I had my PhD in Crop Plant Biology in 2001 and a Specialization degree in Plant Biotechnology in the same year, both of them at the University of Pisa, where I started later my research activity as a Post-Doc. In 2006 I moved to the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, where I got a Research Associate position in 2008.
My research activities are mainly focused on the nutraceutical valorization of fruit and vegetables, by mean of both transgenic and breeding approaches. In recent years I have been mainly involved in the study of the biosynthetic pathways leading to the production of anthocyanins in tomato fruits, being these phytochemicals well-known health beneficial compounds, and in the analysis of the mechanisms allowing rice plants to volatilize and accumulate iodine, when supplied as a micronutrient, with a biofortification purpose.
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