Vittoria Catara
Associate Professor of Plant pathology [AGR/12]
Email: vcatara@unict.it
Phone: +390957147370
@vcatara3566
vittoria.catara
Office Hours: Monday from 11:00 to 13:00 | Friday from 12:00 to 14:00
Curriculum vitae - Vittoria Catara
Current position: 2006 - Associate Professor in Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente - Di3A), University of Catania (UniCT).
Education:
PhD degree in Plant Pathology University of Bari, Italy (1995)
Master degree (5 years) in Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agricultural Science, UniCT, Italy (1989)
Main research activities:
Since 1990 she has joined the research activity of the Plant pathology group at DISTEF (now Di3A) UniCT, Italy and shortly after her PhD has started to grow and lead a research group involved in phytobacteriology.
Past and current research activities: molecular diagnosis of plant pathogens including fastidious bacteria; phenotypic and genomic characterization of bacteria and fungi; evaluation of plant resistance to biotic and abiotic factors; characterization and application of biocontrol agents; molecular plant bacteria interaction and genomics. 50 publications indexed in WOS/Scopus, H index 12.
Recent appointments:
- Senior Editor of Australasian Plant Disease notes, Springer (2018 - )
- Vice Chair COST 16170 EuroXanth: Integrating science on Xanthomonadaceae for integrated plant disease management in Europe (2017- 2021)
- Board Member of the Italian Phytopathological Society (2017-2019)
- Coordinator of the Master degree in “Agricultural Biotechnology”, Di3A, UniCT, Italy (2016 - )
- Associate Editor of European Journal of Plant Pathology, Springer (2013 - )
- ASN - Italian Academic Qualification as Full professor in Plant pathology 2012 and 2016.
- Associate professor in Plant Pathology, Di3A, (2006 - )
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY - DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology - 2 Year
FISIOPATOLOGIA VEGETALE ARTROPODI E BIOTECNOLOGIE
Module FISIOPATOLOGIA VEGETALE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY - DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology - 2 Year
FISIOPATOLOGIA VEGETALE ARTROPODI E BIOTECNOLOGIE
Module FISIOPATOLOGIA VEGETALE
ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Bachelor's Degree in Agricultural Science and Technology - 3 Year
Plant Disease Diagnosis and Mycology
Module Plant Disease Diagnosis
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
ACADEMIC YEAR 2015/2016
- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
Master's Degree in Agricultural Biotechnology - 1 Year
MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY