**Margherita Lavorgna**

Margherita Lavorgna is Associate Professor in Hygiene, Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies of the University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli". Her research field regards environmental toxicology through studies of acute and chronic toxicity on organisms of different trophic levels, the evaluation of mutagenic, genotoxic and endocrine interference activity of drugs and their derivatives, organic compounds products for secondary metabolism or isolated from plants, phenolic compounds from olive oil mill wastewaters, pesticides, aromatic hydrocarbons, heavy metals and alkylphenols. The studies are focused on environmental compartments as urban air, wastewater and surface water also addressing issues related to environmental quality and the risk to the environment and humans due to the presence of xenobiotics. The field of interest also extends to food mainly chemically contaminated by pesticides with potential genotoxic and estrogen-mimetic activities. Furthermore, her research is also focused on innovative technologies to preserve and improve the shelf-life of food by using active packaging materials.
