Claudia Pisuttu

Claudia PISUTTU, PhD
24/04/1993
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa
Research assistant – Plant Pathology (claudia.pisuttu@unipi.it)

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS (Highlights)
2024: Research Assistant (RTT), Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy;
2022: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy;
2022: PhD, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy;
2021: Visiting Scholar (three months), Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL-Switzerland;
2018: Research Fellow– Plant Pathology;
2017: M.S., Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy (cum laude);
2017: Visiting Scholar (two months), Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Philipps-Universität of Marburg, Germany.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
-Verticillium as a biocontrol agent against Ailanthus altissima invasion
- Innovative techniques to limit plant pathogens impact in greenhouses
- Ecophysiological and biochemical responses of plants to oxidative stress induced by biotic/abiotic factors
- Biomonitoring of air quality with vascular plants
-Sustainable approaches to increase plant resistance to biotic and abiotic stress

TEACHING AND MENTORING EXPERIENCES
Lecturer in Plant Pathology, B.S. course Agribusiness, Dept. Of Life Science, University of Siena; Lecturer in Urban Forest Pathology, M.S. course in Urban Green Areas and Landscape Planning and Management, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa.
Teaching Assistant in courses dealing with Plant Pathology at the Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa (e.g. Crop Protection, Tree Stability and Diagnostic Imaging).

AFFILIATIONS
• 2024 - Ongoing: Interdepartmental Research Center Nutrafood “Nutraceuticals and Food for Health”, University of Pisa

AWARDS AND HONOURS
• 2023 3rd Best PhD thesis in Plant Pathology- Associazione Italiana Protezione Piante, AIPP
• 2023 Best oral presentation,1st International Conference of Mediterranean biodiversity (University of Salento) –

SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL CONGRESSES
• 2024 Annual meeting of The International association of biomonitoring of environmental pollution (IABEP), Lisbon (Portugal)
• 2024 XX International Plant Protection Congress, Athens (Greece)
• 2023 1st International Conference of Mediterranean biodiversity, Lecce (Italy)
• 2022 International Union Forest Research Organization (IUFRO) All-Division 7 Conference, Lisbon (Portugal)