Claudio Adolfo Avignone Rossa

Claudio Adolfo Avignone Rossa is a Professor at the School of Biosciences within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey. His research focuses on harnessing microbial systems for environmental and medical applications, with expertise spanning microbial electrochemistry, pollutant degradation, and bacterial evolutionary dynamics.

Research interests center on:

• Environmental biotechnology: Developing microbial electrochemical systems (MES) for degrading contaminants like glyphosate in aquatic environments
• Microbial ecology: Analyzing community structures in electroactive biofilms
• Antibiotic resistance mechanisms: Investigating bacterial social evolution and receptor-based adaptations in pathogens

Recent publications demonstrate strong cross-disciplinary trends, integrating electrochemical engineering with microbiology to address herbicide pollution and antibiotic resistance. Key approaches include microbial fuel cell optimization, metagenomic analysis of biofilms, and evolutionary studies of bacterial public goods.