About Us


Prof.ssa Cesira Isabella Maria Pasquarella
Full Professor

 
                               
Coordinator

Prof. Roberto Albertini
Associate Professor

 
                               
Staff

Dr. Marta Pezzato
Scholarship holder

 

Dott. Mostafa Mohieldin Mahgoub Ibrahim
Scholarship holder

 
 
 
 Main activities
 

Outdoor aerobiological monitoring of pollen and fungal spores

Pollen bullettin and calendar

Monitoring of meteorological parameters (Work in progress)

 

Indoor aerobiological monitoring

Controlled contamination healthcare environments: Classification, microbiological sampling of air (active and passive) and surfaces, particulate sampling of air

Conservation environments of cultural heritage: Microbiological sampling of air (active and passive) of surfaces, particulate sampling of air

Living and working environments: Microbiological sampling of air (active and passive) of surfaces, particulate sampling of air

 

Microclimate monitoring

 
 
 
 Main research lines
 

Standardization of biological sampling methods of air and surfaces (bacteria, fungi and viruses)

Turbulent flow or unidirectional flow ventilation systems and air contamination in the operating room

Pollen concentrations and allergenic potency

Evaluation of pollen seasonality variations as an indicator of climate change

Analysis of the spread of allergenic pollen from non-native weeds

 
 
 
 Instruments
 

Main air sampling instruments supplied:

 ▪ Hirst volumetric samplers (pollen and fungal spores)


VPPS2000 Lanzoni, outdoor (7 days)


VPPS100 Lanzoni, indoor (1 day)


Pollen trap Burkard, outdoor (7 days)


Pollen trap Burkard, indoor (7 days)

 ▪ Filtration samplers


Chemvol (two stages) with Digitek high volume pump


Airflow 300 T AMS Analitica

   


Aircheck 2000 SKC (personal sampler)

 

 ▪ Cyclonic sampler


C90M Burkard

 

 ▪ Wet wall air sampler


SASS 2300

 

 ▪ Particle counter


754 Climet


Lasair III 5100 Particle Measuring Systems

 ▪ Microbiological samplers


DUOSAS PBI


Lanzoni three-stage Andersen sampler


Sartorius MD8 

 

 ▪ Indoor microclimate physical parameter meters