Francesca Scandellari

Present appointment

• Since 01/10/2018: researcher; U-Series Srl; presently, I work as a researcher for a private company operating in the environmental analysis and I manage the stable isotope laboratory. Our main topics are related to the analysis of water to detect mixing from unforeseen sources and to the analysis of food and other organic materials to detect their geographical origin and possible frauds.
• Since 2019: Leader of the Working group 4 Networking and dissemination within the COST Action WATer isotopeS in the critical zONe: from groundwater recharge to plant transpiration (WATSON https://watson-cost.eu/).

Previous professional experiences

• 2010-2018: Researcher; Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bolzano, Italy;
• 2008-2009: Post Doc; Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center, Newton, Georgia, USA;
• 2003-2008: Research assistant; Department of Horticulture, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy;
• 2000: Data analyst local; health authority city of Bologna, Italy;
• 1997-1998: Professional consultant at the Agrobiotec system, Bologna, Italy.

Education since leaving school

• 2003: Doctoral degree in Agricultural, Forestry and Food Science at the University of Torino, Italy.
• 1999: Post graduate degree in Applied Genetics at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy and Molecular and Cellular Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley.
• 1997: Bachelor degree in Biological Science (Biomolecular curriculum), University of Bologna.

Relevant publications

• Zuecco, G., Amin, A., Frentress, J., Engel, M., Marchina, C., Anfodillo, T., Borga, M., Carraro, V., Scandellari, F., Tagliavini, M., Zanotelli, D., Comiti, F., Penna, D., 2022. A comparative study of plant water extraction methods for isotopic analyses: Scholander-type pressure chamber vs. cryogenic vacuum distillation. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26, 3673–3689. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-3673-2022
• Penna, D., Zanotelli, D., Scandellari, F., Aguzzoni, A., Engel, M., Tagliavini, M., & Comiti, F. (2021). Water uptake of apple trees in the Alps: Where does irrigation water go? Ecohydrology, 14(6), e2306. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2306
• Aguzzoni, A., Bassi, M., Pignotti, E., Robatscher, P., Scandellari, F., Tirler, W. and Tagliavini, M. (2021), Multi-chemical analysis combined with chemometrics to characterize PDO and PGI Italian apples. J Sci Food Agric, 101: 5106-5115. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.11156
• Aguzzoni, A., Bassi, M., Pignotti, E., Robatscher, P., Scandellari, F., Tirler, W. and Tagliavini, M. (2020), Sr isotope composition of Golden Delicious apples in Northern Italy reflects the soil 87Sr/86Sr ratio of the cultivation area. J Sci Food Agric, 100: 3666-3674. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.10399
• Aguzzoni A, Bassi M, Robatscher P, Scandellari F, Tirler W, Tagliavini M. (2019) Intra- and intertree variability of the 87Sr/86Sr ratio in apple orchards and its Correlation with the soil 87Sr/86Sr ratio. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 67, 205728–35. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b01082.
• Casagrande Bacchiocchi S, Scandellari F, Wellstein C, Cavieres LA, Zerbe S. (2020) Assessing the ecophysiological response of a mountain grassland community to ski slope management through isotopic composition. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 56, 1:36–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/10256016.2020.1725000.
• Penna D, Geris J, Hopp L, Scandellari F. (2020) Water sources for root water uptake: using stable isotopes of hydrogen and oxygen as a research tool in agricultural and agroforestry systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 291:106790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106790.
• Penna D, Hopp L, Scandellari F et al. Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes – challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective. Biogeosciences 15:6399–6415. doi: 10.5194/bg-15-6399-2018
• Aguzzoni A, Bassi M, Robatscher P, Tagliavini M, Tirler W, Scandellari F. (2018) Plant Sr isotope ratios as affected by the Sr isotope ratio of the soil and of the external Sr inputs. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 66:10513–10521. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02604
• Thoma M, Frentress J, Tagliavini M, Scandellari F 2018 Comparison of pore water samplers and cryogenic distillation under laboratory and field conditions for soil water stable isotope analysis. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 1–15. doi: 10.1080/10256016.2018.1437034
• Scandellari F, Penna D (2018) Gli isotopi stabili nell’acqua fra suolo, pianta e atmosfera. Italus Hortus 51–67. doi: 10.26353/j.itahort/2017.2.5167
• Aguzzoni A, Scandellari F 2017 The geographical origin of fresh horticultural products: analytical methods to prevent food frauds. Italus Hortus 41–57. doi: 10.26353/j.itahort/2017.1.4157

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