PERSONAL INFORMATION Maria Valeria De Bonis, PhD

Curriculum vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Maria Valeria De Bonis, PhD
2 Via O. Gavioli, I-85000 Potenza
(+39) 3494454311
[email protected]
www2.unibas.it/CFDnova
Gender Female | Date of birth 19 January 1978 | Nationality Italian
WORK EXPERIENCE:
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Activity field
Research and Teaching: Transport Phenomena, Modelling, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Food Engineering, Bioengineering
Live research links ORCID record http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5322-0072
SCOPUS Author ID https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=
14038747400
11/2015-Present
Senior researcher
Activity field
Research in the group led by Prof. G. Ruocco focussed on developing new technologies to improve food storage and shelf-life by means of computational modelling.
Name and address of employer
Engineering College, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100
Potenza
05/2014-05/2015
Activity field
Name and address of employer
08/2012-08/2013
Visiting research fellow
Research in the group led by Dr. B. Pace focussed on the quantification and reduction
of waste in food production and supply chain via mathematical modelling.
Institute of Food Science ISPA-CNR, 122/o Via G. Amendola, I-70126 Bari
Senior Post-doctoral fellow
Activity field
Research in the group led by Prof. G. Ruocco focussed on developing experimental
techniques and computational models to improve industrial processes by resorting to
the theory of interconnected transport phenomena.
Name and address of employer
Engineering College, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100
Potenza
01/2009-01/2010
Junior Post-doctoral fellow
Activity field
Research in the group led by Prof. G. Ruocco focussed on designing prototypes
for food drying that integrate radiofrequency and localised convection (gaseous jets
impingements).
Name and address of employer
Engineering College, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100
Potenza
09/2007-03/2008
Activity field
February 17, 2017
Visiting PhD Student
Research in the group led by Prof. A. Mulet Pons focussed on numerical and experimental analysis of convective intermittent drying of food substrate assisted by power
ultrasounds
Potenza, Italy
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Curriculum vitae
Maria Valeria De Bonis, PhD
Name and address of employer
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Valencia, Spain
04/2009
Teaching assistant for the disciplines Engineering Thermodynamics
and Transport Phenomena, subject area ING–IND/10
12/2014
Qualified for associate professorship in the 2013 National Call for 09/C2
academic sector “Engineering thermodynamics and nuclear engineering”
Co-Supervision
A total of 20 Master’s Degree Thesis in the field of Transport Phenomena and modelling in Food Engineering
Name and address of employer
Engineering College, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100
Potenza
PROFESSIONAL
CONSULTANT
2016 – present
Co-Founder and Consultant Engineering of academic spin-off “iBMB” (initiatives for
Bio-Materials Behavior)
Activity field
Development and implementation of bioengineering applications based on computational transfer phenomena
Name and address of employer
Engineering College, University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100
Potenza
2011 – 2014
Co-Founder and Consultant Engineering of academic spin-off “CFDINNOVA”
Activity field
Multi-physics virtualization in process bioengineering
Name and address of employer
2010 – present
Activity field
Total amount raised
AREA Science Park, 99 Padriciano, I-34149 Trieste
Co-Founder and Consultant Engineering of technology transfer group “CFDnova”
Research and development, and management of technology transfer for the food industry. Major client: Area Science Park, Tetrapak, Sidel, Whirlpool. Tasks involve
consulting in various areas of technology for food industry.
About e300k
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
09/2011-03/2012
Majors
Educational organization
12/2005-12/2008
Majors
Educational organization
09/2007-03/2008
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering
Principles of Chemical Engineering, Unit Operations, Chemical Plants, Thesis in Numerical study of heat transfer of food processes assisted by microwave combined with
forced convection
University of Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, I-84084, Fisciano
PhD in Food Engineering
Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Thesis in Numerical and experimental analysis of food drying with the approach of interdependent transport phenomena
University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100 Potenza
Mobility PhD Studentship
Majors
Numerical and experimental analysis of convective intermittent drying of food substrate assisted by power ultrasounds.
Educational organization
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Valencia, Spain
February 17, 2017
Potenza, Italy
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Maria Valeria De Bonis, PhD
Curriculum vitae
02/2007-08/2007
Erasmus Programme
Majors
Numerical and experimental analysis of food storage with a modified atmosphere;
Application of ultrafiltration and nanofiltration in food processes.
Educational organization
Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem, Department of Food Engineering, Budapest, Hungary
09/1998-10/2004
Majors
Educational organization
Master of Science in Food Technology
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Food Processing, Analitical Chemistry, Heat and Mass
Transfer
University of Basilicata, Campus Macchia Romana, I-85100 Potenza
PERSONAL SKILLS
Mother tongue
Italian
Other language(s)
Other languages
UNDERSTANDING
SPEAKING
WRITING
Listening
Reading
Spoken interaction
Spoken production
English
B2
C2
B2
B1
C1
Spanish
C2
C2
C2
C2
B2
French
B2
C2
B1
B1
B1
(*)
Levels: A1/A2: Basic user – B1/B2: Independent user – C1/C2: Proficient user
Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
(*)
Technical skills CFD softwares: Fluent, Comsol; ModeFrontier;
Editing software: LaTeX; MS Office;
Graphic softwares: Photoshop, Corel-Draw, GIF Animator, Tecplot;
Programming softwares: MATLAB.
PUBLICATIONS
Impact analysis of Authorship Documents=23, Total citations=177 by 134 documents, with contemporary h-index=8
(source: Scopus 17/01/2017)
Total Number: 23 International Journals
23 M. Cefola, M.V. De Bonis & B. Pace, Preliminary modeling of the visual quality of
broccoli along the cold chain. Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food, In
Press
22 M.V. De Bonis & G. Ruocco, A heat and mass transfer perspective of microbial behavior modeling in a structured vegetable food. Journal of Food Engineering, (190)
72-79 2016
21 P. Caccavale, M.V. De Bonis & G. Ruocco, Conjugate heat and mass transfer in drying: A modeling review, Journal of Food Engineering, (176) 28-35 2016
20 M.V. De Bonis, P. Caccavale & G. Ruocco, Convective control to microwave exposure
of moist substrates. Part I: model methodologyInternational Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, (86) 943-949 2015
19 M.V. De Bonis, P. Caccavale & G. Ruocco, Convective control to microwave exposure
of moist substrates. Part II: model validation and application.International Journal of
Heat and Mass Transfer, (86) 950-956 2015
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G. Ruocco, F. Marra & M.V. De Bonis, Modeling RF heating using computational fluid
dynamics. In: Radio-Frequency Heating in Food Processing: Principles and Applications, ed. G. Awuah, H. Ramaswamy and J. Tang. CRC, New York, Cap. 9, 167-190
2014
M.V. De Bonis & G. Ruocco, Conjugate heat and mass transfer by jet impingement
over a moist protrusion, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (70) 192-201
2014
M. Anese, M.V. De Bonis, G. Mirolo and G. Ruocco, Effect of low frequency, high
power pool ultrasonics on viscosity of fluid food: Modeling and experimental validation, Journal of Food Engineering, (119) 3 627-632 2013
M.V. De Bonis, M. Cefola, B. Pace and G. Ruocco, Mass and heat transfer modeling
of bio-substrates during packaging, Heat and Mass Transfer, (49) 6 799-808 2013
G. Ruocco and M.V. De Bonis, Food processing and control by air jet impingement.
In: Handbook of Food Process Design, ed. J. Ahmed and M.S. Rahman. WileyBlackwell, Oxford, 2012
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Computational transport phenomena in bioprocessing
with the approach of the optimized source term in the governing equations, Heat Mass
Transfer, (48) 9 1485-1493 2012
G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Modeling and experimental validation of
mass transfer from carbonated beverages in pet bottle, Journal of Food Engineering,
(108) 570-578 2012
G. Ruocco, M.V. De Bonis and F. Marra, Combining microwave and jet-impingement
in a oven prototype, Procedia Food Science, (1) 1331-1337 2011
M. Pace, M.V. De Bonis, F. Marra and G. Ruocco, Characterization of a combination
oven prototype: effects of microwave exposure and enhanced convection to local
temperature rise in a moist substrate, International Communications in Heat and Mass
Transfer, (38) 557-564 2011
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, An experimental study of the local evolution of moist
substrates under jet impingement drying, International Journal of Thermal Sciences,
(50), 81-87 2011
G. Carrieri, M. Anese, B. Quarta, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Evaluation of acrylamide formation in potatoes during deep-frying: The effect of operation and configuration, Journal of Food Engineering, (98) 141-149 2010
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Heat and mass transfer modeling during continuous
flow processing of fluid food by direct steam injection, International Communications
of Heat and Mass Transfer, (37) 3 239-244 2010
F. Marra, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Combined microwaves and forced convection
heating: a conjugate approach, Journal of Food Engineering (97) 31-39 2010
G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis, C. Pacella, A. Pucciarelli and G. Ruocco, Modeling and
validation of local acrylamide formation in a model food during frying, Journal of Food
Engineering, (95) 90-98 2009
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Conjugate fluid flow and kinetics modeling for heat
exchanger fouling simulation, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, (48) 20062012 2009
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, A generalized conjugate model for forced convection
drying based on an evaporative kinetics, Journal of Food Engineering, (89) 232-240
2008
C. Dirita, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Analysis of food cooling by jet impingement,
including inherent conduction, Journal of Food Engineering, (81) 12-20 2007
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Modelling local heat and mass transfer in food slabs
due to air jet impingement, Journal of Food Engineering, (78) 230–237 2007
International Symposia with Referee
Potenza, Italy
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F. Marra, M.V. De Bonis & G. Ruocco, Numerical modeling of drying aided by multiphysics mechanisms. In proceedings of the European Drying Conference - Eurodrying 2011 (Palma de Mallorca, Oct. 2011)
F. Marra, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, An integrated computational framework for
combined microwave/convection treatment. In Proceedings of the IFT Annual Meeting
(Chicago, USA, Jul. 2010)
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, A review of heat transfer simulations in food processing by an optimized kinetics approach, ASME-ATI-UIT Conference on Thermal and
Environmental Issues in Energy Systems (Sorrento, Italy, 16-19 May, 2010)
H.A. Vaquiro, A. Mulet, M.V. De Bonis, G. Ruocco and J. Bon, Ultrasonically assisted
intermittent drying for foodstuff: preliminary results, 4th Inter-American Drying Conference (Montreal, Canada, Aug. 23-27 2009)
H.A. Vaquiro, M.V. De Bonis, G. Ruocco, C. Rossello and J. Bon, Modeling intermitent
drying processes, 16th Drying Symposium (Hyderabad, India, Nov. 9-12 2008). Paper
no. 166
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, A multiphysics approach to fundamental conjugate
drying by forced convection, In COMSOL Conference (Hannover, Germany, Nov. 4-6
2008). COMSOL, Stockholm, Sweden, "Reactor Engineering and reactor design",
paper
G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Multidimensional modeling of a toxical
molecule formation during food frying, In COMSOL Conference (Grenoble, France,
Oct. 23-24 2007). COMSOL, Stockholm, Sweden, "Reactor Engineering and reactor
design", paper
M.V. De Bonis, G. Carrieri and G. Ruocco, Innovative computational fluid dynamics
modeling of thermal treating to liquid food: bridging transport and kinetics, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium CIGR Section VI (Naples, Italy, Sept.
24-26 2007). AIDIC, Milano, Italy, paper no. 7
G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis, P. Lupattelli and G. Ruocco, Modeling and experimental
validation of local acrylamide formation in fried food, In Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium CIGR Section VI (Naples, Italy, Sept. 24-26 2007). AIDIC,
Milano, Italy, paper no. 36
M.V. De Bonis, C. Calamello and G. Ruocco, Fouling of heat exchangers in the dairy
industry by coupling flow and kinetics modeling, In Proceedings of the 4th International FOODSIM Conference (Naples, Italy, Jun. 15-17 2006). EUROSIS-ETI Publication, Ghent, Belgium, 114-118
M.V. De Bonis, G. Altieri, M. Cefola and G. Ruocco, Combined transfer phenomena
in 3D modelling of packaged foods, In Proceedings of the 4th International FOODSIM Conference (Naples, Italy, Jun. 15-17 2006). EUROSIS-ETI Publication, Ghent,
Belgium, 211-215
M. Cefola, M.V. De Bonis, L. Massignan and G. Ruocco, Mass and heat transfer
modelling of food in modified atmosphere, In Proceedings of the Eurotherm Seminar 77-Heat and Mass Transfer in Food Processing (Parma, Italy, Jun. 20-22 2005).
Edizioni ETS, Pisa, Italy, 147-152
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Local heat and mass transfer in biomaterials due to air
jet impingement: a CFD approach, In Proceedings of the Eurotherm Seminar 77-Heat
and Mass Transfer in Food Processing (Parma, Italy, Jun. 20-22 2005). Edizioni ETS,
Pisa, Italy, 25-30
M. Cefola, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Development of a local measurement of
conjugate transport phenomena in foods due to air jet impingement, In Proceedings
of the 6th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, and
Thermodynamics (Matsushima, Japan, Apr. 17-21 2005). Paper 5-b-11
National Journals
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G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, La modellazione come strumento di analisi
ed otimizzazione dello stoccaggio di bevande carbonate Industrie delle Bevande, (40)
236 27-33, 2011
M.V. De Bonis, G. Carrieri, M. Cefola, S. Vanadia and G. Ruocco, Predizione dei
processi di conservazione di vegetali in atmosfera modificata. Industrie Alimentari,
(48) 491 19-24, 2009
G. Carrieri, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Strumento computazionale per la verifica
della formazione di acrilammide., Industrie Alimentari, (47) 476 12-17, 2008
National Symposia with Referee
P. D’Andria, D. Angeli, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Modeling conjugate heat transfer to a protrusion exposed to a bulk air flow by OpenFOAM. Atti del 31◦ Congresso
Nazionale sulla Trasmissione Calore (Como, Jun. 25-27 2013). Paper No
M.V. De Bonis, G. Carrieri and G. Ruocco, Computational transport phenomena in
food engineering: prespectives and case studies, XXVI Congresso Nazionale sulla
Trasmissione Calore (Palermo, Jun. 23-25 2008). Paper No 45
M.V. De Bonis, G. Carrieri and G. Ruocco, Submerged liquid jet impingement
in biotechnology reactors, XXVI Congresso Nazionale sulla Trasmissione Calore
(Palermo, Jun. 23-25 2008). Paper No 46
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Degradation kinetics of fluid bio-systems during direct
steam thermization: preliminary results, In Atti del XXV Congresso Nazionale sulla
Trasmissione Calore (Trieste, Jun. 18-20 2007). Paper No B13
M.V. De Bonis, C. Dirita and G. Ruocco, Simulation and experimental validation of
local heat and mass transfer by jet impingement, In Atti del XXV Congresso Nazionale
sulla Trasmissione Calore (Trieste, Jun. 18-20 2007). Paper No B14
M.C. Console, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Fundamental analysis of local heat
and mass transfer due to a round hot air impinging jet, In Atti del XXIV Congresso
Nazionale sulla Trasmissione Calore (Naples, Jun. 21-23 2006). Edizioni ETS, Pisa,
Italy, 141-146
C. Dirita, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Conjugate effect in food cooling by jet impingement: a numerical analysis, In Atti del XXIV Congresso Nazionale sulla Trasmissione Calore (Naples, Jun. 21-23 2006). Edizioni ETS, Pisa, Italy, 525-530
M.R. De Tommaso, M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, The combination of biochemical
notations and CFD in describing heat exchanger fouling during milk sterilization (in
Italian), In Atti del VII Congresso Italiano di Scienza e Tecnologia degli Alimenti CISETA, Cernobbio (Co), 19/20 Settembre 2005. Chiriotti Editori, Pinerolo, 614-620
M.V. De Bonis, G. Altieri and G. Ruocco, Simulation of an innovative system for postharvest cooling of oranges (in Italian), In Atti del VII Congresso Italiano di Scienza e
Tecnologia degli Alimenti - CISETA Cernobbio (Co), 19–20 Settembre 2005. Chiriotti
Editori, Pinerolo, 262–268
M.V. De Bonis and G. Ruocco, Innovation in thermal treating to liquid food based on
the analysis of transport and kinetic phenomena (in Italian), In Atti del XXIII Congresso
Nazionale sulla Trasmissione del Calore (Genova, Jun. 21-23 2004). Studio64 srl
Edizioni Genova, Genova, Italy, 295-300
Potenza, Italy
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