About
Prof. Luca Dellafiora serves at the Department of Food and Drug of the University of Parma as an Associate Professor in Food Chemistry (SSD CHIM/07-B).
He is the contact person for the internship program for the Master's Degree in Human Nutrition Sciences.
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Luca Dellafiora serves at the Department of Food and Drug Sciences of the University of Parma as an Associate Professor in Food Chemistry (SSD CHIM/07-B).
Educational background:
2015: PhD in Food Science and Technology (Departmnet of Food Science, University of Parma, Italy) with a thesis titled “Computational Analysis of Foodborne Xenobiotics and Natural Compounds”
2011: Master dregree in Molecular Biology (University of Parma, Italy) with a thesis titled “Structure Based Virtual Screening of PLP-dependet enzymes: serine racemase and kynurenine aminotransferase II”
2008: Bachelor degree in Biology (University of Parma, Italy)
Academic background:
February 2025 - today: Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma (Italy) in the field of Food Chemistry
March 2020 - January 2025: Temporray researche (assistant professor) at the Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma (Italy) in the field of Food Chemistry
May 2015 - February 2020: Postdoc researcher at pthe Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma (Italy) in the field of Food Chemistry
June-December 2011: Internship at the Molecular Modelling Laboratory, Department of General Chemistry, University of Parma
Teaching
The teachings are listed up to the 2020/2021 academic year
Research
Research areas
Within the framework of food safety, Dr. Dellafiora currently studies the chemistry and toxicology of bioactive compounds and xenobiotics of food origin through the development and implementation of novel hybrid in silico / in vitro approaches. The research activity mainly focuses on: i) the assessment of bioactivity, transformations and metabolic fate of food constituents and contaminants; and ii) the identification and design of innovative strategies for mitigating the content of toxicants in food and feed.
Publications
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Authors: Pedroni L.; Gehring R.; Dorne J. L. C. M.; Girolami F.; Nebbia C.; Dellafiora L.
Year: 2026
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Authors: Dall'Asta C.; Dellafiora L.
Year: 2026
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Authors: Pedroni Lorenzo; Dall'Asta Chiara; Dellafiora Luca
Year: 2026
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Authors: Grgic Dino; Bella-Velidou Dimitra; Dellafiora Luca; Soukup Sebastian T.; Kulling Sabine E.; Varga Elisabeth; Marko Doris
Year: 2026
Research projects
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New approach methodology for feed safety- Integrating Computational, Mechanistic and Toxicological Data for Risk Assessment of emerging mycotoxin exposure from fish feed
Manager: Dellafiora Luca
Sponsor: EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY - EFSA
Start date: 01/09/2025
End date: 31/12/2026
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Impact of emerging mycotoxins from plant-based feed
on health and robustness of Atlantic salmon in early life stages – MYTOXA
Manager: Dellafiora Luca
Sponsor: THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NORWAY
Start date: 01/01/2024
End date: 31/12/2027
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“TKplate 2.0: An Open source platform integrating physiologically-based kinetic and physiologically-based kinetic-dynamic models and machine learning models for risk assessment of single and multiple chemicals and biological stressors in animal species”
Manager: Dellafiora Luca
Sponsor: EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY - EFSA
Start date: 01/01/2021
End date: 30/06/2024
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Data collection, Update and Further
Development of Biologically-based Models for Humans and Animal Species to Support Transparency in
Food and Feed Safety
Manager: Dellafiora Luca
Sponsor: EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY - EFSA
Start date: 02/11/2020
End date: 31/12/2025
