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Antonio Zuorro is Professor of Chemical Engineering Fundamentals at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Materials and Environment of Sapienza University of Rome, from which he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering.

His main research activity is focused on the recovery of value-added compounds from a variety of biological sources, especially agro-industrial wastes, by innovative and mild extraction processes.

The developed and patented technologies are based on the use of specifically designed enzyme mixtures and/or mixed-polarity green solvents as pretreatment or extracting agents. These technologies have been successfully applied to the recovery of lycopene from tomato processing waste and antioxidant phenolics from spent coffee grounds, olive pomace, fruit peels, corn husks and brewers’ spent grain. Recently, the developed enzymatic processes have been used to recover lipids and other valuable intracellular compounds from microalgae. An important part of the research is devoted to the analysis and validation of process solutions allowing an integral valorization of the waste materials within a sustainable circular-economy approach.

Most of the above-mentioned activities are carried out in collaboration with research groups of other universities or institutions from different countries.

Antonio Zuorro has been visiting professor at important foreign universities and he hold invited lectures and presentations at several international conferences. He has been visiting professor at important foreign universities worldwide and he hold invited lectures and presentations at several international conferences. He has also been the Scientific Responsible of many joint projects with foreign universities and industrial companies, even organizing and Coordinating the collaborative European project “EXCornsEED”, granted in HORIZON 2020 – BBI JU (call 2017).

His scientific activity is attested by over 120 scientific publications in the chemical and biochemical engineering sector and five industrial patents. He received several awards and prizes in competitions sponsored by scientific and industrial associations.