Samuele Risoli

Samuele RISOLI, PhD
Pisa, Italy, 15/06/1994
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa
Junior Researcher in Plant Pathology

EDUCATION AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS (Highlights)
2025: Junior Researcher (RTD-A) in Plant Pathology, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy
2025: Short Specialisation Programme in “Sviluppo Sostenibile e Cambiamento Climatico”, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy
2024: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Plant Pathology, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy
2024: PhD in Sustainable Development and Climate Change, IUSS Pavia, Italy
2024: Visiting Scientist (six month), Department of Agrobiotechology (IFA-Tulln), Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, BOKU University, Wien, Austria
2021: M.S. in Plant and Microbial Biotechnologies, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy (cum laude)
2018: B.S. in Viticulture and Oenology, Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Italy (cum laude)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Physiological and biochemical responses of plants to biotic and abiotic stress;
- Biological control of plant pathogens;
- Targeted and untargeted metabolomics for the understanding of plant-pathogen interaction;
- Stable isotope-labelling techniques in plant metabolomics;
- Comprehensive meta-analyses and synthesizing research data;
- Metabolic phenotyping approaches for the early detection and monitoring of plant diseases and abiotic stress;
- Vegetation spectroscopy and the concept of hyperspectral phenotyping of plant stress.

The scientific activity is documented by more than 20 papers published in peer-reviewed journals (H-index 8; Scopus, Oct 2025), as well as several unindexed papers and presentations delivered at national and international conferences (also as invited-speaker), and the involvement in national and international research projects.
Member of the “Young Editorial Board” of the Journal of Plant Pathology (Springer); Guest Editor of a special issue of the American Society of Agronomy (Wiley); Reviewer of many peer-reviewed journals.

TEACHING AND MENTORING ACTIVITIES
Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa
Lecturer in Viticultural Pathology and Genetic-Health Certification, B.S. course in Viticulture and Oenology;
Lecturer in Phytosanitary Certification, M.S. course in Sustainable Agricultural Systems;
Lecturer in Sustainable Use of Phytosanitary Products, M.S. course in Sustainable Agricultural Systems;
Teaching Assistant in courses dealing with Plant Pathology (e.g. Crop Protection);
Thesis Supervisor and/or Mentor of undergraduate and graduate students;
Tutor of the Short Specialisation Programme in “Sviluppo Sostenibile e Cambiamento Climatico”.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Risoli et al. 2022. Trichoderma-Induced Resistance to Botrytis cinerea in Solanum Species: A Meta-Analysis. Plants 11: 180.
Risoli et al. 2024. Biocontrol agents of Fusarium Head Blight in wheat: A meta-analytic approach to elucidate their strengths and weaknesses. Phytopathology 114(3): 521-537.
Risoli et al., 2025. Metabolomic insights on the response of winter wheat cultivars to Fusarium head blight infection and inoculation with a biocontrol strain in open field. Plant Stress 16: 100807.
For a complete list of my publications, please refer to my Scopus profile: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57404659500