Ferdinando Fragalà
PhD Student
PhD in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science - XXXVII CycleTutor: Andrea Baglieri
- 2021-2024: PhD Course in Agricultural, Food and Environmental Science, University of Catania. Research project: “Eco-friendly agricultural use of bioproducts from municipal bio-waste with a high potentially value”. The aim of the project is to evaluate the different effects of bio based products (BPs) from bio-waste on plant and soil.
- 11/12/2020 – 30/04/2021: Research fellowship “Effetti di composti naturali sull’attività biologica del suolo e sul metabolismo vegetale”, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri.
- 26/11/2019 - 20/12/2019; 14/06/2019 - 30/06/2019; 22/11/2018 - 21/12/2018; 14/05/2018 - 05/07/2018: Visiting researcher in Mozambique for the 3 years Research project “Enhancing productivity on family farms to increase Mozambique food security Experimental composting system realization (Line 5 of the proposal)”, “Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania” and “Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal (UEM-FAEF), a Instituição Coordenadora (IC)”.
- 11/02/2019 – 14/02/2019: Participation to the PhD Winter School of the Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry, “The role of agricultural chemistry to reconcile soil and environmental quality whith food needs” Palermo.
- 12/09/2018 – 14/09/2018: participation to the summer school of the GRIFA (Gruppo di Ricerca Italiano Fitofarmaci e Ambiente) "Green Chemistry & One-Health Perspective".
- 07/09/2018 – 07/01/2019: Research fellowship "Caratterizzazione chimica e biochimica di suoli e piante soggetti a trattamenti con sostanze ad azione biostimolante". Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri.
- 12/12/2017 – 12/04/2017: Research fellowship "Uso di biomasse di Posidonia spiaggiata come fonti di biostimolanti". Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri.
- 11/09/2017 – 13/09/2017: Participation to the XXXV Convegno Nazionale della Società Italiana di Chimica Agraria, Udine.
- 06/06/2017 – 08/06/2017: Participation to the Summer school organized by GRIFA (Gruppo di Ricerca Italiano Fitofarmaci e Ambiente) IHSS (International Humic Substance Society) XI National Meeting. “Ruolo della sostanza organica e delle sostanze umiche nei processi di nutrizione vegetale e nel controllo dell’inquinamento ambientale"
- 16/05/2017 – 16/08/2017: Research fellowship "Valutazione dell'uso di biomasse di Posidonia spiaggiata in agricoltura". Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri.
- 01/09/2015 – 30/11/2015: Research fellowship FIR 2014 project "Interazioni suolo-pianta-atmosfera (SPA) monitoraggio e modellazione a diverse scale spazio temporali (interSPA). Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri.
- 20/05/2015 – 20/06/2015: Research fellowship "Prove sperimentali sull’effetto di biostimolanti sulla crescita ed il metabolismo di angurie baby coltivate in ambiente protetto ". Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania, supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri, and Valagro S.P.A.
- 28/01/2015 – 30/01/2015: Participation to the Winter school organized by GRIFA (Gruppo di Ricerca Italiano Fitofarmaci e Ambiente) WINTER SCHOOL “Strategia per una buona gestione dei prodotti fitosanitari”, Bardonecchia (TO).
- 24/07/2014: Qualification as Doctor of Agronomy and Forestry.
- 24/03/2014: Master’s Degree in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Catania. Degree thesis: “biostimolanti naturali: influenza sulla crescita di piante di mais e sulla degradazione di agrofarmaci” supervisor: Prof. Andrea Baglieri, Final mark: 107/110.