
Annarita Poli
Experience & Activities
Dr Annarita Poli received her Bachelor Degree in Biological Science (Biomolecular curricula) at the University of Naples “Federico II” in 1997 (with 110/110 cum laude). In 2000, Dr Poli graduated with a PhD in Animal Biology at the Università degli Studi della Calabria discussing a thesis entitled “Biosynthesis and functional role of the nitric oxide in Sepia officinalis” carrying out the research activity at the Zoological Station “Anthon Dohrn”, Naples.
December 2001 –February 2020 Researcher at the Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry of C.N.R. in Pozzuoli (Naples).
Present position: since March 2020 Dr. Poli is a Senior Researcher.
Since January 2013 at present, she is a member of Reviewer Board of M.U.R. (Ministry of University and Research) and MiSE (Ministry of Economic Development) for the evaluation of scientific projects and CNR-Scientific Expert, respectively.
Since June 2015- Membership of the UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND EXTREMOPHILES, Director Prof. Concetta Gugliandolo, at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Messina.
Microbial Exopolysaccharides
Fermentation Technology;
Extremozymes
Agro-vegetable and energy dedicated crops waste valorization
Astrobiology
Controlling of cultural heritage biodeterioration and biocleaning
Annarita Poli, Enrico Esposito, Licia Lama, Pierangelo Orlando, Giancarlo Nicolaus, Francesca de Appolonia , Agata Gambacorta, Barbara Nicolaus (2006). Anoxybacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., a thermophilic amylase producing bacterium isolated from Mount Rittmann (Antarctica). Syst. Appl. Microbiol. Volume: 29 Issue: 4 Pages: 300-307 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.10.003
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16682297/
Annarita Poli, Hande Kazak, Bahar Gürleyendag, Giuseppina Tommonaro, Giuseppina Pieretti, Ebru Toksoy Öner, Barbara Nicolaus (2009). High level synthesis of levan by a novel Halomonas species growing on defined media. Carbohydrate Polymers Volume: 78 Issue: 4 Pages: 651-657 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2009.05.031
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
Paola Di Donato, Gabriella Fiorentino, Gianluca Anzelmo, Giuseppina Tommonaro, Barbara Nicolaus, Annarita Poli. (2011). Re-use of vegetable wastes as cheap substrates for extremophile biomass production. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2, 103-111.DOI 10.1007/s12649-011-9062-x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-011-9062-x
Ilaria Finore, Annarita Poli, Paola Di Donato, Licia Lama, Antonio Trincone, Massimo Fagnano, Mauro Mori, Barbara Nicolaus, Annabella Tramice. Hemicellulose extract from Cynara cardunculus: a source of value-added biomolecules produced by xylanolytic thermozymes.
Green Chemistry, 2016, 18, 2460-2472, doi: 10.1039/C5GC02774H
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/gc/c5gc02774h
Ilaria Finore, Adrien Vigneron, Warwick F. Vincent, Luigi Leone, Paola Di Donato, Aniello Schiano Moriello, Barbara Nicolaus and Annarita Poli. Novel Psychrophiles and Exopolymers from Permafrost Thaw Lake Sediments. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 1282; doi:10.3390/microorganisms8091282




ORCID: https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6465-4765