Chiara Catalano

• June 2023: winner of the prize for the best scientific article in fruit tree crop field announced by the Società di Ortoflorofrutticoltura Italiana (SOI) and by Pàtron editor, for the article "Reproductive Biology Factors Hampering Lemon [Citrus limon (L.) Burm. f.] Genetic Improvement" (Agriculture, https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12122020). 
• 2019-2022: PhD in Biotechnology, XXXV cycle, additional title of Internation Doctor. Title of the research project: “Deciphering the genetic determinism of the tolerance to biotic stress in lemon combining genetic and histological approaches”. Tutor: Prof. Alessandra Gentile. Co-tutor: Prof. Gaetano Distefano.
• November 2021 - March 2022: traineeship at the School of Plant Science and Food Security (Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel). Tutor: prof. Guido Sessa.
• 2019: Master’s degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, University of Catania. Thesis title: “The key role of structural and regulatory genes controlling anthocyanin pigmentation in Citrus and related genera and acidity in sweet orange fruits”. Tutor: Prof. Gaetano Distefano. Co-tutor: Dr. Concetta Licciardello (CREA-OFA).
• From 11/03/2019 to 11/06/2019: Erasmus+ Traineeship at the John Innes Centre in Norwich (United Kingdom). Research activity: The determination of acidity in Citrus; gene identification, metabolite analysis and gene editing.
• 2017: Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, University of Catania. Thesis title: “Agriculture and Green Building: common paradigms of sustainability”. Tutor: Prof. Giovanni Cascone.
• 2014: High School Diploma in Scientific Studies at Istituto di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore “Galileo Ferraris” in San Giovanni La Punta, associated section of Aci Bonaccorsi (CT).

Last edit: 02/27/2025