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Lara Costantini

LARA COSTANTINI

LARA COSTANTINI

Ricercatore Legge 240/10 - T.D.

    • Department

      DEB - DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECOLOGICHE E BIOLOGICHE

    • Email

      lara.cost@unitus.it

    • Phone

      0761357672

    • Social Profiles

    • Curriculum

    • Profile

      • Bio

      • In 2015 Lara Costantini has got her PhD in food biotechnology, with a research related to the use of chia seeds in the formulation of functional foods and their impact on biochemical markers of cardiometabolic diseases. Between 2015 and 2021 she owned seven postdoctoral positions including scholarships and research grants. Since December 2021 she is a research fellow (RTDa) in biochemistry (SSD BIO/10). She is specialized in the formulation and study of functional foods, in dietetics, and in the correlation between nutrition and microbiota. The impact of her research includes 39 indexed international publications, over 2000 citations and an h-index of 16.

      • Keywords
        • Nutrition
        • Dietetics
        • Functional Foods
        • Microbiota
      • Discliplinary scientific field

      • BIO/10 BIOCHIMICA

      • Research fields
        • Functional foods
        • Microbiota

    • Scientific research

      • Groups of research
        • Research Projects
          • Prizes and Awards
            • 2012: winner of the Marco Rosetto degree award 2012 instituted by Department of Ecological and Biological Sciences (DEB) and Department for Biological systems, Agri-food, and Forestry Innovation (DIBAF), Tuscia University, Viterbo, Italy.
            • 2013: winner of the TR35-YOUNG INNOVATORS / INNOVATORS UNDER 35 – Italy award (biology section), institutes by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) - Technology Review and University of Padua.
            • 2014: winner of the ‘National Competition for Gluten-Free Quality, Gianni Tomassi Award’, Research and Innovation section.
            • 2016: winner of the best oral communication award presented in Spazio Nutrizione Congress, 2016.
            • 2022: winner of the Travel Grant announced by Foods-MDPI for participation in "The 9th Beneficial Microbes Conference".
          • PhD Students
            • Research Fellows
              • Scholars
                • Editorial Boards

                • Principal Publications

                  • Publications

                  • Third Mission

                    • Third Mission

                    • Didattica

                      • Ricevimento
                      • By appointment via email.
                      • Insegnamenti
                      • SUBJECTS
                        APPLIED DIETARY TECHNICAL SCIENCES AND FUNCTIONAL FOODS -
                        Biology and Biochemistry of Physical Exercise -