Role
Senior Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Padua.
Bio
After graduating in Biology from the University of Naples Federico II in 1974, she completed her studies at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa and worked in Madrid in developmental genetics . A CNR researcher in Pisa and a Research Fellow at Berkeley, she became an Associate Professor of Plant Physiology at the University of Padua in 1987, and then a Full Professor in 2000.
His research interests include plant biology and cell biology , with a focus on somatic embryogenesis, hormonal signal transduction, ion channels, and processes of senescence and programmed cell death in model and edible plants .
Author of over one hundred publications, she has directed national and European biotechnology projects. She was Secretary General of the IAPTC, Italy's delegate for Plant Biology Europe, PhD coordinator at the University of Padua, and Chair of the ASN Commission for Plant Physiology. She was President of the Plant Biology Society and was named an ASP Pioneer Member by the American Society of Plant Biologists.