Cristina Onorato

Cristina Onorato, M.Sc.

  • Scientific staff until 2020
  • resigned
  • Research group “Sustainable Bioeconomy”

  • Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
    Postfach 3640
    76021 Karlsruhe

Professional background

2017 - 2020 Member of scientific staff at ITAS
2016 - 2017 Research assistant at Membrane Technology Group, Institute for Functional Interfaces, KIT
2015 Internship at FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V.- Open Innovation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Project title: “Research towards salt and solvent selection for Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) Process, in Red Heat to Power EU project”.
2013 - 2016 Master Degree in Chemical Engineering – summa cum laude.
University of Palermo. Department of Chemical, Management, Informatics, Mechanical Engineering, Palermo (PA), Italy.
Title of the thesis: “Ion Exchange Membranes for RED with non-NaCl salts”
2009 - 2013 Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering
University of Palermo, Department of Chemical, Management, Informatics, Mechanical Engineering Palermo (PA), Italy
Title of the thesis: “Hydrothermal treatment of microalgae with compressed water”

Fields of work

  • Life cycle assessment
  • Techno-economic assessment
  • Sustainability assessment
  • Process simulation

Publications


2019
Presentations
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.
Comparative life cycle assessment of microalgae cultivation technologies for added value compound production
2019. Algae Biomass Summit (2019), Orlando, FL, USA, September 16–19, 2019 
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.
Comparative life cycle assessment for h. pluvialis cultivation with different technologies for astaxanthin production
2019. Workshop "Alg’in Provence" (2019), Arles, France, October 1–2, 2019 
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.
Comparative environmental and economic assessment of the production of natural astaxanthin in different photobioreactors
2019. International Conference AlgaEurope (2019), Paris, France, December 3–5, 2019 
Posters
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.; Bergmann, P.; Pradelles, R.
Life cycle assessment of added value compounds production with microalgae
2019. 29th SETAC Europe Annua Meeting (2019), Helsinki, Finland, May 26–30, 2019 
2018
Posters
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.
Life cycle assessment of add value compounds extraction from microalgae
2018. 5th International ISEKI_Food Conference (2018), Stuttgart, Germany, July 3–5, 2018 
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.
Integrated life cycle assessment (LCA) of a combined ALG-AD process
2018. 14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (2018), Ghent, Belgium, May 30–June 1, 2018 
Onorato, C.; Rösch, C.; Bergmann, P.
Life cycle assessment of H. Pluvialis cultivation for carotenoids production
2018. AlgaEurope (2018), Amsterdam, Netherlands, December 4–6, 2018