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Italy

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Expert in atmospheric pollution, Science Communication, Electron Microscopy, environmental multivariate statistics

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I have a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry of Environmental Matrices from Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, a Second Level Master Fellow of Urban and Indoor Pollution, and a First Level Master in Science Communication from University of Milan "La Statale". My expertise focuses on airborne particulate matter studies by scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM-EDX), and on modelling by multivariate statistics (factor and cluster analysis, positive matrix factorization (PMF), etc.) for the identification and apportionment of air pollution sources. I have also expertise on EU policies within the Air Quality framework, since I join european working groups on air quality modelling as national expert. I am author or coauthor of a number of peer reviewed ISI publications and I was recently granted as Top reviewer recognized excellence from Elsevier. I also had collaborations with scientific museums (Rome, Milan), and with Garzanti Editore as writer and reviewer of the Chemistry words and semantics of "Le Garzantine" Series. I worked as scientific consultant at the Ministry for Environment of Italy, supporting Italian negotiates at EC – DG Environment meetings on Air Quality policies, and attending different EC-JRC working groups as national expert. After this period I started my career as a researcher at National Research Council of Italy (CNR). First I was contract researcher, collaborating at european (HEREPLUS, MED-PARTICLES) and national research projects concerning air pollution. Currently I'm permanent researcher in the field of airborne particulate matter (PM), specifically dealing with the development of novel methodologies to investigate the micro-chemical and physical properties of PM. I also actually chair an italian working group on aerosol sources. Scientific skills range from design of investigation approaches focused at ambient and indoor air, to the interpretation and data analysis of X-ray EDX spectra, and the management and analysis of environmental data sets by multivariate statistics, by ad-hoc software packages.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Microscopy
• ★ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ★ Environmental Chemistry
• ☆ STEM
• ☆ Inorganic Chemistry
• ☆ Analytical Chemistry
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Geochemistry
• ☆ Pollution Control & Waste Management
• ☆ Air Pollution
• ☆ Air Quality Management
• ☆ Environmental Statistics
• ☆ Italian

Services

• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Permanent Researcher

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

November 2009 - Present

Education

Second level Master Fellow

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza Facoltà di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale

2006 - 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2016). Desert dust outbreaks in Southern Europe: Contribution to daily PM<inf>10</inf>concentrations and short-term associations with mortality and hospital admissions . Environmental Health Perspectives. 124. (4). p. 413-419.

(2015). The risks of acute exposure to black carbon in Southern Europe: Results from the med-particles project . Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 72. (2). p. 123-129.

(2015). A new methodology to assess the performance and uncertainty of source apportionment models II: The results of two European intercomparison exercises . Atmospheric Environment. 123. p. 240-250.

(2015). Short-term effects of particulate matter on mortality during forest fires in Southern Europe: Results of the MED-PARTICLES project . Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 72. (5). p. 323-329.

Pietrodangelo, A., Salzano, R., Bassani, C., Pietrodangelo, A., Salzano, R., Bassani, C., Pareti, S., Perrino, C.(2015). Composition, size distribution, optical properties, and radiative effects of laboratory-resuspended PM10 from geological dust of the Rome area, by electron microscopy and radiative transfer modelling . Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 15. (22). p. 13177-13194.

(2015). Short-term effects of particulate matter constituents on daily hospitalizations and mortality in five South-European cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project . Environment International. 75. p. 151-158.

(2014). Particulate matter and gaseous pollutants in the Mediterranean Basin: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project . Science of the Total Environment. 488-489. (1). p. 297-315.

(2014). Improved identification of transition metals in airborne aerosols by SEM-EDX combined backscattered and secondary electron microanalysis . Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21. (6). p. 4023-4031.

(2014). Which specific causes of death are associated with short term exposure to fine and coarse particles in Southern Europe? Results from the MED-PARTICLES project . Environment International. 67. p. 54-61.

(2013). Associations between fine and coarse particles and mortality in Mediterranean cities: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project . Environmental Health Perspectives. 121. (8). p. 932-938.

(2013). Short-term associations between fine and coarse particulate matter and hospitalizations in Southern Europe: Results from the MED-PARTICLES project . Environmental Health Perspectives. 121. (9). p. 1026-1033.

Pietrodangelo, A., Salzano, R., Pietrodangelo, A., Salzano, R., Rantica, E., Perrino, C.(2013). Characterisation of the local topsoil contribution to airborne particulate matter in the area of Rome (Italy). Source profiles . Atmospheric Environment. 69. p. 1-14.

(2009). Enhancement of source traceability of atmospheric PM by elemental chemical fractionation . Atmospheric Environment. 43. (31). p. 4754-4765.

Perrino, C., Catrambone, M., Pietrodangelo, A., Perrino, C., Catrambone, M., Pietrodangelo, A., Perrino, C., Catrambone, M., Pietrodangelo, A., Perrino, C., et al.(2008). Influence of atmospheric stability on the mass concentration and chemical composition of atmospheric particles: A case study in Rome, Italy . Environment International. 34. (5). p. 621-628.

Canepari, S., Cardarelli, E., Giuliano, A., Pietrodangelo, A.(2006). Determination of metals, metalloids and non-volatile ions in airborne particulate matter by a new two-step sequential leaching procedure. Part A: Experimental design and optimisation . Talanta. 69. (3). p. 581-587.

Canepari, S., Cardarelli, E., Pietrodangelo, A., Strincone, M.(2006). Determination of metals, metalloids and non-volatile ions in airborne particulate matter by a new two-step sequential leaching procedure. Part B: Validation on equivalent real samples . Talanta. 69. (3). p. 588-595.

Astolfi, M.L., Canepari, S., Catrambone, M., Perrino, C., Pietrodangelo, A.(2006). Improved characterisation of inorganic components in airborne particulate matter . Environmental Chemistry Letters. 3. (4). p. 186-191.

(2006). Two-stage chemical fractionation method for the analysis of elements and non-volatile inorganic ions in PM10 samples: Application to ambient samples collected in Rome (Italy) . Atmospheric Environment. 40. (40). p. 7908-7923.

(2004). Carrier-mediated transport of amino acids through bulk liquid membranes . Separation Science and Technology. 39. (16). p. 3821-3838.

(2004). Complex formation equilibria of some aromatic β-amino-alcohols . Annali di Chimica. 94. (3). p. 135-146.

Perrino, C., Pietrodangelo, A., Febo, A.(2001). An atmospheric stability index based on radon progeny measurements for the evaluation of primary urban pollution . Atmospheric Environment. 35. (31). p. 5235-5244.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Pietrodangelo, A., Pietrodangelo, A., Pareti, S., Perrino, C.(2013). Characterization of trace metals in airborne carbonaceous aerosols by single-particle EDX - Scanning Electron Microscopy . E3S Web of Conferences. 1.