{"id":141099,"date":"2025-05-12T13:44:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/ateneo\/organizzazione\/persone\/elena-balestri-79408-en\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T02:32:11","slug":"elena-balestri-79408-en","status":"publish","type":"unipi_persone","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/about-us\/organisation\/people\/elena-balestri-79408-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Balestri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professoressa Associata &#8211; Dipartimento di Biologia | Tel.: 0502211442 &#8211; Email: elena.balestri@unipi.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"unipi-persone-chiave":"79408","unipi-persone-nome":"Elena","unipi-persone-cognome":"Balestri","unipi-persone-email":"elena.balestri@unipi.it","unipi-persone-cv":"Posizione attuale: Professore Associato (05\/C1-Ecologia) presso il Dipartimento di Biologia dell\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Pisa.<br \/>\r\nIndirizzo: Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, Dipartimento di Biologia, Via Derna 1, 56126 Pisa.<br \/>\r\nEmail elena.balestri@unipi.it<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nQualifiche accademiche:<br \/>\r\n2022 \tProfessore Associato (05\/C1-Ecologia, SSD BIO\/07 Ecologia).    <br \/>\r\n1993 \tDottore di Ricerca in Scienze Ambientali (Ecologia Marina, V ciclo), Universit\u00e0 di Pisa. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEsperienze professionali:<br \/>\r\n2011-2022   Tecnico categoria D, area tecnica, tecnico-scientifica ed elaborazione dati, Universit\u00e0 di Pisa. Dipartimento di Biologia, Via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n <br \/>\r\nAttivit\u00e0 editoriale:<br \/>\r\nReview Editor (Editorial Board of Marine Pollution) della rivista Frontiers in Marine Science.<br \/>\r\nReview Editor (Editorial Board of Marine Pollution) della rivista Frontiers in Environmental Science.<br \/>\r\nMembro dell\u2019Editorial Board della rivista internazionale Scientific Reports per le categorie Ecology and Evolutionary Biology e Plants. <br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSociet\u00e0 scientifiche e professionali:<br \/>\r\nBritish Ecological Society (BES)<br \/>\r\nBotanical Society of America<br \/>\r\nSociet\u00e0 Italiana di Ecologia (SITE)<br \/>\r\nGruppo di lavoro per l\u2019Algologia (gruppo di lavoro della Societ\u00e0 Botanica Italiana)<br \/>\r\nOrdine Nazionale dei Biologi Italiani.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCo-titolare di 2 brevetti per invenzioni: <br \/>\r\n-Kit di componenti per il trapianto di specie vegetali acquatiche e terrestri (numero 102019000009993, titolari al 50% l\u2019Universit\u00e0 di Pisa e FEMTO Engineering S.r.l. San Casciano Val di Pesa, inventori Lardicci Claudio, Balestri Elena, Amato Giuseppe) - depositato in Italia il 25 giugno 2019. Il brevetto ha come oggetto un sistema innovativo modulabile di supporti per la coltivazione e il trapianto di piante marine e dunali realizzati con polimeri biodegradabili in grado di migliorare l\u2019eco-sostenibilit\u00e0 e la fattibilit\u00e0 di interventi di re-impianto e recupero degli habitat costieri. <br \/>\r\n-Metodo per produrre fanerogame marine (PI\/2005\/A\/000092), titolare Universit\u00e0 di Pisa, inventori Balestri Elena e Claudio Lardicci) - depositato in Italia il 17\/08\/2005. Il brevetto ha come oggetto un metodo per produrre, con minimo impatto sulle popolazioni esistenti, materiale vegetativo per interventi di recupero di praterie di P. oceanica e C. nodosa utilizzando \u201caquaculture facilities\u201d.","unipi-persone-link-esterno-cv":"","unipi-persone-modalita-ricevimento":"\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-luogo-ricevimento":"Via Derna 1 \r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-ore-ricevimento":"luned\u00ec 11-12\r\nmercoled\u00ec 10-12\r\n\r\n","unipi-persone-telefono":"0502211442","unipi-persone-sitoweb":"","unipi-persone-cariche":"","unipi-persone-link-orario-lezioni":"https:\/\/unipi.prod.up.cineca.it\/calendarioPubblico\/matricola=080196","unipi-persone-link-registro-lezioni":"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/registri.php?ri=080196&tmplt=principale.tpl","unipi-persone-settore-scientifico":"Ecologia BIOS-05\/A","unipi-persone-ruolo":"Professoressa Associata","unipi-persone-arpi":"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/cris\/rp\/rp13639","unipi-persone-pubblicazioni":"<ul class=\"pubblicazioni-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1338287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sustainable Exploitation of Posidonia oceanica Balls through an integrated Biorefinery Approach<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Fulignati, Sara; Raspolli Galletti, Anna Maria; Barsotti, Francesca; Menicagli, Virginia; Balestri, Elena; Lardicci, Claudio; Mattonai, Marco; Nardella, Federica; Antonetti, Claudia - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1337168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moving wrack from beaches to sand dunes: A sustainable beach-dune management practice?<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Balestri, E.; Bernardini, G.; Barsotti, F.; Fulignati, S.; Raspolli Galletti, A. M.; Lardicci, C. - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1336835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cardiometabolic effects on obese mice of the Mediterranean seagrass Cymodocea nodosa hydroalcoholic extract<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Vitiello, M.; De Leo, M.; Braca, A.; Testai, L.; Nieri, P.; Benedetti, G.; Flori, L.; Menicagli, V.; Lardicci, C.; Balestri, E. - 2025 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1310307\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cymodocea nodosa, a Promising Seagrass of Nutraceutical Interest: Overview of Phytochemical Constituents and Potential Therapeutic Uses<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(DE LEO, Marinella; Ciccone, Lidia; Menicagli, Virginia; Balestri, Elena; Braca, Alessandra; Nieri, Paola; Testai, Lara - 2025 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1289448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valorization of Posidonia oceanica balls: from waste to versatile raw material in an integrated biorefinery perspective<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Barsotti, Francesca; Antonetti, Claudia; Licursi, Domenico; Menicagli, Virginia; Balestri, Elena; Lardicci, Claudio; RASPOLLI GALLETTI, ANNA MARIA; Fulignati, Sara - 2024 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1289445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EXPLOITATION OF THE MARINE WASTE POSIDONIA OCEANICA EGAGROPILES TO BIOFUEL<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Fulignati, Sara; Bonaldi, Lorenzo; Barsotti, Francesca; Licursi, Domenico; DI FIDIO, Nicola; Menicagli, Virginia; Balestri, Elena; Antonetti, Claudia; RASPOLLI GALLETTI, ANNA MARIA - 2024 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1257587\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stress responses of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to environmentally relevant concentrations of pharmaceutical ibuprofen: Ecological implications<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Ruffini Castiglione, M.; Cioni, E.; Span\u00f2, C.; Balestri, E.; De Leo, M.; Bottega, S.; Sorce, C.; Lardicci, C. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1257567\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beach-cast seagrass wrack: A natural marine resource improving the establishment of dune plant communities under a changing climate<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Balestri, E.; Bernardini, G.; Barsotti, F.; Fulignati, S.; Raspolli Galletti, A. M.; Lardicci, C. - 2024 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1221356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effects of TiO2 ultraviolet filter and sunscreens on coastal dune plant performance and competitive interactions<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Balestri, E.; Corti, S.; Arena, B.; Protano, G.; Corsi, I.; Lardicci, C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1215137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Integrated valorization of marine residue Posidonia Oceanica balls for the production of value added chemicals<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bonaldi, L.; Fulignati, S.; Barsotti, F.; DI FIDIO, N.; Antonetti, C.; Licursi, D.; Lardicci, C.; Balestri, E.; RASPOLLI GALLETTI, A. M. - 2023 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1215132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valorization of marine residue [Egagropili] through one-pot\r\nalcoholysis for butyl levulinate production<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Bonaldi, L.; Fulignati, S.; Di Fidio, N.; Antonetti, C.; Licursi, D.; Lardicci, C.; Balestri, E.; Raspolli Galletti, A. M. - 2023 - 4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1200447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plastic litter in coastal sand dunes: Degradation behavior and impact on native and non-native invasive plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli V.,Balestri E.,Fulignati S.,Raspolli Galletti A. M.,Lardicci C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1174131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plastic litter changes the rhizosphere bacterial community of coastal dune plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Balestri, E.; Giommoni, F.; Vannini, C.; Lardicci, C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1174130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Plastic litter in coastal sand dunes: Degradation behavior and impact on native and non-native invasive plants<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Menicagli, V.; Balestri, E.; Fulignati, S.; Raspolli Galletti, A. M.; Lardicci, C. - 2023 - 1.1 Articolo in rivista)<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/arpi.unipi.it\/handle\/11568\/1159035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marine debris as possible vehicle of viral diseases: results of monitoring and survival studies<\/a> <span class=\"pub-details\">(Carducci, A.; Federigi, I.; Balestri, E.; Lardicci, C.; Castelli, A.; Maltagliati, F.; Hongrui, Z.; Menicagli, V.; Valente, R.; DE BATTISTI, D; Verani, M - 2022 - 4.1 Contributo in Atti di convegno)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-didattica":"<ul class=\"registri-list\"><li>Ripristino degli ecosistemi marini e costieri (cod. 553EE) per Laurea Magistrale in Biologia marina<\/li><li>Fondamenti di ecologia e biotecnologie marine (cod. 559EE) per Laurea in Biotecnologie<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-codocenze":"<h4 class=\"mt-2\">Incarichi di co-docenza in moduli\/insegnamenti<\/h4><ul><li>Ecologia (Cod. 073EE) per Laurea in Scienze naturali ed ambientali<\/li><\/ul>","unipi-persone-interessi-ricerca":"","_wpml_word_count":"14","_last_translation_edit_mode":"translation-editor","unipi-persone-dati-posizione":"","_elementor_page_assets":[]},"organizzazioni":[3588],"class_list":["post-141099","unipi_persone","type-unipi_persone","status-publish","hentry","organizzazioni-dipartimento-di-biologia-409999-en"],"email":"elena.balestri@unipi.it","telefono":"0502211442","content_plain":"Professoressa Associata &#8211; 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