Former Research Director and Head of the ENEA Biotechnology Laboratory at the Casaccia Research Center, Rome.
Having obtained a degree in Biology, after a period of scholarships in Italy and abroad, he carried out all his scientific activity at the organisation's structures, joining the permanent staff in 1983 and serving until 2022.
He has directed numerous national and international research projects in the field of plant genetics (classical and molecular) with applications in the genetic improvement of plants aimed at the creation of new plant 'ideotypes' capable of responding to different needs of the agri-food and pharmaceutical sectors.
Associate Editor of the journal Plant Cell Reports
Born in Catanzaro (CZ), November the 19th, 1964
Married, three sons.
1987 - Graduated in Biological Science Biologist with a score of 110/110 cum laude, University of Rome "La Sapienza"
1988 – Professional habilitation as Biologist
1989 – Researcher at Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
2014- Italian scientific habilitation (ASN) as associated professor for section 0 05/I1 – Genetics and Microbiology
Federica Demaria is a researcher in Economics at CREA - PB (Council for Research in Agriculture and Analysis of Agricultural Economics - Center for Policies and Bioeconomics, Rome).
He obtained a PhD in Applied Economics from the Department of Economic, Statistical and Financial Sciences "Giovanni Anania”, University of Calabria in 2009. He is also an Associate Researcher at UMR MOISA, INRA, Montpellier University, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM, Montpellier SupAgro (France).
The research activity is mainly linked to the effects of tariff and non-tariff measures such as sanitary, phytosanitary and technical regulations on trade; International trade in the agri-food sector; Preferential trade agreements, European trade policies; EU agricultural and environmental policies. Other activities and fields concern consumer attitudes towards genetically modified foods and the implementation of various statistical and econometric methods on time-series and cross-sectional analyzes at the farm level.
Academic Curriculum
Degree in Food Science and Technology obtained at the University of Molise on 24/04/2001 (AY 2000-2001) with a score of 110/110 with honors. Experimental thesis entitled "Characterization of the lipid fraction of T. dicoccon Schrank and T. spelta L.". Speakers: prof. Emanuele Marconi, Prof. Maria Fiorenza Caboni.
PhD in Food Biotechnology at the Department of Agro-Food, Environmental and Microbiological Sciences and Technologies, University of Molise.
Prof Yeganeh Manon Khazrai he has been a professor at the Campus Bio-Medico University since 2001.
He is responsible for the internships of the students of the Master's Degree in Food and Human Nutrition Sciences.
Builder of communicative ecosystems for the health of people, territories and communities.
Professional journalist and public and institutional communicator, ceremonialist, expert in public relations, new media, events, brand management, marketing and reputational crisis management.
Extensive experience as a spokesperson for national and local institutions. Consultant for institutions and companies on strategic communication, crisis communication, reputational positioning, ceremonial and event organization, media training.
Thirty years of experience in journalism and management of newspapers, with over twenty years of activity in the field of strategic and institutional communication, marketing and media relations in the sectors of health, the fight against corruption in the public administration, the protection of citizens' rights and the promotion of the territory.
Contract professor of theUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma in Nutrition Communication and in the Agri-Food Field.
Trainer in master's and specialization and post-graduate qualification courses, organizer, speaker and moderator of national and international events, author of scientific publications and five monographic volumes.
General Secretary of Public Communication, former Vice President of the Italian Ceremonialists.
Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Director of Nutrition and Sustainability Department of Soremartec Italia srl, a company of the Ferrero Group that deals with research and development.
In the years in which I have been involved in consultancy in the process sectors of companies in the food sector, I have developed particular attention to the circular economy of processes, transforming many of the company "costs" into "resources". For some years I have been dealing with strategic consultancy in the sustainability sectors: supplies, processes and optimizations, technologies, always guaranteeing Food Defense and Food Security.
I followed around 300 companies in the food sector by studying processes and optimizing them in order to manage a better product with a high-performance process.
He graduated in Veterinary Sciences at the University of Perugia where he obtained a PhD in "Development, hygiene, healthiness and quality of animal products.
He acquired a further specialization in "The control of foods of animal origin", University of Turin.
Post-graduate course in Corporate Finance and Management Control at the Faculty of Economics - University of Modena.
Honorary awards
Awarded the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Honorary academic of the Academy of Italian Cuisine.
