1987-92: Diploma in Agricultural Studies, Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale, Piedimonte M. (CE), Italy Grade:
60/60
1992-97: Laurea in Scienze Agrarie (B.Ag.Sci.), University of Pisa / Scuola Superiore S.Anna ,
Graduated: 110/110 cum laude; (First-class
honours)
1997-2001 PhD in Advanced Technology in
Horticultural Science: Scuola Superiore
S. Anna. Thesis in “Postharvest physiology and technology of Mediterranean cut
foliage” Grade: 100/100 cum laude;
Working experiences
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27 December 2001
- 30 December 2003. Laboratory technician at Dep. Biologia delle Piante Agrarie. University of Pisa.
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01 January 2004
(present) Researcher at Dep. of Crop Sciences at University of Milan.
1992-1997 Awarded an undergraduate scholarship from Scuola Superiore S. Anna.
1995 awarded maltese government fellowship for short course in
English;
1996 awarded an Erasmus fellowship from University of Pisa
for an "intensive course in organic farming" (in English) at Fakultät für Agrarwissenschaften
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
Germany.
1997 awarded a fellowship (5 months) from Scuola Superiore S. Anna to
conduct research in postharvest physiology of gerbera at Agrotechnological
Research Institute Wageningen, Netherlands. Thesis “Research on vase life of cut gerbera flowers” (in English).
1997 Short course on “production et commercialisation des
plantes ornementales de haute qualite: de la
recherche au consommateur”(in French) at Scuola Superiore
S. Anna.
1997-2001 awarded an
postgraduate Scholarschip from Scuola
Superiore S. Anna.
1998 professional qualification of agronomist
(Italian national board);
1999 English proficiency TOEFL test: score
207/300.
a) 1997 (5 months) Agrotechnological
Research Institute Wageningen (ATO-DLO), Netherlands.
research on postharvest physiology of cut gerbera
flowers (supervisor: Dr. W.G. van Doorn).
b) 2000 (1 year) Visitor researcher at the department
of Environmental Horticulture, University of California Davis. Research on
molecular studies in leaf yellowing in cut alstroemeria
flowers (supervisor: Prof. M.S. Reid).
SOCIETIES
Member of Italian Horticultural Society (SOI)
since 2001.
International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) dal 2005.
Centro Scientifico Italiano dei Fertilizzanti (CIEC) dal 2007.
Member of Editorial Board of International Journals
-The Open Horticulture Journal (http://www.bentham.org/open/tohortj/EBM.htm)