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Associate Professor Bruno Fedrizzi

BSc, MSc, PhD University of Padova (Italy)

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In: Chemical Sciences » Faculty of Science

Biography

Previous Appointments

2011-2012 Agricultural Institute of San Michele - Italy

2010-2011 University of Padova/Unione Italiana Vini - Italy

Education

2010 PhD (Chem) University of Padova - Italy

2006 MSc (Chem) University of Padova - Italy

2004 BSc (Chem) University of Padova - Italy

 

 

Research | Current

Overview

Bruno's research focuses on isolation, identification and analysis of molecules from biological samples. Mass spectrometry based techniques are used for structure elucidation and the development of analytical methods to quantify molecules of biological and/or technological interest.  

The main area of research is the study of the secondary metabolites in grape and wine, even though current projects on honey, dairy products, etc. are currently undergoing. The research developed in Bruno's lab stretches across a variety of chemical fields such as analaytical chemistry and organic synthesis. These projects are developed to gain fundamental knowledge on the biosynthesis and significance of these compounds in natural products as wellas to provide important applicable insight to several NZ industry sectors.

Current projects available

Development of analytical methods using Mass Spectrometry techniques (GCMS, LCMSMS, etc.) for the analysis of primary and secondary metabolites in food, beverages and environmental matrices.

Study of sulfur metabolism in yeast using Mass Spectrometry and isotopic labelling.

Study of the impact of technological and agronomic decisions on the chemical profile of food and beverages.

Teaching | Current

CHEM340 - Course coordinator

CHEM740 - Course coordinator

WINESCI705

WINESCI703

WINESCI707

Postgraduate supervision

Research Fellows

Dr Rebecca Jelley

 

PhD Students

 

Jessica Suda 2014 

Hayden Jones-Moore 2020

Krishna, Paniker 2019

Dinesha Hansamali Perera 2019

Mosaferi, Shabnam 2018 - with Prof D. Barker

Lowrey, Alexandra 2018

Hou, Ruoyu 2018

Wang, Jin 2018

Previous Students

PhD

Kenneth Olejar (2016), Matias Kinzurik  (2017), Leandro Dias Araujo (2017), Katie Parish (2017), Max Huang (2017, The University of Adelaide), Fatemeh Mahmoodani (2018), Nina Duhamel (2018), Rebecca Jelley (2020), Hua Lyu (2020), Rasangi Sabaragamuwa  (2020), Stephen Lo (2020), Shi Min Tan (2021), Andrew Twidle (2021)

MSc

Antony Mavumkal (2014), William Kerner (2014), Kaur Inderjeet (2015), Irene Wong (2016), Ruoyu Hou (2017), Wan Qinyue (2017), Andrew Twidle (2018), Alexandra Lowrey (2018), Guy Kennedy (2018), Mikael Johannisson-Wallman (2019), Cherry Chan (2020) 

 

 

 

Distinctions/Honours

2020 - Young Scientist Award (American Chemical Society - Agricultural and Food Chemistry Division)

2010 - International “G. Morsiani” Award for Outstanding Research in Viticulture and Oenology

 

Responsibilities

Deputy Head of School (Academic)

Areas of expertise

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Analytical Biochemistry
  • Wine and Food Science

 

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

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  • van Leeuwen, K. A., Nardin, T., Barker, D., Fedrizzi, B., Nicolini, G., & Larcher, R. (2020). A novel LC-HRMS method reveals cysteinyl and glutathionyl polysulfides in wine. Talanta, 21810.1016/j.talanta.2020.121105
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Barker
  • Kinzurik, M. I., Deed, R. C., Herbst-Johnstone, M., Slaghenaufi, D., Guzzon, R., Gardner, R. C., ... Fedrizzi, B. (2020). Addition of volatile sulfur compounds to yeast at the early stages of fermentation reveals distinct biological and chemical pathways for aroma formation. Food microbiology, 8910.1016/j.fm.2020.103435
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Rebecca Deed
  • Jelley, R. E., Duhamel, N., Barker, D., & Fedrizzi, B. (2020). A convenient synthesis of amino acid-derived precursors to the important wine aroma 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol (3SH). Tetrahedron Letters, 61 (13)10.1016/j.tetlet.2020.151663
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Barker, Rebecca Jelley
  • Pilkington, L. I., Deed, R. C., Parish-Virtue, K., Huang, C.-W., Walker, M. E., Jiranek, V., ... Fedrizzi, B. (2019). Iterative synthetic strategies and gene deletant experiments enable the first identification of polysulfides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 55 (60), 8868-8871. 10.1039/c9cc03020d
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Rebecca Deed, Lisa Pilkington, David Barker
  • Deed, R. C., Hou, R., Kinzurik, M. I., Gardner, R. C., & Fedrizzi, B. (2019). The role of yeast ARO8, ARO9 and ARO10 genes in the biosynthesis of 3-(methylthio)-1-propanol from L-methionine during fermentation in synthetic grape medium. FEMS Yeast Research, 19 (2)10.1093/femsyr/foy109
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Rebecca Deed, Rorric Hou
  • Duhamel, N., Slaghenaufi, D., Pilkington, L. I., Herbst-Johnstone, M., Larcher, R., Barker, D., & Fedrizzi, B. (2018). Facile gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry stable isotope dilution method for the quantification of sesquiterpenes in grape. Journal of chromatography. A, 1537, 91-98. 10.1016/j.chroma.2017.12.065
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Lisa Pilkington, David Barker
  • Parish, K. J., Herbst-Johnstone, M., Bouda, F., Klaere, S., & Fedrizzi, B. (2017). Sauvignon Blanc aroma and sensory profile modulation from high fining rates. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 23 (3), 359-367. 10.1111/ajgw.12281
  • Kinzurik, M. I., Ly, K., David, K. M., Gardner, R. C., & Fedrizzi, B. (2017). The GLO1 gene is required for full activity of O-acetyl homoserine sulfhydrylase encoded by MET17. ACS Chemical Biology, 12 (2), 414-421. 10.1021/acschembio.6b00815
    URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33469
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Karine David
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SCIENCE CENTRE - CHEMISTRY - Bldg 301
Level 6, Room 629B
23 SYMONDS ST
AUCKLAND 1010
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