Antonio Carlo Barbera

• Prof. Antonio C. Barbera
• My ORCID iD is: 0000-0002-7963-5150
• Scopus Author ID: 7004323289
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Master in Agriculture Science and Technology and PhD in Biology of Mediterranean Species (Productivity of Cultivated Plants), Thesis: “A Study of Nitrogen Fixation and its Relationship to Nitrogen Nutrition in Grain Legumes”; He is professor in Agronomy and Crop Science at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environment (Di3A) - University of Catania - since 1999.

In 1988, he obtained his license to practice as an agronomist. From September 1988 to September 1989, he served in the Italian Army. Starting in February 1990, he received a two-year fellowship from the National Research Council to study “Nitrogen fixation and the accumulation of nitrogen and proteins in leguminous species.” From April to December 1991, he continued his research at the Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory (P.A.B.L.) Department of Agronomy - University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA. In 1993, he was hired by the Region of Sicily - Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and from November 1995 to July 1999 served as an Agricultural Technical Manager at the Sicilian Experimental Grain Crops Research Station in Caltagirone (CT), where he conducted research on the biological, physiological, and agronomic aspects of field-grown grain crops.

In 1997, he earned his Ph.D. by presenting and defending his final dissertation: “Study of the nitrogen fixation process and its relationship to nitrogen nutrition in grain legumes.”

Since 1999, he has been a professor in the scientific-disciplinary sector AGRI-02/A “Agronomy and Herbaceous Crops” at the Department of Agricultural Sciences (Di3A) of the University of Catania.

1991 Plant and Animal Biotechnology Laboratory (P.A.B.L.) - Department of Agronomy, University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA; Prof. James E. Harper - Research Leader

June–September 2000 CLIMA (Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture), Perth, WA, Australia; Director: Prof. Mike Ewing.

March/June 2004 - Department of Plant Physiology - University of Granada, Spain - collaborating with Prof. Carmen Lluch Plà

September 2025 ISARA - School of Engineering in Agronomy, Food, and Environment - Lyon Campus (France) collaborating with Prof. Alexander Wezel

September 2025 Center for Research on Desertification (CIDE-CSIC-UV-GVA) Valencia (Spain) collaborating with Dr. Diego Sebastiano Intrigliolo Molina, Director of the Center for Research on Desertification

He is a member of the Interuniversity Center for Research on Agroecosystems (CIRCULAR) –December 22, 2021, Administrative Board – University of Catania – Institutional and Territorial Relations Office, ref. no. 917744 dated December 23, 2021

He is a founding member and member of the Scientific Committee of the ‘Interdepartmental Research Center for the Implementation of Aquaculture and Bioremediation Systems (CRIAB)’ at the University of Catania, established by Rector’s Decree No. 834 of March 6, 2018 – Director: Prof. Margherita Ferrante.

Teaching Activities:

2000–2005, Principles and Techniques of Dry Farming and Irrigation; 2005–2010, Herbaceous Crops for Environmental Protection;

2007–2010 Agronomic Techniques of Fertilization; 2011–2013 Cropping Systems and Soil Conservation

Currently teaches in the following master’s degree programs:

•    Agricultural Science and Technology - 1st year - 9798513 - SUSTAINABLE AGROECOSYSTEM - Module: Sustainable Management of Cropping Systems

•    Sustainable Management of the Environment and Landscape - 1st year 9799137 - Pratiche Agronomiche per la Conservazione Del Suolo

•    Protection of the Territory, Environment, and Landscape - 2nd year 9795453 - Agronomic Practices for Soil Conservation

He has served as a supervisor for numerous experimental master’s and doctoral theses at the University of Catania, and as a co-tutor with Prof. Maurizio Borin for two doctoral candidates at the Doctoral School of Plant Production Sciences at the University of Padua.

His main agronomic and interdisciplinary research activities focus on the following topics:

•    Agroecology,

•    Sustainable agriculture - agro-ecosystem services,

•    Agrivoltaics,

•    Nature-based solutions for agriculture and the environment,

•    Wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture.

Last edit: 05/30/2025