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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Carlo Bravo

Citation names

  • Bravo, Carlo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
341D-DFB5-768D
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3805-0404
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=carlo+bravo+uniud&hl=it&oi=ao
Scopus Author Id
57211445645

Email addresses

  • carlo.bravo@fc.up.pt (Professional)
  • carlo.bravo91@gmail.com (Personal)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 928127637 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Porto, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Geochemistry
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Plant sciences
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Analytical Chemistry

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Italian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2020/03
Concluded
 Environmental Life Science (Doutoramento)
Università degli Studi di Trieste Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Italy
"Geochemical characterization and redox properties of humic substances in lagoon environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/03
Concluded
 Environmental Science and Technology (Mestrado)
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
"Geochemical characterization of sediments contaminated with mercury" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 magna cum laude
2013/10
Concluded
 Environmental Science (Licenciatura)
Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
"Evaluation of microbial degradation activity by determination of CO2" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2022/10 - Current Researcher (Research) REQUIMTE LAQV Porto, Portugal
2021/05 - 2021/08 Postdoc (Research) Københavns Universitet Biologisk Institut, Denmark
2020 - 2021/08 Postdoc (Research) Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
2019/08 - 2019/11 Visiting Researcher (Research) Embrapa Instrumentação, Brazil
2017/09 - 2017/12 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de São Paulo Instituto Oceanográfico, Brazil
2015/08 - 2015/10 Visiting Researcher (Research) Universidade de São Paulo Instituto Oceanográfico, Brazil
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Catarina Ribeiro; Elisa Brandão; Carlo Bravo; Ricardo Dias; Victor de Freitas; Susana Soares; Rosa Pérez-Gregorio. "Characterization of Polyphenols-Protein Interactions: From Chemistry to Food Technology and Human Nutrition". 2024.
    10.1007/978-1-0716-3942-9_6
Conference abstract
  1. Bravo, Carlo; Christian Millo; Pellegrini, Elisa; Contin, Marco; De Nobili, Maria. "Geochemical signatures of sedimentary organic matter in a subtropical freshening coastal environment: a multispectroscopic approach.". Paper presented in 22 Meeting of the International Humic Substance Society, Rimini, 2024.
  2. Pellegrini, Elisa; Bravo, Carlo; Ole Pedersen; De Nobili, Maria. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Influence of increased freshwaters browning on iron plaque formation in hydrophytes". Paper presented in 22 Meeting of the International Humic Substance Society, Rimini, 2024.
  3. Vieira, Joana; Bravo, Carlo; Guerreiro, Carlos; Freitas, Victor; Soares, Susana; Brandão, Elsa. "Deciphering the potential of orange peel polysaccharides for modulating black tea astringency". Paper presented in XVII Encontro Nacional de Química dos Alimentos, Vila Real, 2024.
  4. Vieira, Joana; Bravo, Carlo; Guerreiro, Carlos; Freitas, Victor; Soares, Susana; Brandão, Elsa. "Molecular insights into the modulation of black tea polyphenol interactions with oral components by orange peel polysaccharides". Paper presented in XXVIII Encontro Galego-Portugués de Química, Vigo, 2024.
  5. Jesus, Mónica; Bravo, Carlo; Brandão, Elsa; Mateus, Nuno; Freitas, Victor; Soares, Susana. "Unveiling the impact of food additives on flavor of healthy foods: the role in the polyphenol-oral constituents interactions". Paper presented in 1ST International Agrienvironment symposium, Salamanca, 2023.
  6. Bravo, Carlo; Pérez-Gregorio, Rosa; Pellegrini, Elisa; Contin, Marco; Brandão, Elsa; Ramos, Rui Miguel; Martin-Neto, L.; et al. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Unlocking the potential of spent coffee grounds as a source of humic-like substances with high antioxidant capacity". Paper presented in XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, Coimbra, 2023.
  7. Bravo, Carlo; Ali Khakbaz; Christian Millo; Contin, M.; Maria De Nobili. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Antioxidant properties of humic acids extracted from saltmarsh soils (Marano and Grado Lagoon, northern Adriatic Sea)". Paper presented in 17th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Thessaloniki, 2019.
  8. Bravo, Carlo; Ali Khakbaz; Contin, Marco; De Nobili, Maria. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Alkaline extracted humic substances: artifacts of the extraction procedure?". Paper presented in 2019 SSSA International Soils Meeting, San Diego, 2019.
  9. Ali Khakbaz; Bravo, Carlo; Contin, Marco; Goi, Daniele; De Nobili, Maria. ". Integrity of the use of humic substances (HS) as tracer of biological transformation during storage of treated sludge". Paper presented in 19th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society, Albena, 2018.
Conference poster
  1. Bravo, Carlo; Toniolo, Rosanna; Ramos, Rui Miguel; De Nobili, Maria; Freitas, Victor. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Exploring the electron donating capacity of humic substances: an electrochemical approach". Paper presented in XXV Meeting of the Portuguese Electrochemical Society, 2023.
  2. Bravo, Carlo; Toniolo, Rosanna; Contin, Marco; De Nobili, Maria. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Electrochemical and structural effects of microbial reduction on peat humic acids in the solid state". Paper presented in 19th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society, 2018.
  3. Jez, E.; Lestan, D.; Bravo, Carlo; De Nobili, Maria; Contin, Marco. "Changes of soil organic matter caused by EDDTA soil washing treatment on PTM contaminated soils". Paper presented in 19th International Conference of International Humic Substances Society, 2018.
Journal article
  1. Jesus, Mónica; Bravo, Carlo; Guerreiro, Carlos; Brandão, Elsa; Ramos, Rui M.; Mateus, Nuno; de Freitas, Victor; Soares, Susana. "Impact of food additives (sodium carbonate and ammonium bicarbonate) on interactions between astringent compounds and an oral cell model". Food Chemistry (2024): 142337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142337.
    10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.142337
  2. Pereira, Ana Rita; Bravo, Carlo; Ramos, Rui Miguel; Costa, Carina; Rodrigues, Alírio; de Freitas, Victor; Mateus, Nuno; et al. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "New Insights into pH-dependent Complex Formation between Lignosulfonates and Anthocyanins: Impact on Color and Oxidative Stability". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c05842.
    10.1021/acs.jafc.4c05842
  3. Pellegrini, Elisa; Contin, Marco; Mazhar, Sadat; Bravo, Carlo; De Nobili, Maria. "Flooding by sea and brackish waters enhances mobility of Cd, Zn and Pb from airborne dusts in coastal soils". Science of The Total Environment 922 (2024): 171038. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171038.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171038
  4. Bravo, Carlo; Pérez-Gregório, Rosa; Pellegrini, Elisa; Contin, Marco; Brandão, Elsa; Ramos, Rui Miguel; Martin-Neto, Ladislau; et al. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Unlocking the Potential of Spent Coffee Grounds as a Source of Humic-like Substances with High Antioxidant Capacity". Waste and Biomass Valorization 15 5 (2023): 2769-2779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02344-9.
    10.1007/s12649-023-02344-9
  5. Mazhar, Sadat; Pellegrini, Elisa; Contin, Marco; Bravo, Carlo; De Nobili, Maria. "Impacts of salinization caused by sea level rise on the biological processes of coastal soils - A review". Frontiers in Environmental Science 10 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.909415.
    10.3389/fenvs.2022.909415
  6. Bravo, Carlo; Toniolo, Rosanna; Pellegrini, Elisa; Millo, Christian; Covelli, Stefano; Contin, Marco; Martin-Neto, Ladislau; De Nobili, Maria. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Electron donating properties of humic acids in saltmarsh soils reflect soil geochemical characteristics". Geoderma 419 (2022): 115872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115872.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115872
  7. Bravo, Carlo; De Nobili, Maria; Gambi, Alberto; Martin-Neto, Ladislau; Nascimento, Otaciro R.; Toniolo, Rosanna. "Kinetics of electron transfer reactions by humic substances: Implications for their biogeochemical roles and determination of their electron donating capacity". Chemosphere 286 (2022): 131755. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131755.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131755
  8. Bravo, Carlo; Toniolo, Rosanna; Contin, Marco; Nobili, Maria De. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Electrochemical and Structural Modifications of Humic Acids in Aerobically and Anaerobically Incubated Peat". Land 10 11 (2021): 1189. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10111189.
    10.3390/land10111189
  9. Millo, Christian; Bravo, Carlo; Covelli, Stefano; Pavoni, Elena; Petranich, Elisa; Contin, Marco; De Nobili, Maria; et al. "Metal Binding and Sources of Humic Substances in Recent Sediments from the Cananéia-Iguape Estuarine-Lagoon Complex (South-Eastern Brazil)". Applied Sciences 11 18 (2021): 8466. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11188466.
    10.3390/app11188466
  10. Jez, Erika; Bravo, Carlo; Lestan, Domen; Gluhar, Simon; Martin-Neto, Ladislau; De Nobili, Maria; Contin, Marco. "Changes in organic matter composition caused by EDTA washing of two soils contaminated with toxic metals". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 46 (2021): 65687-65699. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15406-z.
    10.1007/s11356-021-15406-z
  11. Khakbaz, Ali; Goi, Daniele; Bravo, Carlo; Contin, Marco. Corresponding author: Bravo, Carlo. "Thickening and Storage of Sewage Sludge Contribute to the Degradation of LAS and EOX and the Humification of Organic Matter". Water 13 7 (2021): 933. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13070933.
    10.3390/w13070933
  12. De Nobili, Maria; Bravo, Carlo; Chen, Yona. "The spontaneous secondary synthesis of soil organic matter components: A critical examination of the soil continuum model theory". Applied Soil Ecology 154 (2020): 103655. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103655.
    10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103655
  13. Bravo, Carlo; Millo, Christian; Covelli, Stefano; Contin, Marco; De Nobili, Maria. "Terrestrial-marine continuum of sedimentary natural organic matter in a mid-latitude estuarine system". Journal of Soils and Sediments 20 2 (2019): 1074-1086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11368-019-02457-6.
    10.1007/s11368-019-02457-6
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2018 - 2018 Workshop on organic matter spectroscopy
Workshop
2017 - 2017 Summer school on organic matter and biological agriculture

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2024 - Current Heliyon
2021 - Current Agronomy
2021 - Current Soil system
2020 - Current Journal of Soils and Sediments
2020 - Current Pedosphere

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018 - Current Supervisor of 2 BsC students (FCUP); Co-supervisor of 3 BSc and 2 MSc students (University of Udine)
Distinctions

Award

2021 EMBO Short-Term Fellowship
2019 Training Award - Research Traineeship -The International Humic Substances Society
2018 Best poster award – 19° International Conference of The International Humic Substances Society
2015 Extra European mobility program for thesis research