Dr Gianluca Brunetti

Research Associate Future Industries Institute

Mawson Lakes Campus (X2-06)
tel +61 8 830 23814

email Gianluca.Brunetti@unisa.edu.au

About me

Dr. Gianluca Brunetti has expertise in the sectors of agriculture and environmental science with particular interests on the sustainable development and the protection of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. During his career he contributed to several different projects covering a broad range of disciplines from agronomy and water research to environmental risk assessment and risk management.

Gianluca Brunetti’s research is committed to understand the fate and effects of emerging contaminants in environmental compartments such as soil, water, and living organisms, in order to provide adequate and proactive management of environmental issues.

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Research

Research themes

Scarce resources
Healthy futures

Research focus

Microbiology
Multidisciplinary
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Chemical Sciences
Engineering, Environmental

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2020	Anderson, J, Keppel, G, Thomson, S, Gibbs, J & Brunetti, G 2020, 'High diversity of native plants and vegetation types in the Morialta Conservation Park and the threat of invasive species', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, online, pp. 1-20. 2
2020	Ogunniyi, AD, Dandie, CE, Brunetti, G, Drigo, B, Aleer, S, Hall, B, Ferro, S, Deo, P, Venter, H, Myers, B, Donner, E & Lombi, E 2020, 'Neutral electrolyzed oxidizing water is effective for pre-harvest decontamination of fresh produce', Food Microbiology, vol. 93, article no. 103610, pp. 1-41.
2019	Khaksar, M, Vasileiadis, S, Sekine, R, Brunetti, G, Scheckel, KG, Vasilev, K, Lombi, E & Donner, E 2019, 'Chemical characterisation, antibacterial activity, and (nano)silver transformation of commercial personal care products exposed to household greywater', Environmental Science: Nano, vol. 6, no. 10, pp. 3027-3038. 1 1 1
2019	Ogunniyi, AD, Dandie, CE, Ferro, S, Hall, B, Drigo, B, Brunetti, G, Venter, H, Myers, B, Deo, P, Donner, E & Lombi, E 2019, 'Comparative antibacterial activities of neutral electrolyzed oxidizing water and other chlorine-based sanitizers', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, article no. 19955, pp. 1-13. Open access 3 2 1
2018	Vasileiadis, S, Brunetti, G, Marzouk, E, Wakelin, S, Kowalchuk, GA, Lombi, E & Donner, E 2018, 'Silver toxicity thresholds for multiple soil microbial biomarkers', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 52, no. 15, pp. 8745-8755. 6 4 9
2018	Wu, X, Ren, X, Owens, G, Brunetti, G, Zhou, J, Yong, X, Wei, P & Jia, H 2018, 'A facultative electroactive chromium(VI)-reducing bacterium aerobically isolated from a biocathode microbial fuel cell', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 9, article no. 2883, pp. 1-10. Open access 5 3 1
2018	Wu, X, Xiong, X, Owens, G, Brunetti, G, Zhou, J, Yong, X, Xie, X, Zhang, L, Wei, P & Jia, H 2018, 'Anode modification by biogenic gold nanoparticles for the improved performance of microbial fuel cells and microbial community shift', Bioresource Technology, vol. 270, pp. 11-19. Open access 15 11
2017	De Mastro, G, Tarraf, W, Verdini, L, Brunetti, G & Ruta, C 2017, 'Essential oil diversity of Origanum vulgare L. populations from Southern Italy', Food Chemistry, vol. 235, pp. 1-6. 15 14
2017	Wu, X, Xiong, X, Brunetti, G, Yong, X, Zhou, J, Zhang, L, Wei, P & Jia, H 2017, 'Effect of MWCNT-modified graphite felts on hexavalent chromium removal in biocathode microbial fuel cells', RSC Advances: An International Journal to Further the Chemical Sciences, vol. 7, no. 85, pp. 53932-53940. Open access 6 4
2016	Chekli, L, Brunetti, G, Marzouk, E, Maoz-Shen, A, Smith, E, Naidu, R, Shon, H, Lombi, E & Donner, E 2016, 'Evaluating the mobility of polymer-stabilised zero-valent iron nanoparticles and their potential to co-transport contaminants in intact soil cores', Environmental Pollution, vol. 216, pp. 636-645. Open access 12 7
2015	Brunetti, G, Donner, E, Laera, G, Sekine, R, Scheckel, KG, Khaksar, M, Vasilev, K, De Mastro, G & Lombi, E 2015, 'Fate of zinc and silver engineered nanoparticles in sewerage networks', Water Research, vol. 77, pp. 72-84. Open access 61 54 1
2015	Donner, E, Scheckel, K, Sekine, R, Popelka-Filcoff, R, Bennett, J, Brunetti, G, Naidu, R, McGrath, S & Lombi, E 2015, 'Non-labile silver species in biosolids remain stable throughout 50 years of weathering and ageing', Environmental Pollution, vol. 205, pp. 78-86. 30 30
2015	Malysheva, A, Ivask, A, Hager, C, Brunetti, G, Marzouk, ER, Lombi, E & Voelcker, NH 2015, 'Sorption of silver nanoparticles to laboratory plastic during (eco)toxicological testing', Nanotoxicology, vol.10, no. 4, pp. 385-390. 15 13
2015	Mele, E, Donner, E, Juhasz, AL, Brunetti, G, Smith, E, Betts, AR, Castaldi, P, Deiana, S, Scheckel, KG & Lombi, E 2015, 'In situ fixation of metal(loid)s in contaminated soils : a comparison of conventional, opportunistic, and engineered soil amendments', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 49, no. 22, pp 13501-13509. Open access 19 18
2015	Sekine, R, Brunetti, G, Donner, E, Khaksar, M, Vasilev, K, Jämting, A, Scheckel, K, Kappen, P, Zhang, H & Lombi, E 2015, 'Speciation and lability of Ag-, AgCI-, and Ag2S-nanoparticles in soil determined by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and diffusive gradients in thin films', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 897-905. 65 63
2013	Donner, E, Brunetti, G, Zarcinas, B, Harris, P, Tavakkoli, E, Naidu, R & Lombi, E 2013, 'Effects of chemical amendments on the lability and speciation of metals in anaerobically digested biosolids', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 47, no. 19, pp. 11157-11165. 18 16
2013	Sekine, R, Khaksar, MS, Brunetti, G, Donner, ENS, Scheckel, K, Lombi, E & Vasilev, KA 2013, 'Surface immobilization of engineered nanomaterials for in situ study of their environmental transformations and fate', Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 47, no. 16, pp. 9308-9316. Open access 24 24 2

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation	AUSTRALIA
Australian Synchrotron Company Ltd	AUSTRALIA
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council)	ITALY
Ecas4 Australia	AUSTRALIA
ECAS4 Australia	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Lancaster University	UNITED KINGDOM
Nanjing Tech University	CHINA
National Measurement Institute	AUSTRALIA
Rothamsted Research	UNITED KINGDOM
SCION	NEW ZEALAND
South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)	AUSTRALIA
United States Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Bari	ITALY
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Sassari	ITALY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology, Sydney	AUSTRALIA
US Environmental Protection Agency	UNITED STATES
US Environmental Protection Authority	UNITED STATES
Utrecht University	NETHERLANDS

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