Bio
Since 2018, I’m Associate Professor in Plant Physiology (BIOS-02/A) at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA), Pisa, Italy.
Deputy Coordinator, Institute of Plant Sciences, SSSA.
Academic Representative for the Master’s Degree in Molecular Biotechnology, Joint Programme between SSSA and the University of Pisa (UNIPI).
SSSA Representative for the nanoPLANT Laboratory, National Enterprise for nanoScience and nanoTechnology (NEST), Scuola Normale Superiore.
Member of the Didactic Commission for the Class of Experimental Sciences, SSSA.
Member of the PhD Boards in Agrobiosciences and Agrobiodiversity, SSSA.
Research
Molecular physiology of cereal crops and model plants germination in response to low oxygen.
Metagenomic and molecular physiology of plant-microbe interaction under extreme environmental conditions.
Plant cultivation in extraterrestrial environments.