CURRENT RESEARCH LINE AND FURTHER OBJECTIVES I am a passionate and dedicated researcher with a Ph.D. in Biotechnology, specialized in biorefineries from microalgae, covering a Post-Doc position at CCMAR, University of Algarve, Portugal. My doctoral research was focused on optimizing a sustainable biorefinery extraction of bioactive compounds from microalgae to be used in several applications. In 2023, I joined MarBiotech group, collaborating on the development of micro-algae-based wastewater treatment system in the frame of the European Project RHE-MEDiation and collabo-rating on the selection of microalgae strains with high carbon dioxide fixation capability and high lipid con-tent in the scope of the European Project COSEC. My objective is to integrate the expertise acquired during my PhD and Postdoctoral research to develop a sustainable microalgae-based bioremediation–biorefinery sys-tem. CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM 09/2023-to date: PostDoc at Centro de Ciencias do Mar (CCMAR), Faro (Portugal), coordinator of the bioremediation platform for the MarBiotech research group. 11/2019-04/2023: PhD in Biotechnology at Department of Chemical Sciences of University of Naples Federico II, Thesis “Microalgae as biorefinery: development of processes for the green extraction of high added value antioxidants”. Tutor: Prof. Daria Maria Monti. SCIENTIFIC SKILLS • Cultivation of microalgae and cyanobacteria • Extraction techniques (Maceration, Freeze and Thaw, Pigments extraction, Sohxlet, Bligh and Dyer, Sonication) • Extraction, purification and characterization of proteins from different sources • Extraction, purification and characterization of carotenoids from different sources • Extraction, purification and characterization of lipids from different sources • Chromatographic techniques (IMAC, gel filtration, ionic exchange, HPLC, ultrafiltration, gas chro-matography) • Eukaryotic cells culture • In vitro antioxidant activity assay (ABTS, DPPH, FRAP, Iron chelating, Copper chelating) • Enzymatic assay (ACHE assay, COX1 and COX2 assay, ACE assay, glucosidase and amylase assay) • Oxidative stress evaluation assay (DCFDA, DTNB, TBARS) • Electrophoresis techniques (SDS-PAGE, Native PAGE, Agarose) • Western blot • Cell viability assay (MTT) • Apoptosis evaluation assay (TMRE, Comet assay) • Softwares (Software for protein analysis: ChemiDoc™ and ChemiDoc MP Imaging Systems with Image Lab™ Touch Software; ZEISS Zen Lite, Graphpad, Origin) INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS • International collaboration with Prof. Vladimir Mihailovic research group, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, publishing following papers: Nikola Z. Sreckovic, Zoran P. Nedic, Liberti, D., Monti D.M., Nevena R. Mihailovic, Jelena S. Katanic Stankovic, Silvana Dimitrijevice and Vladimir B. Mihailovic. Application potential of biogenically synthesized silver nanoparticles using Lythrum salicaria L. extracts as pharmaceu-ticals and catalysts for organic pollutant degradation (2021) RSC Advances. Nikola Sreckovic, Daria Maria Monti, Davide Liberti, Danijela Mišic, Uroš Gašic, Sanja Lj Matic, Vladimir Mihailovic. Pulmonaria mollis: Rediscovering a forgotten edible plant through phytochemical profiling and bioactivity assessment (2025) Food Bioscience. • International collaboration with Prof. Elena Iba´n~ez research group, CIAL-CSIC, Spain, publishing following papers: Liberti, D., Imbimbo, P., Giustino, E., D’Elia, L., Ferraro, G., Casillo, A., Illiano, A., Pinto, G., Di Meo, M.C., Alvarez-Rivera, G., Corsaro, M.M., Amoresano, A., Zarrelli, A., Iba´n~ez, E., Merlino, A., Monti, D.M.. Inside out Porphyridium cruentum: Beyond the Conventional Biore-finery Concept. (2022) ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering.