Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria

https://it.linkedin.com/in/maurizio-masci-0a845610a
https://www.facebook.com/maurizio.masci.54

Contact by mail
Maurizio Masci CREA, Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria Research Centre for Food and Nutrition via Ardeatina 546, 00178 Rome (Italy) Date of birth: 05.09.1962 Address: Narni (Italy) e-mail: maurizio.masci@crea.gov.it ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2582-6023 EDUCATION Sapienza University, Rome (Italy) Degree in Chemistry Major courses of study: Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Chromatography, Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy National School of Italian Chemical Society, University of Parma (Italy): "Analytical methods in Mass Spectrometry" RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE Sapienza University, Rome - Department of Chemistry Role: Graduate Assistant • in-depth specialization in Chromatography • innovative use of capillary electrophoresis to detect adulterations of milk and dairy products and to assess the composition of pharmaceuticals • specialization in spectrophotometry and derivative spectrophotometry • determination of seleno amino acids in vegetable extracts Italian Ministry of health - European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticides Role: Researcher • organochlorine contaminants in food: assessment of contamination levels in food (with special emphasis on ichthyic products) • development of analytical methods: improvements to purification procedures and optimization of the gas chromatographic conditions Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies – Research Centre for Food and Nutrition Role: Researcher • Installation and management of a laboratory for the analysis of contaminants in food, development and validation of the methods through international ring tests and certified reference materials • Execution of the analyses and responsibility for the results provided by the laboratory. Assessment of organochlorines in fishery and in fish farm products mainly from Italy, but also from Mediterranean area and from around the world • In-depth specialization in the use of Mass Spectrometry and of Tandem Mass Spectrometry • Analysis of the volatile fraction of food matrices: application of Static Headspace - GC - MS for the traceability of fish products • Fatty acid analysis in fish via GC-MS and GC-FID: development of an new and simplified method for the absolute determination • Endocrine disrupters: determination of phthalates detected in fish samples • Polychlorinated biphenyls: development of a new method which addresses, for the first time, the problem of coeluting PCB isomers RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS • “Determination of cow milk in ewe milk and cheese by capillary electrophoresis of the whey protein fractions”, G.P. Cartoni, F. Coccioli, R. Jasionowska, M. Masci, Italian Journal of Food Science 4 (1998) 317-327 • “Determination of cows’ milk in goats’ milk and cheese by capillary electrophoresis of the whey protein fractions”, Giampaolo Cartoni, Franco Coccioli, Renata Jasionowska, Maurizio Masci, Journal of Chromatography A 846 (1999) 135-141 • “New trends in the seafood market. Sutchi catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) fillets from Vietnam: nutritional quality and safety aspects”, Orban E., Nevigato T., Di Lena G., Masci M., Casini I., Gambelli L., Caproni R., Food Chemistry 110 (2008) 383-389 • "Analysis of fatty acids in 12 Mediterranean fish species: advantages and limitations of a new GC-FID/GC-MS based technique”, Teresina Nevigato, Maurizio Masci, Elena Orban, Gabriella Di Lena, Irene Casini, Roberto Caproni, Lipids 47 (2012) 741-753 • "Organochlorine pesticide residues: An extensive monitoring of Italian fishery and aquaculture”, Maurizio Masci, Elena Orban, Teresina Nevigato, Chemosphere 94 (2014) 190-198 • "Fish contamination by polychlorobiphenyls: the Mass Spectrometric Ortho Effect in a new and easy gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method for the analysis of the seven indicators. The case of Bluefin Tuna”, Maurizio Masci, Elena Orban, Teresina Nevigato, Journal of Chromatography A 1375 (2015) 110-122 • "Non-dioxin-like PCBs: a survey on fishery and aquaculture from the Mediterranean area", Maurizio Masci, Teresina Nevigato, Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B: Surveillance 9 (2016) 159-169 • "Gas chromatography – mass spectrometry: application of new findings in analyzing Organochlorine Contaminants in a candidate food reference material", Maurizio Masci, Teresina Nevigato, Roberto Caproni, Food analytical methods 12 (2019) 1308-1315