015           Incarico per prestazione di lavoro autonomo professionale

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

16/04/2014 - 15/04/2015           Postdoc, Finanziato da Dip. di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/11/2011 - 01/02/2014           Postdoc/PhD Candidate

Environmental Biotechnology group (EBT), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• PREMI

13/01/2017                               Waternet Watercycle Innovation Award 2016

                  Waternet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

09/01/2015                               Jaap van der Graaf Award 2014

                        Witteveen+Bos Raadgevende ingenieurs B.V., Deventer, the Netherlands

30/10/2009                               Alberto Rozzi memorial prize 2009

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

• MEMBERSHIPS

2020 - presente             Socio del Gruppo Italiano di Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale (GITISA)

2018 - presente             Co-fondatore del international task group on microbial EPS

2017 - presente             Membro della Federazione delle Associazioni Scientifiche e Tecniche (FAST)

2016 - presente             Membro del Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI)

2012 - presente             Membro della International Water Association (IWA)

• SUPERVISIONE DI STUDENTI LAUREANDI (solo Laurea di secondo livello)

01/04/2014 - presente               15 Studenti

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

01/11/2008 - presente               14 Studenti

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICEA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

01/09/2009 - 30/04/2015           8 Studenti

EBT group, Dep. of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• ATTIVITA’ DIDATTICA

1. Docente. Laurea Magistrale in “Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability”. Insegnamento: Sustainable water and waste management; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
2. Docente. International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering DOCTORAL COURSE. Bioenergetics of microbial growth; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
3. Docente. Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Modellistica e Controllo degli Ecosistemi Microbici; SSD ICAR/03; 2 CFU
4. Docente. Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
5. Docente a contratto. B072-Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Impianti e trattamento delle acque; SSD ICAR/03; Settore concorsuale 08/A2; 3 CFU
6. Docente a contratto. B072-Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale; SSD ICAR/03; Settore concorsuale 08/A2; 3 CFU
7. Guest Lecturer – Granular sludge systems and Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

08/01/2014 - 24/01/2014            Guest lecturer - Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

28/11/2013 - 28/11/2013            Guest lecturer - The anammox process, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

07/05/2013 - 10/05/2013            Guest lecturer - Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

29/11/2012 - 01/12/2012            Guest lecturer - Future perspective in wastewater treatment: cold-anammox, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Tartu, Estonia

23/11/2012 - 25/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

19/11/2012 - 22/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

15/11/2012 - 15/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Novel technologies and new perspectives in wastewater treatment, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

12/06/2012 - 22/06/2012            Lecturer and assignment supervisor during the Advanced Course Environmental Biotechnology - Fundamentals of environmental biotechnology: i) basic microbiology, stoichiometry and kinetics; ii) thermodynamics, dynamics and competition, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

15/06/2011 - 24/06/2011            Lecturer and assignment supervisor during the Advanced Course Environmental Biotechnology - Fundamentals of environmental biotechnology: i) basic microbiology, stoichiometry and kinetics; ii) thermodynamics, dynamics and competition, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• ORGANIZZAZIONE E RUOLI DI PRESTIGIO IN CONFERENZE/SIMPOSI SCIENTIFICI

10/06/2021 - 13/06/2021            Chair of the Session T11– Recovery of added value chemicals, 6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023

10/06/2021 - 13/06/2021            Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI 2021), held online, on 10-13 June 2021

29/06/2020 - 01/07/2020            Member of the Scientific Committee at IWA EcoSTP 2021, EcoTechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, June 21-25 2021, Milan, Italy

02/12/2020 – 04/12/2020           Member of the Technical Committee at 3^rd WaterEnergyNEXUS confernce, WEN 2020, December 2-4, ONLINE (initially planned in Djerba, Tunisia)

29/06/2020 - 01/07/2020            Member of the Scientific Committee at IWA EcoSTP 2020, EcoTechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, June 29^th-July 1 ^st,*, Milan, Italy (^*Tentative Dates)

18/06/2018 - 21/06/2018            Member of the Conference Committee at WEF Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2018, June 18-21, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

18/03/2018 - 21/03/2018            Co-Chair and organizer of the workshop Extracellular polymers in granular sludge: challenges and new discoveries. IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference 2018, March 18-21, Delft, The Netherlands

23/06/2014 - 25/06/2014            Member of the YWP Organizing Committee at 2nd IWA specialized conference EcoTechnologies for Sewage Treatment Plants - EcoSTP2014, June 23-24, Verona, Italy

• COMITATI EDITORIALI

30/07/2020 – 15/07/2022           Special Issue Editor for Special Issue "Anammox-Based Processes for Wastewater Treatment". Processes (ISSN 2227-9717; CODEN: PROCCO). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/anammox_processes_wastewater_treatment

• PUBLICAZIONI IN RIVISTE INTERNAZIONALI PEER-REVIEWED

1. Polizzi, C., Lotti, T., Ricoveri, A., Mori, G., Gabriel, D., Munz, G. Evaluating the suitability of granular anammox biomass for nitrogen removal from vegetable tannery wastewater (2023) Biodegradation, 2023, 34(3), pp. 253–262. [IF 3.731] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-023-10017-6
2. Campo, R., Carretti, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T. Recovery of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from aerobic granular sludge: Insights on biopolymers characterization and hydrogel properties for potential applications (2022) Journal of Environmental Management, 324, 116247. [IF 8.91] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116247
3. Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, S., Bessiere, Y., ...Lotti, T., Paul E. Insights on the hydrogel-forming ability and post-gelling mechanical properties of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from aerobic granular sludge (AGS): A comparison with model biopolymers (2022) Journal of Water Process Engineering, 49, 103076. [IF 7.34] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103076.
4. Polizzi C., Lotti T., Ricoveri A., Campo R., Vannini C., Ramazzotti M., Gabriel D., Munz G. Long-term effects of mineral precipitation on process performance, granules' morphology and microbial community in anammox granular sludge (2022) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(1), 107002. [IF 7.968] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.107002.
5. Pagliaccia B., Carretti E., Severi M., Berti D., Lubello C., Lotti T. Heavy metal biosorption by Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) recovered from anammox granular sludge (2021) Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 424, Part C, 126661. [IF 14.224] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126661.
6. Campo R., Lubello C., Lotti T., Di Bella G. Aerobic granular sludge–membrane bioreactor (Ags–mbr) as a novel configuration for wastewater treatment and fouling mitigation: A mini-review (2021) Membranes, 2021, 11(4), 261. [IF 4.2] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11040261
7. Ruggero F., Porter A.E., Voulvoulis N., Carretti E., Lotti T., Lubello C., Gori R. A highly efficient multi-step methodology for the quantification of micro-(bio)plastics in sludge (2021) Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 39(7), 956-965. [IF 4.432] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X20974094
8. Ruggero F., Belardi S., Carretti E., Lotti T., Lubello C., Gori R. Rigid and film bioplastics degradation under suboptimal composting conditions: A kinetic study (2021) Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 40(8), 1311-1321. [IF 4.432] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X211063731
9. Feng C., Lotti T., Canziani R., Lin Y., Tagliabue C., Malpei F. Extracellular biopolymers recovered as raw biomaterials from waste granular sludge and potential applications: A critical review (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 753, 142051. [IF 10.754] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142051
10. Mazzoli, L., Munz, G., Lotti, T., Ramazzotti, M. A novel universal primer pair for prokaryotes with improved performances for anammox containing communities (2020) Scientific Reports, 10(1), 15648. [IF 4.996] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72577-4
11. Ruggero F., Carretti E., Gori R., Lotti T., Lubello C., Monitoring of degradation of starch-based biopolymer film under different composting conditions, using TGA, FTIR and SEM analysis (2020) Chemosphere, 246, 125770. [IF 8.943] DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125770
12. Campo R., Sguanci S., Caffaz S., Mazzoli L., Ramazzotti M., Lubello C., Lotti T. Efficient carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low C/N real domestic wastewater with aerobic granular sludge (2020) Bioresource Technology, 305, 122961. [IF 11.889] DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122961
13. Kumwimba M.N., Lotti T., Şenel E., Li X., Suanon F. Anammox-based processes: How far have we come and what work remains? A review by bibliometric analysis (2020) Chemosphere 238, 124627. [IF 8.943] DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124627
14. Lotti T., Burzi O., Scaglione D., Ramos C.A., Ficara E., Pérez J., Carrera J. Two-stage granular sludge partial nitritation/anammox process for the treatment of digestate from the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (2019) Waste Management 100, pp. 36-44. [IF 8.816] DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.08.044
15. Lotti T., Carretti E., Berti D., Montis C., Del Buffa S., Lubello C., Feng C., Malpei F., Hydrogels formed by anammox extracellular polymeric substances: structural and mechanical insights (2019) Scientific Reports 9, 11633. [IF 4.996] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47987-8
16. Feng C., Lotti T., Lin Y., Malpei F., Extracellular polymeric substances extraction and recovery from anammox granules: Evaluation of methods and protocol development (2019) Chemical Engineering Journal, 374, pp. 112–122. [IF 16.744] DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.05.127
17. Sguanci S., Lubello C., Caffaz S., Lotti T., Long-term stability of aerobic granular sludge for the treatment of very low-strength real domestic wastewater (2019) Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, pp. 882-890. [IF 11.072] DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.061
18. Lotti T, Carretti E, Berti D, Martina MR, Lubello C, Malpei F. Extraction, recovery and characterization of structural extracellular polymeric substances from anammox granular sludge (2019) Journal of Environmental Management 236, pp. 649-656. [IF 8.91] DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.054
19. Seviour T., Derlon N., Dueholm M.S., Flemming H.-C., Girbal-Neuhauser E., Horn H., Kjelleberg S., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Lotti T., Malpei F., Nerenberg R., Neu T.R., Paul E., Yu H., Lin Y. Extracellular polymeric substances of biofilms: suffering from an identity crisis (2018) Water Research, 151, pp. 1-7. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.020
20. Sguanci S., Lotti T., Caretti C., Caffaz S., Dockhorn T., Lubello C. Inhibitory effects of veterinary antibiotics on anammox activity: short- and long-term tests (2017) Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 38 (21), pp. 2661-2667. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1272640
21. Scaglione D., Lotti T., Ficara E., Malpei F. Inhibition on anammox bacteria upon exposure to digestates from biogas plants treating the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and the role of conductivity (2017) Waste Management 61, pp. 213-219. [IF 8.816] DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.014
22. Scaglione D., Lotti T., Menin G., Niccolini F., Malpei F., Canziani R. Complete autotrophic process for nitrogen removal from ink-jet printing wastewater (2016) Chemical Engineering Transactions 49, pp. 499-504. [IF 0.254] DOI: 10.3303/CET1649084
23. Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Purswani J., Lotti T., Maza-Marquez P., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Vahala R., Gonzalez- Martinez A. Distribution and microbial community structure analysis of a single-stage partial nitritation/anammox granular sludge bioreactor operating at low temperature (2016) Environmental Technology (United Kingdom) 37 (18), pp. 2281-2291. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1147613
24. González-Martínez A., Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Lotti T., García-Ruiz M.-J., Osorio F., Gonzalez-Lopez J., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Comparison of bacterial communities of conventional and A-stage activated sludge systems (2016) Scientific Reports 6(18786), pp. 1-11. [IF 4.996] DOI: 10.1038/srep18786
25. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Abelleira-Pereira J.M., Abbas B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Faster through training: the anammox case (2015) Water Research 81, pp. 261-268. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.001
26. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Effect of temperature change on anammox activity (2015) Biotechnology and Bioengineering 112 (1), pp. 98-103. [IF 4.395] DOI: 10.1002/bit.25333
27. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Hu Z., Kartal B., de Kreuk M.K., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Kruit J., Hendrickx T.L.G., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Pilot-scale evaluation of anammox based main-stream nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater (2015) Environmental Technology. 36 (9), pp. 1167-1177. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.982722
28. González-Martínez A., Osorio F., Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Martinez-Toledo M.V., Gonzalez-Lopez J., Lotti T., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Bacterial community structure of a lab-scale anammox membrane bioreactor (2015) Biotechnology Progress. 31 (1), pp.186-193. [IF 2.909] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.1995
29. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Hu Z., Kartal B., Jetten M.S.M., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Simultaneous partial nitritation and anammox at low temperature with granular sludge (2014) Water Research 66, pp. 111-121. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.047
30. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Hendrickx T.L.G., Kruit J., Hoekstra M., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Anammox growth on pretreated municipal wastewater (2014) Environmental Science & Technology 48 (14), pp. 7874-7880. [IF 11.357] DOI: 10.1021/es500632k
31. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Physiological and Kinetic Characterization of a Suspended Cell Anammox Culture (2014) Water Research 60(14), pp. 1-14. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.04.017
32. Pérez J., Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Picioreanu C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Outcompeting nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in single-stage nitrogen removal in sewage treatment plants: a model-based study (2014) Water Research 66 (1): 208-218. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.028
33. Lin Y.M., Lotti T., Sharma P.K., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Apatite accumulation enhances the mechanical property of anammox granules (2013) Water Research 47 (13), pp. 4556-4566. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.061
34. Hu Z., Lotti T., de Kreuk M.K., Kleerebezem R., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Kruit J., Jetten M.S.M., Kartal, B. Nitrogen removal by a nitritation-anammox bioreactor at low temperature (2013) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (8), pp. 2807-2812. [IF 5.005] DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03987-12
35. Hu Z., Lotti T., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Kartal B. Nitrogen removal with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation process (2013) Biotechnology Letters 35 (8), pp. 1145-54. [IF 2.716] DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1196-4
36. Lotti T., Cordola M., Kleerebezem R., Caffaz S., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Inhibition effect of swine wastewater heavy metals and antibiotics on anammox activity (2012) Water Science & Technology 66 (7), pp. 519-26. [IF 2.7] DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.344
37. Lotti T., Van der Star W.R., Kleerebezem R., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. The effect of nitrite inhibition on the anammox process (2012) Water Research 46 (8), pp. 2559-69. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.011

• PUBLICAZIONI IN RIVISTE NAZIONALI PEER-REVIEWED

Lotti T., Scaglione D., Teli A.,Canziani R., ficara E., Malpei F. Rimozione completamente autotrofa dell’azoto con batteri anammox: passato, presente e futuro (2014) Ingegneria dell’Ambiente 1, 3-26.

• LIBRI

van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Nielsen P.H., Lopez-Vazquez C.M., Brdjanovic D. (2016) Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing. ISBN13: 978.17.8040.474.5.

Lotti T. (2016) Developing Anammox for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment. TU Delft Institutional Repository. ISBN: 978-94-6186-594-6

Hendrickx T., Kruit J., Eggink G., Geilvoet S., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Lotti T., Kartal B., Hu Z. (2013) Toepassing van Anammox in de hoofdstroom van een rioolwaterzuivering. Press: Kruyt Grafisch Adviesbureau. STOWA 2013-39. ISBN: 978.90.5773.620.9.

• ATTI DI CONFERENZE (PEER-REVIEWED)

6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023. Oral contribution. Phosphorous recovery from waste aerobic granular sludge. R. Campo, J.P. Czellnik, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023. Oral contribution. Kinetic characterization of Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms (PAO) and Glycogen Accumulating Organisms (GAO) anaerobic metabolism in Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS). J.P. Czellnik, R. Campo, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, Lake Garda Italy | 14–17 May 2023. Oral contribution. Phosphorous recovery from waste aerobic granular sludge. R. Campo, J.P. Czellnik, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

5th IWA Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment conference (IWA EcoSTP 2021), 21st-25th June 2021. Short Oral contribution. Biosorption Of Heavy Metals By Extracellular Polymeric Substances From Anammox Granular Sludge. Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.

XI International Symposium on Environmental Engineering (SIDISA 2021), 29th June-2nd July 2021, Turin (Italy). Oral contribution. Extracellular polymeric substances recovered from biofilm-based systems as new biosorbent for the heavy metal removal. Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.

4th IWA Resource Recovery Conference 2019 (IWA RR 2021), 5th-8th September 2021, Istanbul (Turkey) – Virtual conference. Oral contribution. Valorization of structural Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) from Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) as hydrogels. Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, Sì’ì., Bessiere, Y., Bounouba, M., Bou-Sarkis, A., Girbal-Neuhauser, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Paul, E.

5th IWA Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment conference (IWA EcoSTP 2020) – Virtual conference, 21st-25th June 2021. Oral contribution. Recovery of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from waste aerobic granular sludge: formation and characterization of hydrogels properties. Campo, R., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti., T.

IWA Biofilms 2020 Virtual Conference, 7th-10th December 2020. Flash presentation. Insights on a methodology to characterize the gel-forming ability of structural extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, S., Bessiere, Y., Bounouba, M., Bou Sarkis, A., Girbal-Neuhauser, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Paul, E.

IWA Biofilms 2020 Virtual Conference, 7th-10th December 2020. Flash presentation. Analysis of formation and characterization of hydrogels originated from structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) extracted from aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Campo, R., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti., T.

IWA 3rd Resource Recovery Conference – IWARR2019. Venezia (Italy). 8-12 September 2019. “Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) recovered from Anammox granular sludge as biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals” (Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.).

IWA 3rd Resource Recovery Conference – IWARR2019. Venezia (Italia). 8-12 September 2019. “Recovery potentials from aerobic granular sludge treating low C/N real municipal wastewater”. (Campo, R., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

IWA Innovation Conference on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery 2019 - SWTRR. Nutrient Removal and Recovery Specialist Group. Shanghai (China). 24-28 November 2019. “Efficient Nitrogen And Phosphorus Removal From Low C/N Real Domestic Wastewater With Aerobic Granular Sludge”. (Campo, R.; Caffaz, S.; Lubello, C.; Lotti, T.).

ECOMONDO 2019 – Conferenza “Barriers and solutions for sustainable sludge management and valorization in wastewater treatment” Rimini (Italia). 07 November 2019. “Recovery of biopolymers from aerobic granular sludge treating low C/N real municipal wastewater”. (Campo, R., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

BioMAc 2019 – Impianti MBR e trattamenti avanzati per la sostenibilità del trattamento delle acque reflue. Palermo (Italia). 17 October 2019. “Biomasse aerobiche granulari”. (Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Caffaz, S., Campo, R.).

IWA 16th Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. Edinburgh (UK). 10-14 June 2019. “Efficient nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low C/N real domestic wastewater with aerobic granular sludge.” (Campo, R., Sguanci, S., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

XVII Congresso Nazionale Di Chimica Dell’ambiente E Dei Beni Culturali: La tutela dell’Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali in un Mondo che cambia. 24-27 June, 2018. Genova (Italy). “Application of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) extracted from AnAmmOx granular biomass for the removal of heavy metals” (Carretti, E., Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Baglioni, P., Berti. D.).

Joint G16-ABWET Conference 2018. 5-7 December, 2018. Napoli (Italy). “Heavy metals adsorption with Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) extracted from AnAmmOx granular biomass” (Lotti, T., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Lubello, C.).

IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference. Delft (The Netherlands), 18-21 March 2018. “Method evaluation of extracellular polymeric substances extraction from Anammox granular sludge with compact structure” (C Feng, T Lotti, F Malpei).

SMICE2018 - Sludge Management in Circular Economy. Rome (Italy), 23-25 May 2018

IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference. Delft (The Netherlands), 18-21 March 2018

The IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery: Research, Planning, Design and Operation. Chongqing (China), 7-10 November 2017

4th Water Research Conference - The Role of Water Technology Innovation in the Blue Economy. Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 10-13 September 2017

Biotech 2017. Prague (Czech Republic), 13-17 June 2017

IWA Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment 2017. Palermo (Italy), 21-24 May 2017

3rd IWA Specialized International Conference Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment. Cambridge (UK), 27-30 June 2016

5th International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology. Bologna (Italy), 10-13 April 2016

10^th SIDISA 2016. Rome (Italy), 19-23 June 2016

IWW Amsterdam International Water Week. Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2-6 November 2015

IWA International Conference on Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Gdansk (Poland), 18-21 May 2015

AD14 World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion. Vina del Mar (Chile), 15-18 November 2015

ICheaP12-International Conference on Chemical & Process Engineering. Milano, 19-22 May 2015

Keynote presentation at: 2nd IWA specialized conference EcoTechnologies for Sewage Treatment Plants - EcoSTP2014. Verona (Italy), 23-25 June 2014

11th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies - LET 2014. Abu Dhabi (UAE), 26-29 May 2014

IWA/WEF Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2013: Trends in Resource Recovery and Use. Vancouver (Canada), 28-31 July 2013

WEFTECH 2013: the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference. Chicago, Illinois (USA), 5-9 October 2013

IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Harbin (China), 23-25 September 2012

International IWA Conference on autotrophic nitrogen removal: from research to applications. SIDISA (International Symposium on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering). Milan (Italy), 26-29 June 2012

8th IWA Symposium on Waste Management Problems in Agro-Industries. Çeşme (Turkey), 22-24 June 2011

2nd IWA Specialized Conference: Nutrient Management in Wastewater Treatment Processes. Krakow (Poland), 6-9 September 2009

• WORKSHOPS

Invited speaker: Anammox process Research and Perspectives. Saving-E, Two-Stage Autotrophic N-removal for mainstream sewage treatment, Valencia (Spain), 28 June 2018

Invited speaker: Europe, environment and urban wastewater treatment: the policy, the economy and the ready-to-market innovations. EcoMondo-The green technologies expo, Rimini (Italy), 3-6 November 2015

Invited attendant: Engineering and Control of Natural and Synthetic Microbial Communities. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (UK), 26-28 November 2014

Invited speaker: Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Harbin (China), 25 September 2012

• INVITO COME DOCENTE (LECTURER) A SEMINARI E CONFERENZE

Environmental Engineering Fall 2018 Seminar Series organized by the Environmental Engineering Institute (Seminar): T.Lotti, Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) from innovative biofilm systems in wastewater treatment. Environmental Engineering Institute - IIE, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ENAC School, Lausanne Switzerland, 25 September 2018.

Càtedra DAM de Gestiòn Integral Recuperaciòn de Recursos del Agua Residual (Seminar): T.Lotti, Aerobic Granular Sludge applied on wastewaters with low C/N ratio. Burjassot, Universitat de Valencia, Spain, 29 June 2018.

Conference Lecture (Workshop): Hoekstra, M, Lotti, T, Kleerebezem, R, Erp Taalman Kip, C van, Hendrickx, T & Loosdrecht, MCM van (2014, May 28). Towards energy neutral wastewater treatment by inplementing anammox in the mainstream, a pilot scale evaluation and implementation at Dokhaven WWTP. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Lecture 11 th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, 26-29 May 2014, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Conference Lecture (Workshop): Perez Canestro, JO, Aguirrezabala, T, Lotti, T, Kleerebezem, R, Picioreanu, C & Loosdrecht, MCM van. Outcompeting NOB in granular sludge reactors at low temperatures. Gdansk, Poland, Lecture IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery: moving innovation into practice, 18-21 May 2015, Gdansk, Poland.

Seminar for the Doctorate School: Thermodynamic in biochemical systems. Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2012-2014-2015-2016.

Seminar at the event Kick-off Delft Urban Water Centre: Anammox in the main-stream. Delft (the Netherlands), 29 May 2012

Seminar for the Young Water Professionals Benelux at the workshop Technology Development: Nereda and Anammox as case studies. Epe (the Netherlands), 9 May 2012

Seminar at DHV-Royal Haskoning: Anammox in de hoofdstroom. Amersfoort (the Netherlands), 2 May 2012

• BREVETTI

Patent WO/2014/171819 (Publication Date: 23-10-2014; International Application Number: PCT/NL2014/050204) Process for biological removal of nitrogen from wastewater. Inventors: T. Lotti, T.L.G. Hendrickx, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht, J. Kruit

Patent NL PD 015626 (Pending; International Application Number: PCT/SE01/01699). Extracellular polymers from granular sludge as sizing agents. Inventors: Y. Lin, T. Lotti, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

• PROGETTI E CONVENZIONI DI RICERCA

2023-2025 Coordinator (PI). PRIN 2022 - Integrating innovative N-removing biofilm processes and excess sludge valorization technologies for the development of energy- and material-efficient wastewater treatment plants - N4En; Project code: 20228AF8JN. Decreto Direttoriale n. 742 del 30-05-2023 - PE8 – MIUR (€ 219.876,00).

2023 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Convenzione tra consorzio del torrente Pescia S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto “Valutazione dei processi di trattamento nell’impianto di depurazione consortile ed indicazioni su possibili strategie di miglioramento/sviluppo” (€ 20.000,00+IVA).

2022-2023 Responsabile scientifico. Convenzione tra A2A Ciclo Idrico S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto: “Formazione su processi a biomasse granulari nel trattamento delle acque reflue” (€ 10.000,00+IVA).

2022-2023 Responsabile della conduzione delle attività sperimentali. Convenzione tra HERA S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto “indagini sperimentali per l'utilizzo di biomasse granulari nel trattamento delle acque reflue” (€ 49.000,00+IVA).

2020-2024 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Recycles - Recovering carbon from contaminated matrices by exploiting the nitrogen and sulphur cycles). Funded by EU HORIZON 2020 - H2020-MSCA-RISE (€ 300.000,00).

2021-2023 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Progetto BIOREC - Processi Biologici innovativi per il Recupero di Energia dai rifiuti dell’industria Conciaria. Funded by FINANZIAMENTI REGIONALI - FONDI STRUTTURALI (FSE) (€ 60.000,00).

2020-2022 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. POR FESR 2014-2020 – azione 1.1.5 sub-azione a1 – Bando 1 “Progetti Strategici di ricerca e sviluppo” – Domanda CUP 3647.04032020.157000040 – Progetto IDRO.SMART - Soluzioni avanzate per la gestione ed il recupero di materia negli impianti di trattamento acque reflue. Funded by Regione Toscana (€ 1.600.246,58).

2020-2022 Research Group member. Ente Cassa di Risparmi di Firenze – Progetto BIOGRAN - Recupero e riutilizzo agronomico di BIOpolimeri estratti da biomasse aerobiche GRANulari per il trattamento di reflui civili. Funded by Ente CRF (€ 25.000,00).

2020 Research group member. Valutazione e validazione dei trattamenti biologici per le nuove linee MBR previste dall'accordo di programma quadro 8 aprile 2013 sull'impianto Cuoiodepur. Progetto Linee MBR Cuoioepur 2020. Funded by Consorzio Cuoiodepur S.p.A. (€ 12.000,00).

2018-2019 Research group member. Trattamento anaerobico dei rifiuti dell’industria conciaria. "Attività di ricerca riguardante il trattamento del carniccio senza solfuri proveniente dalla fase di scarnatura delle pelli dopo depilazione ossidativa”. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Funded by Italprogetti Engineering Spa (€ 12.000).

2018 Research group member. Monitoraggio del processo di degradazione delle (BIO) Plastiche negli impianti di compostaggio e digestione anaerobica per il trattamento della frazione organica dei rifiuti urbani. Funded by CIC Consorzio Italiano Compostatori - NOVAMONT S.p.A. - AISA IMPIANTI S.p.A. (€ 15.000,00).

2017-2019 Research group member. Progetto RTD2017: Study of the role of environmental DNA in the profiling of microbial communities involved in wastewater treatment. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Bando per RTD dell’Ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze (€ 12.000).

2017-2018 Principal Investigator. Poly-Depur: recovery of biomaterial from wastewater treatment excess sludge. Scientific Responsabile: Prof. Claudio Lubello. Bando per Assegno di Ricerca dell’Area Tecnologica dell’Ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze (€ 25.177,00).

2018 Research group member. Sviluppo e messa a punto di un processo di rimozione dell’azoto mediante anammox da implementare sull’impianto biologico Cuoiodepur. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Convenzione di ricerca con Consorzio Cuoiodepur Spa (€ 20.000).

2016-2020 Research group member. LIFE WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). This research was funded by LIFE Environmental Governance and Information, European Commission (€ 1.805.602,00).

2016-2017 Research group member. Analisi di una filiera innovativa di trattamento integrato di acque reflue e rifiuti solidi conciari e della frazione umida di rifiuti solidi urbani. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Granted by Italprogetti Engineering Spa (€ 20.000).

2015-2017 Principal Investigator. European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Individual Fellowship Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 661429, POLIS project. Host Institution: Politecnico di Milano (DICA). Granted by European Union (€168.277,20).

2015-2016 Research group member. LIDIA - Lignocellulosic Dicarbossilic Acids, Green Chemistry National Cluster. This research was funded by MIUR, PON, UE (€ 10.880.000,00).

2013-2015 Research group member. CITY WISE NET (2014) Cities Waste Integrated System for Energy Network. Granted by EU program POR FESR 2007-2013 - (€ 4.000.000,00).

Firenze, 24 ottobre 2023

L'autore ha contribuito alla ricerca su temi quali nitrificazione e trattamento biologico delle acque reflue, Anammox, 
recupero e riutilizzo delle risorse, sostanze polimeriche extracellulari (EPS), fanghi granulari, tecnologia di trattamento 
sostenibile delle acque reflue, rimozione e recupero di nutrienti; filiere di trattamento efficienti sotto il profilo delle 
risorse, con bilancio energetico neutro/positivo, minime emissioni di gas serra; Rimozione dell'azoto: nitritazione/anammox 
parziale mainstream e sidestream, nitritazione/denitritazione, denitrificazione a base di S; Water/energy nexus.
Il suo attuale interesse e le sue attività di ricerca si concentrano principalmente sulle innovazioni (bio)tecnologiche che 
consentono una trasformazione sostenibile degli attuali impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue nelle bioraffinerie. 
Con l’obiettivo del recupero delle risorse per lo sviluppo dell’economia circolare, collabora in progetti di ricerca e 
sviluppo con accademici delle scienze chimiche/biochimiche/agronomiche e con industrie del settore idrico, chimico, 
agronomico, cartario, conciario e tessile, a livello nazionale ed internazionale.

Tommaso Lotti is currently an Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Florence (Italy). Previously he was at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) where he got a prestigious H2020-MSCA Individual Fellowship grant. He got two PhDs in Environmental Engineering with focus on wastewater treatment processes, both in Italy (joint Doctorate between University of Florence and University of Basilicata, 2012) and in The Netherlands (Delft University of Technology, 2016) and have held post-docs positions in both these Universities. Tommaso Lotti has been awarded for his breakthrough contributions in wastewater treatment for the development of the completely autotrophic nitrogen removal process for mainstream application (Jaap van der Graaf award 2014; Waternet Watercycle Innovation Award 2017). By pioneering an innovative biological process that serves as a cost-effective, robust and sustainable way of removing pollutants in municipal and industrial used water, together with Prof van Loosdrecht (EBT, TU-Delft), he has contributed significantly to the paradigm shift from wastewater treatment to wastewater biorefinery for resource recovery and the relative energy-water nexus in the context of circular economy. Tommaso Lotti has published over 40 among books and scientific articles appeared in high impact venues including Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology​, Chemical Engineering Journal, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Scientific Reports, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, etc, with more than 3300 citations (Scopus). He was speaker for oral presentations in more than 20 international conferences and has been invited as Key-note speaker and as Chairman in international conferences and symposia. He has participated in several national and international research project, being PI in a H2020-MSCA-IF and PRIN. He is inventor in two US and European patents.

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname, name: Lotti, Tommaso

ECAS (European Commission Authentication Service) username: Tommaso_Lotti

Date and place of birth: 14/08/1982, Fiesole (Firenze, Italy)

Codice Fiscale: LTTTMS82M14D575V

Address: Via Francesco De Sanctis 5, 50136, Firenze, Italy

• BIBLIOMETRIC INDICES

Author of 37 pubblicazioni in importanti riviste internazionali di settore con sistema di revisione peer-review.

• EDUCATION

26/01/2016                               PhD, DOCTOR

Thesis: ”Developing Anammox for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment”

Environmental Biotechnology (EBT), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

23/02/2012                               PhD, ICAR/03, Ciclo XXIV A.A. 2010/2011

Tesi: ”Monitoraggio del processo anammox: aspetti fisiologici per un utilizzo in piena scala”

                                               Dottore di Ricerca in “Metodi e Tecnologie per il Monitoraggio Ambientale”

Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Fisica dell’Ambiente (DIFA), Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Italia

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

01/06/2009 - 31/12/2010           Periodo di training internazionale durante il PhD

Department of Biotechnology -BT (Environmental Biotechnology group - EBT, Kluyver Lab.), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

03/10/2008                               Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio (MSc)

Scuola di Ingegneria/ Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

10/06/2009 - 24/06/2009           Advanced course on environmental biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

01/09/2007 - 31/12/2007           Training period during ERASMUS

WETSUS, Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, The Netherlands

01/01/2007 - 31/09/2007           Progetto ERASMUS

Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATION, ASN

04/04/2017                               ASN, Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale a Professore di seconda fascia per il Settore Concorsuale 08/A2. Valida dal 04/04/2017 al 04/04/2026 (art. 16, comma 1, Legge 240/10 e successiva L. 156/2019: art. 5, co. 1)

• CURRENT POSITION

01/09/2021 - presente                Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato (RTD) ai sensi dell’articolo 24, comma 3, lett. a) della legge 30 dicembre 2010, n. 240, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

• PREVIOUS POSITIONS

01/02/2020 – 31/01/2021          Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2018 - 30/11/2019           Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2017 - 30/11/2018           Postdoc, Finanziato da Università degli Studi di Firenze a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/12/2015 - 30/11/2017           Postdoc, EU H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

01/12/2015 - 30/11/2017           Ricercatore - Collaborazione Professionale

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

11/06/2015 - 30/11/2015           Incarico per prestazione di lavoro autonomo professionale

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

16/04/2014 - 15/04/2015           Postdoc, Finanziato da Dip. di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Giulio Natta” a seguito di bando competitivo (Assegno di Ricerca, art.22, Legge 30 dicembre 2010, n.240)

01/11/2011 - 01/02/2014           Postdoc/PhD Candidate

Environmental Biotechnology group (EBT), Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• AWARDS

13/01/2017                               Waternet Watercycle Innovation Award 2016

                  Waternet, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

09/01/2015                               Jaap van der Graaf Award 2014

                        Witteveen+Bos Raadgevende ingenieurs B.V., Deventer, the Netherlands

30/10/2009                               Alberto Rozzi memorial prize 2009

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

• MEMBERSHIPS

2020 - presente             Socio del Gruppo Italiano di Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale (GITISA)

2018 - presente             Co-fondatore del international task group on microbial EPS

2017 - presente             Membro della Federazione delle Associazioni Scientifiche e Tecniche (FAST)

2016 - presente             Membro del Center for Colloid and Surface Science (CSGI)

2012 - presente             Membro della International Water Association (IWA)

• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS (only Master level)

01/04/2014 - presente               15 Students

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

01/11/2008 - presente               14 Students

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICEA), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

01/09/2009 - 30/04/2015           8 Students

EBT group, Dep. of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• TEACHING

1. Docente. Laurea Magistrale in “Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability”. Insegnamento: Sustainable water and waste management; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
2. Docente. International Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering DOCTORAL COURSE. Bioenergetics of microbial growth; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
3. Docente. Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Modellistica e Controllo degli Ecosistemi Microbici; SSD ICAR/03; 2 CFU
4. Docente. Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale; SSD ICAR/03; 3 CFU
5. Docente a contratto. B072-Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Impianti e trattamento delle acque; SSD ICAR/03; Settore concorsuale 08/A2; 3 CFU
6. Docente a contratto. B072-Corso di Laurea Triennale in Ingegneria per la Tutela dell’Ambiente e del Territorio. Insegnamento: Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale; SSD ICAR/03; Settore concorsuale 08/A2; 3 CFU
7. Guest Lecturer – Granular sludge systems and Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

08/01/2014 - 24/01/2014            Guest lecturer - Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

28/11/2013 - 28/11/2013            Guest lecturer - The anammox process, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

07/05/2013 - 10/05/2013            Guest lecturer - Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

29/11/2012 - 01/12/2012            Guest lecturer - Future perspective in wastewater treatment: cold-anammox, Tallinn University of Technology and University of Tartu, Estonia

23/11/2012 - 25/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italia

19/11/2012 - 22/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Thermodynamics of biochemical reactions, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICA), Politecnico di Milano, Italia

15/11/2012 - 15/11/2012            Guest lecturer - Novel technologies and new perspectives in wastewater treatment, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

12/06/2012 - 22/06/2012            Lecturer and assignment supervisor during the Advanced Course Environmental Biotechnology - Fundamentals of environmental biotechnology: i) basic microbiology, stoichiometry and kinetics; ii) thermodynamics, dynamics and competition, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

15/06/2011 - 24/06/2011            Lecturer and assignment supervisor during the Advanced Course Environmental Biotechnology - Fundamentals of environmental biotechnology: i) basic microbiology, stoichiometry and kinetics; ii) thermodynamics, dynamics and competition, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

• ORGANIZATION AND PRESTIGIOUS ROLES IN SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES/SYMPOSIA

10/06/2021 - 13/06/2021            Chair of the Session T11– Recovery of added value chemicals, 6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023

10/06/2021 - 13/06/2021            Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI 2021), held online, on 10-13 June 2021

29/06/2020 - 01/07/2020            Member of the Scientific Committee at IWA EcoSTP 2021, EcoTechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, June 21-25 2021, Milan, Italy

02/12/2020 – 04/12/2020           Member of the Technical Committee at 3^rd WaterEnergyNEXUS confernce, WEN 2020, December 2-4, ONLINE (initially planned in Djerba, Tunisia)

29/06/2020 - 01/07/2020            Member of the Scientific Committee at IWA EcoSTP 2020, EcoTechnologies for Wastewater Treatment, June 29^th-July 1 ^st,*, Milan, Italy (^*Tentative Dates)

18/06/2018 - 21/06/2018            Member of the Conference Committee at WEF Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference 2018, June 18-21, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

18/03/2018 - 21/03/2018            Co-Chair and organizer of the workshop Extracellular polymers in granular sludge: challenges and new discoveries. IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference 2018, March 18-21, Delft, The Netherlands

23/06/2014 - 25/06/2014            Member of the YWP Organizing Committee at 2nd IWA specialized conference EcoTechnologies for Sewage Treatment Plants - EcoSTP2014, June 23-24, Verona, Italy

• EDITORIAL COMMITTEES

30/07/2020 – 15/07/2022           Special Issue Editor for Special Issue "Anammox-Based Processes for Wastewater Treatment". Processes (ISSN 2227-9717; CODEN: PROCCO). https://www.mdpi.com/journal/processes/special_issues/anammox_processes_wastewater_treatment

• PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Polizzi, C., Lotti, T., Ricoveri, A., Mori, G., Gabriel, D., Munz, G. Evaluating the suitability of granular anammox biomass for nitrogen removal from vegetable tannery wastewater (2023) Biodegradation, 2023, 34(3), pp. 253–262. [IF 3.731] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-023-10017-6
2. Campo, R., Carretti, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T. Recovery of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from aerobic granular sludge: Insights on biopolymers characterization and hydrogel properties for potential applications (2022) Journal of Environmental Management, 324, 116247. [IF 8.91] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116247
3. Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, S., Bessiere, Y., ...Lotti, T., Paul E. Insights on the hydrogel-forming ability and post-gelling mechanical properties of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from aerobic granular sludge (AGS): A comparison with model biopolymers (2022) Journal of Water Process Engineering, 49, 103076. [IF 7.34] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2022.103076.
4. Polizzi C., Lotti T., Ricoveri A., Campo R., Vannini C., Ramazzotti M., Gabriel D., Munz G. Long-term effects of mineral precipitation on process performance, granules' morphology and microbial community in anammox granular sludge (2022) Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(1), 107002. [IF 7.968] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.107002.
5. Pagliaccia B., Carretti E., Severi M., Berti D., Lubello C., Lotti T. Heavy metal biosorption by Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) recovered from anammox granular sludge (2021) Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 424, Part C, 126661. [IF 14.224] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126661.
6. Campo R., Lubello C., Lotti T., Di Bella G. Aerobic granular sludge–membrane bioreactor (Ags–mbr) as a novel configuration for wastewater treatment and fouling mitigation: A mini-review (2021) Membranes, 2021, 11(4), 261. [IF 4.2] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes11040261
7. Ruggero F., Porter A.E., Voulvoulis N., Carretti E., Lotti T., Lubello C., Gori R. A highly efficient multi-step methodology for the quantification of micro-(bio)plastics in sludge (2021) Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 39(7), 956-965. [IF 4.432] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X20974094
8. Ruggero F., Belardi S., Carretti E., Lotti T., Lubello C., Gori R. Rigid and film bioplastics degradation under suboptimal composting conditions: A kinetic study (2021) Waste Management & Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 40(8), 1311-1321. [IF 4.432] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X211063731
9. Feng C., Lotti T., Canziani R., Lin Y., Tagliabue C., Malpei F. Extracellular biopolymers recovered as raw biomaterials from waste granular sludge and potential applications: A critical review (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 753, 142051. [IF 10.754] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142051
10. Mazzoli, L., Munz, G., Lotti, T., Ramazzotti, M. A novel universal primer pair for prokaryotes with improved performances for anammox containing communities (2020) Scientific Reports, 10(1), 15648. [IF 4.996] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72577-4
11. Ruggero F., Carretti E., Gori R., Lotti T., Lubello C., Monitoring of degradation of starch-based biopolymer film under different composting conditions, using TGA, FTIR and SEM analysis (2020) Chemosphere, 246, 125770. [IF 8.943] DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125770
12. Campo R., Sguanci S., Caffaz S., Mazzoli L., Ramazzotti M., Lubello C., Lotti T. Efficient carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low C/N real domestic wastewater with aerobic granular sludge (2020) Bioresource Technology, 305, 122961. [IF 11.889] DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122961
13. Kumwimba M.N., Lotti T., Şenel E., Li X., Suanon F. Anammox-based processes: How far have we come and what work remains? A review by bibliometric analysis (2020) Chemosphere 238, 124627. [IF 8.943] DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124627
14. Lotti T., Burzi O., Scaglione D., Ramos C.A., Ficara E., Pérez J., Carrera J. Two-stage granular sludge partial nitritation/anammox process for the treatment of digestate from the anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (2019) Waste Management 100, pp. 36-44. [IF 8.816] DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2019.08.044
15. Lotti T., Carretti E., Berti D., Montis C., Del Buffa S., Lubello C., Feng C., Malpei F., Hydrogels formed by anammox extracellular polymeric substances: structural and mechanical insights (2019) Scientific Reports 9, 11633. [IF 4.996] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47987-8
16. Feng C., Lotti T., Lin Y., Malpei F., Extracellular polymeric substances extraction and recovery from anammox granules: Evaluation of methods and protocol development (2019) Chemical Engineering Journal, 374, pp. 112–122. [IF 16.744] DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.05.127
17. Sguanci S., Lubello C., Caffaz S., Lotti T., Long-term stability of aerobic granular sludge for the treatment of very low-strength real domestic wastewater (2019) Journal of Cleaner Production, 222, pp. 882-890. [IF 11.072] DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.061
18. Lotti T, Carretti E, Berti D, Martina MR, Lubello C, Malpei F. Extraction, recovery and characterization of structural extracellular polymeric substances from anammox granular sludge (2019) Journal of Environmental Management 236, pp. 649-656. [IF 8.91] DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.054
19. Seviour T., Derlon N., Dueholm M.S., Flemming H.-C., Girbal-Neuhauser E., Horn H., Kjelleberg S., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Lotti T., Malpei F., Nerenberg R., Neu T.R., Paul E., Yu H., Lin Y. Extracellular polymeric substances of biofilms: suffering from an identity crisis (2018) Water Research, 151, pp. 1-7. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.020
20. Sguanci S., Lotti T., Caretti C., Caffaz S., Dockhorn T., Lubello C. Inhibitory effects of veterinary antibiotics on anammox activity: short- and long-term tests (2017) Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 38 (21), pp. 2661-2667. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1272640
21. Scaglione D., Lotti T., Ficara E., Malpei F. Inhibition on anammox bacteria upon exposure to digestates from biogas plants treating the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and the role of conductivity (2017) Waste Management 61, pp. 213-219. [IF 8.816] DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.11.014
22. Scaglione D., Lotti T., Menin G., Niccolini F., Malpei F., Canziani R. Complete autotrophic process for nitrogen removal from ink-jet printing wastewater (2016) Chemical Engineering Transactions 49, pp. 499-504. [IF 0.254] DOI: 10.3303/CET1649084
23. Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Purswani J., Lotti T., Maza-Marquez P., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Vahala R., Gonzalez- Martinez A. Distribution and microbial community structure analysis of a single-stage partial nitritation/anammox granular sludge bioreactor operating at low temperature (2016) Environmental Technology (United Kingdom) 37 (18), pp. 2281-2291. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1147613
24. González-Martínez A., Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Lotti T., García-Ruiz M.-J., Osorio F., Gonzalez-Lopez J., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Comparison of bacterial communities of conventional and A-stage activated sludge systems (2016) Scientific Reports 6(18786), pp. 1-11. [IF 4.996] DOI: 10.1038/srep18786
25. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Abelleira-Pereira J.M., Abbas B., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Faster through training: the anammox case (2015) Water Research 81, pp. 261-268. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.001
26. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Effect of temperature change on anammox activity (2015) Biotechnology and Bioengineering 112 (1), pp. 98-103. [IF 4.395] DOI: 10.1002/bit.25333
27. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Hu Z., Kartal B., de Kreuk M.K., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Kruit J., Hendrickx T.L.G., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Pilot-scale evaluation of anammox based main-stream nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater (2015) Environmental Technology. 36 (9), pp. 1167-1177. [IF 3.475] DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.982722
28. González-Martínez A., Osorio F., Rodriguez-Sanchez A., Martinez-Toledo M.V., Gonzalez-Lopez J., Lotti T., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Bacterial community structure of a lab-scale anammox membrane bioreactor (2015) Biotechnology Progress. 31 (1), pp.186-193. [IF 2.909] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/btpr.1995
29. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Hu Z., Kartal B., Jetten M.S.M., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Simultaneous partial nitritation and anammox at low temperature with granular sludge (2014) Water Research 66, pp. 111-121. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.047
30. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Hendrickx T.L.G., Kruit J., Hoekstra M., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Anammox growth on pretreated municipal wastewater (2014) Environmental Science & Technology 48 (14), pp. 7874-7880. [IF 11.357] DOI: 10.1021/es500632k
31. Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Physiological and Kinetic Characterization of a Suspended Cell Anammox Culture (2014) Water Research 60(14), pp. 1-14. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.04.017
32. Pérez J., Lotti T., Kleerebezem R., Picioreanu C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Outcompeting nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in single-stage nitrogen removal in sewage treatment plants: a model-based study (2014) Water Research 66 (1): 208-218. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.028
33. Lin Y.M., Lotti T., Sharma P.K., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Apatite accumulation enhances the mechanical property of anammox granules (2013) Water Research 47 (13), pp. 4556-4566. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.061
34. Hu Z., Lotti T., de Kreuk M.K., Kleerebezem R., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Kruit J., Jetten M.S.M., Kartal, B. Nitrogen removal by a nitritation-anammox bioreactor at low temperature (2013) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79 (8), pp. 2807-2812. [IF 5.005] DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03987-12
35. Hu Z., Lotti T., van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Kartal B. Nitrogen removal with the anaerobic ammonium oxidation process (2013) Biotechnology Letters 35 (8), pp. 1145-54. [IF 2.716] DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1196-4
36. Lotti T., Cordola M., Kleerebezem R., Caffaz S., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. Inhibition effect of swine wastewater heavy metals and antibiotics on anammox activity (2012) Water Science & Technology 66 (7), pp. 519-26. [IF 2.7] DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.344
37. Lotti T., Van der Star W.R., Kleerebezem R., Lubello C., van Loosdrecht M.C.M. The effect of nitrite inhibition on the anammox process (2012) Water Research 46 (8), pp. 2559-69. [IF 13.4] DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.011

• PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED NATIONAL MAGAZINES

Lotti T., Scaglione D., Teli A.,Canziani R., ficara E., Malpei F. Rimozione completamente autotrofa dell’azoto con batteri anammox: passato, presente e futuro (2014) Ingegneria dell’Ambiente 1, 3-26.

• BOOKS

van Loosdrecht M.C.M., Nielsen P.H., Lopez-Vazquez C.M., Brdjanovic D. (2016) Experimental Methods in Wastewater Treatment. IWA Publishing. ISBN13: 978.17.8040.474.5.

Lotti T. (2016) Developing Anammox for mainstream municipal wastewater treatment. TU Delft Institutional Repository. ISBN: 978-94-6186-594-6

Hendrickx T., Kruit J., Eggink G., Geilvoet S., van Erp Taalman Kip C., Lotti T., Kartal B., Hu Z. (2013) Toepassing van Anammox in de hoofdstroom van een rioolwaterzuivering. Press: Kruyt Grafisch Adviesbureau. STOWA 2013-39. ISBN: 978.90.5773.620.9.

• CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (PEER-REVIEWED)

6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023. Oral contribution. Phosphorous recovery from waste aerobic granular sludge. R. Campo, J.P. Czellnik, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

6^th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP 2023), Girona, Catalonia, Spain, 26th-29th June 2023. Oral contribution. Kinetic characterization of Phosphorus Accumulating Organisms (PAO) and Glycogen Accumulating Organisms (GAO) anaerobic metabolism in Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS). J.P. Czellnik, R. Campo, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

4th International Conference for Bioresource Technology for Bioenergy, Bioproducts & Environmental Sustainability, Lake Garda Italy | 14–17 May 2023. Oral contribution. Phosphorous recovery from waste aerobic granular sludge. R. Campo, J.P. Czellnik, C. Lubello, T. Lotti

5th IWA Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment conference (IWA EcoSTP 2021), 21st-25th June 2021. Short Oral contribution. Biosorption Of Heavy Metals By Extracellular Polymeric Substances From Anammox Granular Sludge. Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.

XI International Symposium on Environmental Engineering (SIDISA 2021), 29th June-2nd July 2021, Turin (Italy). Oral contribution. Extracellular polymeric substances recovered from biofilm-based systems as new biosorbent for the heavy metal removal. Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.

4th IWA Resource Recovery Conference 2019 (IWA RR 2021), 5th-8th September 2021, Istanbul (Turkey) – Virtual conference. Oral contribution. Valorization of structural Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) from Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) as hydrogels. Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, Sì’ì., Bessiere, Y., Bounouba, M., Bou-Sarkis, A., Girbal-Neuhauser, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Paul, E.

5th IWA Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment conference (IWA EcoSTP 2020) – Virtual conference, 21st-25th June 2021. Oral contribution. Recovery of structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) from waste aerobic granular sludge: formation and characterization of hydrogels properties. Campo, R., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti., T.

IWA Biofilms 2020 Virtual Conference, 7th-10th December 2020. Flash presentation. Insights on a methodology to characterize the gel-forming ability of structural extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Pagliaccia, B., Durieux, S., Bessiere, Y., Bounouba, M., Bou Sarkis, A., Girbal-Neuhauser, E., Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Paul, E.

IWA Biofilms 2020 Virtual Conference, 7th-10th December 2020. Flash presentation. Analysis of formation and characterization of hydrogels originated from structural extracellular polymeric substances (sEPS) extracted from aerobic granular sludge (AGS). Campo, R., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti., T.

IWA 3rd Resource Recovery Conference – IWARR2019. Venezia (Italy). 8-12 September 2019. “Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) recovered from Anammox granular sludge as biosorbent for the removal of heavy metals” (Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Carretti, E., Severi, M., Berti, D., Lubello, C.).

IWA 3rd Resource Recovery Conference – IWARR2019. Venezia (Italia). 8-12 September 2019. “Recovery potentials from aerobic granular sludge treating low C/N real municipal wastewater”. (Campo, R., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

IWA Innovation Conference on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery 2019 - SWTRR. Nutrient Removal and Recovery Specialist Group. Shanghai (China). 24-28 November 2019. “Efficient Nitrogen And Phosphorus Removal From Low C/N Real Domestic Wastewater With Aerobic Granular Sludge”. (Campo, R.; Caffaz, S.; Lubello, C.; Lotti, T.).

ECOMONDO 2019 – Conferenza “Barriers and solutions for sustainable sludge management and valorization in wastewater treatment” Rimini (Italia). 07 November 2019. “Recovery of biopolymers from aerobic granular sludge treating low C/N real municipal wastewater”. (Campo, R., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

BioMAc 2019 – Impianti MBR e trattamenti avanzati per la sostenibilità del trattamento delle acque reflue. Palermo (Italia). 17 October 2019. “Biomasse aerobiche granulari”. (Lubello, C., Lotti, T., Caffaz, S., Campo, R.).

IWA 16th Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. Edinburgh (UK). 10-14 June 2019. “Efficient nitrogen and phosphorus removal from low C/N real domestic wastewater with aerobic granular sludge.” (Campo, R., Sguanci, S., Caffaz, S., Lubello, C., Lotti, T.).

XVII Congresso Nazionale Di Chimica Dell’ambiente E Dei Beni Culturali: La tutela dell’Ambiente e dei Beni Culturali in un Mondo che cambia. 24-27 June, 2018. Genova (Italy). “Application of Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) extracted from AnAmmOx granular biomass for the removal of heavy metals” (Carretti, E., Pagliaccia, B., Lotti, T., Baglioni, P., Berti. D.).

Joint G16-ABWET Conference 2018. 5-7 December, 2018. Napoli (Italy). “Heavy metals adsorption with Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) extracted from AnAmmOx granular biomass” (Lotti, T., Pagliaccia, B., Carretti, E., Berti, D., Lubello, C.).

IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference. Delft (The Netherlands), 18-21 March 2018. “Method evaluation of extracellular polymeric substances extraction from Anammox granular sludge with compact structure” (C Feng, T Lotti, F Malpei).

SMICE2018 - Sludge Management in Circular Economy. Rome (Italy), 23-25 May 2018

IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference. Delft (The Netherlands), 18-21 March 2018

The IWA 2017 Conference on Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery: Research, Planning, Design and Operation. Chongqing (China), 7-10 November 2017

4th Water Research Conference - The Role of Water Technology Innovation in the Blue Economy. Waterloo (Ontario, Canada), 10-13 September 2017

Biotech 2017. Prague (Czech Republic), 13-17 June 2017

IWA Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment 2017. Palermo (Italy), 21-24 May 2017

3rd IWA Specialized International Conference Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment. Cambridge (UK), 27-30 June 2016

5th International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology. Bologna (Italy), 10-13 April 2016

10^th SIDISA 2016. Rome (Italy), 19-23 June 2016

IWW Amsterdam International Water Week. Amsterdam (Netherlands), 2-6 November 2015

IWA International Conference on Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Gdansk (Poland), 18-21 May 2015

AD14 World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion. Vina del Mar (Chile), 15-18 November 2015

ICheaP12-International Conference on Chemical & Process Engineering. Milano, 19-22 May 2015

Keynote presentation at: 2nd IWA specialized conference EcoTechnologies for Sewage Treatment Plants - EcoSTP2014. Verona (Italy), 23-25 June 2014

11th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies - LET 2014. Abu Dhabi (UAE), 26-29 May 2014

IWA/WEF Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2013: Trends in Resource Recovery and Use. Vancouver (Canada), 28-31 July 2013

WEFTECH 2013: the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference. Chicago, Illinois (USA), 5-9 October 2013

IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Harbin (China), 23-25 September 2012

International IWA Conference on autotrophic nitrogen removal: from research to applications. SIDISA (International Symposium on Sanitary and Environmental Engineering). Milan (Italy), 26-29 June 2012

8th IWA Symposium on Waste Management Problems in Agro-Industries. Çeşme (Turkey), 22-24 June 2011

2nd IWA Specialized Conference: Nutrient Management in Wastewater Treatment Processes. Krakow (Poland), 6-9 September 2009

• WORKSHOPS

Invited speaker: Anammox process Research and Perspectives. Saving-E, Two-Stage Autotrophic N-removal for mainstream sewage treatment, Valencia (Spain), 28 June 2018

Invited speaker: Europe, environment and urban wastewater treatment: the policy, the economy and the ready-to-market innovations. EcoMondo-The green technologies expo, Rimini (Italy), 3-6 November 2015

Invited attendant: Engineering and Control of Natural and Synthetic Microbial Communities. Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge (UK), 26-28 November 2014

Invited speaker: Anammox process in the mainstream: research and perspectives. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery. Harbin (China), 25 September 2012

• INVITED LECTURER FOR SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES

Environmental Engineering Fall 2018 Seminar Series organized by the Environmental Engineering Institute (Seminar): T.Lotti, Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) from innovative biofilm systems in wastewater treatment. Environmental Engineering Institute - IIE, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ENAC School, Lausanne Switzerland, 25 September 2018.

Càtedra DAM de Gestiòn Integral Recuperaciòn de Recursos del Agua Residual (Seminar): T.Lotti, Aerobic Granular Sludge applied on wastewaters with low C/N ratio. Burjassot, Universitat de Valencia, Spain, 29 June 2018.

Conference Lecture (Workshop): Hoekstra, M, Lotti, T, Kleerebezem, R, Erp Taalman Kip, C van, Hendrickx, T & Loosdrecht, MCM van (2014, May 28). Towards energy neutral wastewater treatment by inplementing anammox in the mainstream, a pilot scale evaluation and implementation at Dokhaven WWTP. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Lecture 11 th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, 26-29 May 2014, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Conference Lecture (Workshop): Perez Canestro, JO, Aguirrezabala, T, Lotti, T, Kleerebezem, R, Picioreanu, C & Loosdrecht, MCM van. Outcompeting NOB in granular sludge reactors at low temperatures. Gdansk, Poland, Lecture IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery: moving innovation into practice, 18-21 May 2015, Gdansk, Poland.

Seminar for the Doctorate School: Thermodynamic in biochemical systems. Politecnico di Milano (Italy), 2012-2014-2015-2016.

Seminar at the event Kick-off Delft Urban Water Centre: Anammox in the main-stream. Delft (the Netherlands), 29 May 2012

Seminar for the Young Water Professionals Benelux at the workshop Technology Development: Nereda and Anammox as case studies. Epe (the Netherlands), 9 May 2012

Seminar at DHV-Royal Haskoning: Anammox in de hoofdstroom. Amersfoort (the Netherlands), 2 May 2012

• PATENTS

Patent WO/2014/171819 (Publication Date: 23-10-2014; International Application Number: PCT/NL2014/050204) Process for biological removal of nitrogen from wastewater. Inventors: T. Lotti, T.L.G. Hendrickx, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht, J. Kruit

Patent NL PD 015626 (Pending; International Application Number: PCT/SE01/01699). Extracellular polymers from granular sludge as sizing agents. Inventors: Y. Lin, T. Lotti, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

• RESEARCH PROJECTS

2023-2025 Coordinator (PI). PRIN 2022 - Integrating innovative N-removing biofilm processes and excess sludge valorization technologies for the development of energy- and material-efficient wastewater treatment plants - N4En; Project code: 20228AF8JN. Decreto Direttoriale n. 742 del 30-05-2023 - PE8 – MIUR (€ 219.876,00).

2023 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Convenzione tra consorzio del torrente Pescia S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto “Valutazione dei processi di trattamento nell’impianto di depurazione consortile ed indicazioni su possibili strategie di miglioramento/sviluppo” (€ 20.000,00+IVA).

2022-2023 Responsabile scientifico. Convenzione tra A2A Ciclo Idrico S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto: “Formazione su processi a biomasse granulari nel trattamento delle acque reflue” (€ 10.000,00+IVA).

2022-2023 Responsabile della conduzione delle attività sperimentali. Convenzione tra HERA S.p.A. e il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale (DICeA) dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze per una ricerca/prestazione avente il seguente oggetto “indagini sperimentali per l'utilizzo di biomasse granulari nel trattamento delle acque reflue” (€ 49.000,00+IVA).

2020-2024 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Recycles - Recovering carbon from contaminated matrices by exploiting the nitrogen and sulphur cycles). Funded by EU HORIZON 2020 - H2020-MSCA-RISE (€ 300.000,00).

2021-2023 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. Progetto BIOREC - Processi Biologici innovativi per il Recupero di Energia dai rifiuti dell’industria Conciaria. Funded by FINANZIAMENTI REGIONALI - FONDI STRUTTURALI (FSE) (€ 60.000,00).

2020-2022 Membro del gruppo di ricerca. POR FESR 2014-2020 – azione 1.1.5 sub-azione a1 – Bando 1 “Progetti Strategici di ricerca e sviluppo” – Domanda CUP 3647.04032020.157000040 – Progetto IDRO.SMART - Soluzioni avanzate per la gestione ed il recupero di materia negli impianti di trattamento acque reflue. Funded by Regione Toscana (€ 1.600.246,58).

2020-2022 Research Group member. Ente Cassa di Risparmi di Firenze – Progetto BIOGRAN - Recupero e riutilizzo agronomico di BIOpolimeri estratti da biomasse aerobiche GRANulari per il trattamento di reflui civili. Funded by Ente CRF (€ 25.000,00).

2020 Research group member. Valutazione e validazione dei trattamenti biologici per le nuove linee MBR previste dall'accordo di programma quadro 8 aprile 2013 sull'impianto Cuoiodepur. Progetto Linee MBR Cuoioepur 2020. Funded by Consorzio Cuoiodepur S.p.A. (€ 12.000,00).

2018-2019 Research group member. Trattamento anaerobico dei rifiuti dell’industria conciaria. "Attività di ricerca riguardante il trattamento del carniccio senza solfuri proveniente dalla fase di scarnatura delle pelli dopo depilazione ossidativa”. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Funded by Italprogetti Engineering Spa (€ 12.000).

2018 Research group member. Monitoraggio del processo di degradazione delle (BIO) Plastiche negli impianti di compostaggio e digestione anaerobica per il trattamento della frazione organica dei rifiuti urbani. Funded by CIC Consorzio Italiano Compostatori - NOVAMONT S.p.A. - AISA IMPIANTI S.p.A. (€ 15.000,00).

2017-2019 Research group member. Progetto RTD2017: Study of the role of environmental DNA in the profiling of microbial communities involved in wastewater treatment. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Bando per RTD dell’Ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze (€ 12.000).

2017-2018 Principal Investigator. Poly-Depur: recovery of biomaterial from wastewater treatment excess sludge. Scientific Responsabile: Prof. Claudio Lubello. Bando per Assegno di Ricerca dell’Area Tecnologica dell’Ateneo dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze (€ 25.177,00).

2018 Research group member. Sviluppo e messa a punto di un processo di rimozione dell’azoto mediante anammox da implementare sull’impianto biologico Cuoiodepur. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Convenzione di ricerca con Consorzio Cuoiodepur Spa (€ 20.000).

2016-2020 Research group member. LIFE WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment). This research was funded by LIFE Environmental Governance and Information, European Commission (€ 1.805.602,00).

2016-2017 Research group member. Analisi di una filiera innovativa di trattamento integrato di acque reflue e rifiuti solidi conciari e della frazione umida di rifiuti solidi urbani. PI: Prof. Giulio Munz. Granted by Italprogetti Engineering Spa (€ 20.000).

2015-2017 Principal Investigator. European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Individual Fellowship Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 661429, POLIS project. Host Institution: Politecnico di Milano (DICA). Granted by European Union (€168.277,20).

2015-2016 Research group member. LIDIA - Lignocellulosic Dicarbossilic Acids, Green Chemistry National Cluster. This research was funded by MIUR, PON, UE (€ 10.880.000,00).

2013-2015 Research group member. CITY WISE NET (2014) Cities Waste Integrated System for Energy Network. Granted by EU program POR FESR 2007-2013 - (€ 4.000.000,00).

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The author has contributed to research in topics such as Nitrification & Anammox Biological wastewater treatment, Resource recovery and reuse, Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS), Granular sludge, Sustainable water treatment technology, Nutrient removal and recovery, Microbial technology for resource-efficient nutrient management, Sustainable: resource efficient, low or positive in energy, minimum emission of greenhouse gases, Nitrogen removal: mainstream and sidestream partial nitritation/anammox, nitritation/denitritation, S-based denitrification, Energy-positive sewage treatment.

His current interest and research activities are mainly focused on (bio)technological innovations allowing a sustainable transformation of current wastewater treatment plants in biorefineries. With the aim of resource recovery for circular economy development, he is collaborating in research and development projects with academics from the chemical/biochemical/agronomical sciences as well as with industries from the water, chemistry, agronomy, paper, leather and textile sectors, both at national and international levels.