Persone PhD CandidatesXXXVII ciclo Claudia Rorandelli

XXXVII ciclo Claudia Rorandelli

3rd year

Curriculum: Food Science and Technology

Supervisor: Prof.ssa  Sara Spinelli e
Prof. Erminio Monteleone

Email: claudia.rorandelli@unifi.it

Office address: Via Donizetti, 6 - 50144 Firenze

Mobile phone: +39 3341074018

Profile

Claudia Rorandelli (born in Florence on 25/07/1995) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology and a Master’s degree in Food Science and Technology (110/110 cum laude) both from the University of Florence. Currently she is a PhD research fellow at the SensoryLab researching on how to measure chemosensory alterations in cancer patients and on the study of potential risk factors for their development.

Research interests and PhD project

Her main research interests deal with the study of consumers food preferences and acceptability, taste acuity and health. In her PhD project she collaborates with Careggi University Hospital (Florence) and Humanitas Research Hospital (Rozzano, Milan), collecting data on cancer patients in order to explore the relationships between different methodologies to assess chemosensory alterations in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (sensory tests and self-reported questionnaires), and to investigate potential risk factors for the development of taste disorders in terms of oral responsiveness and psychological traits. Information collected will provide valuable insights both for researchers, to develop effective chemosensory alteration procedures that can be applied in the clinical field, and for clinicians, offering them screening tools for early identification of patients at risk of alteration.

Papers

• Rorandelli, C., Lippi, A., Spinelli, S., Pierguidi, L., Monteleone, E., & Dinnella, C. (2024). Remote testing for PROP taster status assessment using solutions and paper disks. Food Quality and Preference, 113, 105045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2023.105045
• Rorandelli, C., Lippi, A., Spinelli, S., Pierguidi, L., Monteleone, E., & Dinnella, C. (2022). Remote testing for PROP status assessment using solutions and paper disks, in Pubblicazione Atti del VII Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Scienze Sensoriali, Matera (Italia), 27-29 aprile 2022, Società Italiana di Scienze Sensoriali (in press).
• Rorandelli, C., Spinelli, S., Monteleone, E. (2022). ALTERTASTE: improving food pleasure and intake in oncology patients receiving chemotherapy, in Proceedings of the 26th Workshop on the Developments in the Italian PhD Research on Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology, Asti (Italy), 19th-21st September 2022, Collane@unito.it.

Conference talks and seminars

• April 2022, 7^th Italian Sensory Science Society National Conference (SISS), Matera (Italy). AWARD WINNER of the Adacta International young researcher award, oral presentation: “Remote testing for PROP status assessment using solutions and paper disks”.
• June 2022, 12^th International Conference of Culinary Arts and Science (ICCAS), Lyon (France). Participation in the contest: “My PhD in 180 seconds”.
• September 2023, 3^rd Altered Taste Symposium, Lyon (France). Oral presentation: “Measuring taste alterations in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or target therapy”.
• May 2024, 8^th Italian Sensory Science Society National Conference (SISS), Alghero (Italy). AWARD WINNER of the SISS young researcher award, oral presentation: “Taste alterations in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: methodological aspects and risk factors for their development”.
• September 2024, 11^th Eurosense Conference, Dublin (Ireland). AWARD WINNER of the Pieter Punter E3S Student award, oral presentation: “Taste alterations in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy: methodological aspects and risk factors for their development”.