Villano Marianna
Chemistry
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Italy
Biography
Marianna Villano is Assistant Professor (temporary position) of Chemical Engineering at the Department of Chemistry of Sapienza University of Rome. She got a master of science (summa cum laude) in Industrial Chemistry in 2007 at Sapienza University of Rome, with a thesis dealing with the influence of pH on the bioproduction of polyhydroxyalkanoates from organic acids in sequencing batch reactors. In 2011 she earned a PhD in Industrial Chemical Processes from the same University with a thesis on the "Microbially catalyzed production of hydrogen and methane in bioelectrochemical systems". In 2010 she spent six months at the "Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (BEE)" of Cornell University (Ithaca, USA) as visiting student. She is co-author of about 20 publications in international peer-review journal articles and book chapter and about 30 invited and contributed conference papers .
Research Interest
Industrial chemistry
Publications
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Villano M, Monaco G, Aulenta F, Majone M. Electrochemically assisted methane production in a biofilm reactor. Journal of Power Sources. 2011 Nov 15;196(22):9467-72.
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Villano M, Aulenta F, Ciucci C, Ferri T, Giuliano A, Majone M. Bioelectrochemical reduction of CO 2 to CH 4 via direct and indirect extracellular electron transfer by a hydrogenophilic methanogenic culture. Bioresource Technology. 2010 May 31;101(9):3085-90.
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Rosenbaum M, Aulenta F, Villano M, Angenent LT. Cathodes as electron donors for microbial metabolism: which extracellular electron transfer mechanisms are involved?. Bioresource Technology. 2011 Jan 31;102(1):324-33.
