OPERA GRIFA DAFP UNIBAS - Università degli Studi della Basilicata

C.V. Maura Calliera
During her first degree in Agricultural Sciences from Milano University, Maura received
experience in research of fate and behaviour of pesticides in the environment.
She has worked in the ecotoxicology team of the Department of Environmental Science and
Landscape, Università Milano Bicocca. Since 2005, she is contract researcher on human pesticide
residues exposure and environmental risk assessment, for the Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore,
Istituto di Chimica Agraria ed Ambientale (ICAA).
Her activity focussed on the application of mathematical models to forecast the environmental fate
of pesticides and the development of new time trend indicators to assess the human and
environmental risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
Recently her research activity focused on:
the assessment of the impact of the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides
at Italian level
the evaluation of the level of implementation of different measures included in the existing
national legislation for the determination of the overall risks that pesticides pose with regard
to the use-phase in the life-cycle of pesticides
the effectiveness of riparian buffers in nitrate and pesticide removal capacity
She participates in HArmonised environmental Indicators for pesticide Risk European projects
(HAIR) and she is a member of the Agro-environmental Mitigation Measure Experts Group
(GEMMA), an Italian experience to share knowledge for a Sustainable Management of the
Agricultural Productions.
PUBBLICAZIONI SU TEMATICHE INERENTI GLI AGROFARMACI
• Calliera M., BalderacchiM., Capri E., Trevisan M., Prediction of Agrochemical Residues Data on
fruit with Informatic System (PARDIS model), submitted to Pest Management Scienze,
• Calliera M., Finizio A., Azimonti G., Benfenati E.,Trevisan M., Harmonised Pesticide Risk Trend
Indicator for Food (HAPERITIF): The methodological approach. Pest Management Scienze, 62:
1168-1176 (2006)
• R.Verro, M.Calliera, G.Maffioli, Auteri D, S. Sala and M.Vighi, GIS-Based System for Surface
Water Risk Assessment of Agricultural Chemicals. 1. Methodological approach. Environ. Sci.
Technol. 2002, 36,1532-1538
• Calliera M., R.Verro, G.Maffioli, Auteri D,GIS Based approach to predict agricultural No Point
Source (NPS): the pesticide case. Pesticide Safety News, vol 5, number 3, I trimester 2002
• Finizio A., Calliera M., Vighi M., Rating systems for pesticide risk classification on different
ecosystem. Ecotoxicology and. Environmental Safety 49,262-274, (2001)