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Profile Summary

Optimization of chemical processes, relevant experience in catalysis, biomass treatment, deep eutectic solvents, recycling of waste oils for biodiesel or biolubricant production. Expert in Design Of Experiments (DoE) and multivariate analysis, materials characterization and NMR analysis.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Chemistry
• ★ Biomass & Bioenergy
• ★ Formulation

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research User Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Mannu Consulting

December 2020 - Present

Temporary Researcher

University of Turin

April 2020 - October 2020

Temporary Researcher

Politecnico di Milano

December 2018 - August 2020

Postdoc Researcher

Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse eV

March 2017 - August 2018

External Professor - Organic Chemistry

University of Sassari

March 2016 - February 2017

Postdoc Researcher

CNR - Italy

April 2012 - April 2015

Education

Ph.D. (Department of Inorganic Chemistry)

University of Barcelona

January 2007 - July 2011

Master Degree (Department of Chemistry)

University of Sassari

September 1999 - March 2005

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Alberto Mannu, Sebastiano Garroni (2021). Recycling of Waste Oils: Technology and Application . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Sebastiano Garroni (2021). Recycling of Waste Oils: Technology and Application . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Abdelhak Serouri, Zoubida Taleb, Sebastiano Garroni, Nina Senes, Safia Taleb, Sara Brini, Sabrine Kawther Abdoun(2021). Variation of Used Vegetable Oils’ Composition upon Treatment with Algerian Clays . Recycling. 6. (4). p. 68. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Abdelhak Serouri, ZOUBIDA TALEB, Sebastiano Garroni, Nina Senes, Safia Taleb, Sara Brini, Sabrine Kawther Abdoun (2021). Variation of Used Vegetable Oils’ Composition upon Treatment with Algerian Clays . Recycling.

Alberto Mannu, Francesca Cardano, Salvatore Baldino, Andrea Fin (2021). Behavior of Ternary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors in Terms of Band Gap Energies . Materials.

Alberto Mannu, Francesca Cardano, Salvatore Baldino, Andrea Fin (2021). Behavior of Ternary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors in Terms of Band Gap Energies . Materials.

Alberto Mannu, Marco Blangetti, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi(2021). Promising Technological and Industrial Applications of Deep Eutectic Systems . Materials. 14. (10). p. 2494. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Marco BLANGETTI, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi (2021). Promising Technological and Industrial Applications of Deep Eutectic Systems . Materials.

Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Emanuele Priola, Salvatore Baldino, Alessandro Sacchetti, Andrea Mele(2021). Unconventional reactivity of epichlorohydrin in the presence of triphenylphosphine: isolation of ((1,4-dioxane-2,5-diyl)-bis-(methylene))-bis-(triphenylphosphonium) chloride . Research on Chemical Intermediates. 47. (4). p. 1663--1674. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Alberto Mannu, Severino Zara, Giacomo L. Petretto, Giacomo Zara, Marilena Budroni, Ilaria Mannazzu, Chiara Multineddu, Giorgio Pintore, Francesco Fancello(2021). Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Characterization of a Non-Polar Extract of Saffron Stamens in Food Matrix . Foods. 10. (4). p. 703. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Marzia Cavallo, Davide Arnodo, Marco Blangetti, Cristina Prandi, Walter Baratta, Salvatore Baldino(2021). Deep eutectic solvents as H2-sources for Ru(II)-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds under mild conditions . Tetrahedron. 83. p. 131997. Elsevier {BV}

Alberto Mannu, Severino Zara, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Giacomo Zara, marilena budroni, ilaria mannazzu, Chiara Multineddu, Giorgio Pintore, Francesco Fancello (2021). Antimicrobial Activity and Chemical Characterization of a Non-Polar Extract of Saffron Stamens in Food Matrix . Foods.

Alberto Mannu, Stefano Nejrotti, Marco Blangetti, Salvatore Baldino, Andrea Fin, Cristina Prandi (2020). Optimization of Nazarov Cyclization of 2,4-Dimethyl-1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one in Deep Eutectic Solvents by a Design of Experiments Approach . Molecules.

Alberto Mannu, Stefano Nejrotti, Marco BLANGETTI, Salvatore Baldino, Andrea Fin, Cristina Prandi (2020). Optimization of Nazarov Cyclization of 2,4-Dimethyl-1,5-diphenylpenta-1,4-dien-3-one in Deep Eutectic Solvents by a Design of Experiments Approach . Molecules.

Alberto Mannu, Ioannis K. Karabagias, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi, Vassilios K. Karabagias, Anastasia V. Badeka (2020). 13C NMR Dataset Qualitative Analysis of Grecian Wines . Data.

Alberto Mannu, Ioannis Karabagias, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi, Vassilios K. Karabagias, Anastasia V. Badeka (2020). ¹³C NMR Dataset Qualitative Analysis of Grecian Wines . Data.

Alberto Mannu, Elsayed Omer, Saber Hendawy, Abdel Nasser ElGendy, Giacomo L. Petretto, Giorgio Pintore(2020). Effect of Irrigation Systems and Soil Conditioners on the Growth and Essential Oil Composition of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Cultivated in Egypt . Sustainability. 12. (16). p. 6611. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Ioannis K. Karabagias, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Salvatore Baldino, Vassilios K. Karabagias, Anastasia V. Badeka(2020). 13C NMR-Based Chemical Fingerprint for the Varietal and Geographical Discrimination of Wines . Foods. 9. (8). p. 1040. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Ioannis Karabagias, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Salvatore Baldino, Vassilios K. Karabagias, Anastasia V. Badeka (2020). ¹³C NMR-Based Chemical Fingerprint for the Varietal and Geographical Discrimination of Wines . Foods.

Alberto Mannu, Elsayed Omer, Saber Hendawy, Abdel Nasser Elgendy, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Giorgio Pintore (2020). Effect of Irrigation Systems and Soil Conditioners on the Growth and Essential Oil Composition of <i>Rosmarinus officinalis</i> L. Cultivated in Egypt . Sustainability.

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Walter Panzeri, Con H.J. Theeuwen, Andrea Mele(2020). An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Cellulose Mercerization . Polymers. 12. (7). p. 1559. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Jesus Ibanez, Sonia Martel Mart&#237;n, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi(2020). European Union Legislation Overview about Used Vegetable Oils Recycling: The Spanish and Italian Case Studies . Processes. 8. (7). p. 798. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Sara Melito, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Paola Manconi, Giorgio Mario Pintore, Mario Chessa(2020). Geographical variation of the chemical composition in essential oils extracted from Sardinian Salvia verbenaca . Natural Product Research. p. 1--4. Informa {UK} Limited

Alberto Mannu, Jesus Ibanez, Sonia Martel Mart&#237;n, Salvatore Baldino, Cristina Prandi (2020). European Union Legislation Overview about Used Vegetable Oils Recycling: The Spanish and Italian Case Studies . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Walter Panzeri, Con H.J. Theeuwen, Andrea Mele (2020). An Integrated Approach to Optimizing Cellulose Mercerization . Polymers.

Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele(2020). NMR Determination of Free Fatty Acids in Vegetable Oils . Processes. 8. (4). p. 410. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele(2020). Band-Gap Energies of Choline Chloride and Triphenylmethylphosphoniumbromide-Based Systems . Molecules. 25. (7). p. 1495. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Sebastiano Garroni, Jesus Ibanez Porras, Andrea Mele (2020). Available Technologies and Materials for Waste Cooking Oil Recycling . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele (2020). NMR Determination of Free Fatty Acids in Vegetable Oils . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Sebastiano Garroni, Jesus Ibanez, Andrea Mele (2020). Available Technologies and Materials for Waste Cooking Oil Recycling . Processes.

Alberto Mannu, Arnald Grabulosa, Salvatore Baldino(2020). Transfer Hydrogenation from 2-propanol to Acetophenone Catalyzed by [RuCl2(η6-arene)P] (P = monophosphine) and [Rh(PP)2]X (PP = diphosphine, X = Cl−, BF4−) Complexes . Catalysts. 10. (2). p. 162. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Arnald Grabulosa, Salvatore Baldino (2020). Transfer Hydrogenation from 2-propanol to Acetophenone Catalyzed by [RuCl₂(η⁶-arene)P] (P = monophosphine) and [Rh(PP)₂]X (PP = diphosphine, X = Cl⁻, BF₄⁻) Complexes . Catalysts.

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Sebastiano Garroni, Alessandro Taras, Andrea Mele(2020). Response Surface Analysis of density and flash point in recycled Waste Cooking Oils . Chemical Data Collections. 25. p. 100329. Elsevier {BV}

Alberto Mannu, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Monica Ferro, Franca Castiglione, Margarida Costa Gomes, Sophie Fourmentin, Andrea Mele(2019). Do Cyclodextrins Encapsulate Volatiles in Deep Eutectic Systems? . ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7. (20). p. 17397--17405. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Walter Panzeri, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Paolo Urgeghe, Andrea Mele(2019). Improving the recycling technology of waste cooking oils: Chemical fingerprint as tool for non-biodiesel application . Waste Management. 96. p. 1--8. Elsevier {BV}

Alberto Mannu, Gina Vlahopoulou, Paolo Urgeghe, Monica Ferro, Alessandra Del Caro, Alessandro Taras, Sebastiano Garroni, Jonathan P. Rourke, Roberto Cabizza, Giacomo L. Petretto(2019). Variation of the Chemical Composition of Waste Cooking Oils upon Bentonite Filtration . Resources. 8. (2). p. 108. {MDPI} {AG}

Mannu, Vlahopoulou, Urgeghe, Ferro, Del Caro, Taras, Garroni, Rourke, Cabizza, Petretto(2019). Variation of the Chemical Composition of Waste Cooking Oils upon Bentonite Filtration . Resources. 8. (2). p. 108. {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Georgia Vlachopoulou, Pietro Paolo Urgeghe, Monica Ferro, Alessandra Del Caro, Alessandro Taras, Sebastiano Garroni, Jonathan Rourke, Roberto Cabizza, Giacomo Luigi Petretto (2019). Variation of the Chemical Composition of Waste Cooking Oils upon Bentonite Filtration . Resources.

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele(2019). Innovative applications of waste cooking oil as raw material . Science Progress. 102. (2). p. 153--160. {SAGE} Publications

Alberto Mannu, Gina Vlahopoulou, Christoph Kubis, Hans-Joachim Drexler(2019). Synthesis and characterization of [Rh(PP)(PP)]X complexes (PP = DPPE or DPPP, X = Cl− or BF4-). Phosphine exchange and reactivity in transfer hydrogenation conditions . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 885. p. 59--64. Elsevier {BV}

A. Mannu, G. Vlachopoulou, V. Sireus, G. Mulas, G. L. Petretto(2019). Characterization of Sardinian Bentonite . Journal of Scientific Research. 11. (1). p. 145--150. Bangladesh Journals Online ({JOL})

Alberto Mannu, Maria Pia Fuggetta, Pietro Spanu, Fausta Ulgheri, Francesco Deligia, Paola Carta, Veronica Trotta, Rosanna De Cicco, Adriano Barra, Enrica Zona, et al.(2019). A New Synthetic Spiroketal: Studies on Antitumor Activity on Murine Melanoma Model In Vivo and Mechanism of Action In Vitro . Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 19. Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Saskia M&#246;ller, Detlef Heller(2018). Monomerisation of [Rh2(1,3-bis-(diphenylphosphino)-propane)2(μ2-Cl)2] detected by pulsed gradient spin echo spectroscopy and 31P NMR monitoring of metathesis experiments . Journal of Chemical Research. 42. (8). p. 402--404. Science Reviews 2000 {LTD}

Alberto Mannu, Gina Vlahopoulou, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Sebastiano Garroni, Carlo Piga(2018). Variation of density and flash point in acid degummed waste cooking oil . Journal of Food Processing and Preservation. p. e13533. Wiley-Blackwell

Mannu, A., Vlahopoulou, G., Sireus, V., Petretto, G.L., Mulas, G., Garroni, S.(2018). Bentonite as a refining agent in waste cooking oils recycling: Flash point, density and color evaluation . Natural Product Communications. 13. (5). p. 613-616.

Mannu, A., Drexler, H.-J., Thede, R., Ferro, M., Baumann, W., R&#252;ger, J., Heller, D.(2018). Oxidative addition of CH<inf>2</inf>Cl<inf>2</inf>to neutral dimeric rhodium diphosphine complexes . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 871. p. 178-184.

Fuggetta, M.P., De Mico, A., Cottarelli, A., Morelli, F., Zonfrillo, M., Ulgheri, F., Peluso, P., Mannu, A., Deligia, F., Marchetti, M., et al.(2016). Synthesis and Enantiomeric Separation of a Novel Spiroketal Derivative: A Potent Human Telomerase Inhibitor with High in Vitro Anticancer Activity . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 59. (19). p. 9140-9149.

Petretto, G.L., Tuberoso, C.I.G., Vlahopoulou, G., Atzei, A., Mannu, A., Zrira, S., Pintore, G.(2016). Volatiles, color characteristics and other physico–chemical parameters of commercial Moroccan honeys . Natural Product Research. 30. (3). p. 286-292.

Spanu, P., Mannu, A., Ulgheri, F.(2014). An unexpected reaction of pyridine with acetyl chloride to give dihydropyridine and piperidine derivatives . Tetrahedron Letters. 55. (11). p. 1939-1942.

Aznar, R., Grabulosa, A., Mannu, A., Muller, G., Sainz, D., Moreno, V., Font-Bardia, M., Calvet, T., Lorenzo, J.(2013). [RuCl<inf>2</inf>(η⁶-p-cymene)(P*)] and [RuCl<inf>2</inf>(κ-P-η⁶-arene)] complexes containing p -stereogenic phosphines. activity in transfer hydrogenation and interactions with DNA . Organometallics. 32. (8). p. 2344-2362.

Grabulosa, A., Mannu, A., Mezzetti, A., Muller, G.(2012). Neutral p-cymene ruthenium complexes with P-stereogenic monophosphines. New catalytic precursors in enantioselective transfer hydrogenation and cyclopropanation . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 696. (26). p. 4221-4228.

Grabulosa, A., Mannu, A., Alberico, E., Denurra, S., Gladiali, S., Muller, G.(2012). Neutral η⁶-arene ruthenium complexes with monodentate P-donor ligands: Activation in the transfer hydrogenation reaction . Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical. 363-364. p. 49-57.

Grabulosa, A., Mannu, A., Muller, G., Calvet, T., Font-Bardia, M.(2011). P-Stereogenic monophosphines in Pd-catalysed enantioselective hydrovinylation of styrene . Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 696. (11-12). p. 2338-2345.

Azzena, U., Dettori, G., Lubinu, C., Mannu, A., Pisano, L.(2005). Reductive metalation of 1,2-diaryl-substituted ethenes: Synthetic applications . Tetrahedron. 61. (36). p. 8663-8668.

OTHER

Alberto Mannu, Francesca Cardano, Salvatore Baldino, Andrea Fin(2021). Behaviour of Ternary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors in Terms of Band Gap Energies . {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Elsayed Omer, Saber Hendawy, Abdel Nasser ElGendy, Giacomo L. Petretto, Giorgio Pintore(2020). Effect of Irrigation System and Soil Conditioners on Growth and Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Cultivated in Egypt . {MDPI} {AG}

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Greta Colombo Dugoni, Walter Panzeri, Giacomo Luigi Petretto, Paolo Urgeghe, Andrea Mele (2019). Recycling of Waste Cooking Oils: Variation of the Chemical Composition during Water Treatment .

Alberto Mannu, Monica Ferro, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, Andrea Mele(2019). Innovative applications of Waste Cooking Oil as Raw Material . {MDPI} {AG}

BOOK CHAPTER

(2015). Recent Advances in Ruthenium-based metallodrugs . Franco Angeli.

WORKING PAPER

Recycling of Waste Cooking Oils: Variation of the Chemical Composition during Water Treatment .

Effect of Irrigation System and Soil Conditioners on Growth and Essential Oil of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Cultivated in Egypt .

Behaviour of Ternary Mixtures of Hydrogen Bond Acceptors and Donors in Terms of Band Gap Energies .