Prof.ssa Laura De Gara
Full Professor of Plant Physiology. President of the Italian Society of Plant Biology and Secretary General of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology. You contributed to the creation of the Departmental Faculty of Science and Technology for Man and the Environment (in 2023 it was renamed Departmental Faculty of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health), of which, from 2019 to 2022, you were Principal. You are President of the Master's Degree Course in Food and Human Nutrition Sciences.
Full Professor of Plant Physiology. President of the Italian Society of Plant Biology and Secretary General of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology. You contributed to the creation of the Departmental Faculty of Science and Technology for Man and the Environment (in 2023 it was renamed Departmental Faculty of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health), of which, from 2019 to 2022, you were Principal. You are President of the Master's Degree Course in Food and Human Nutrition Sciences.
Biography
Academic Curriculum
12 XII 1981 Degree in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude)
1 XI 1984 Researcher of Botany in service at the Botanical Institute of the Faculty of Sciences MMFFNN of the University of Bari.
1 XI 1998 Associate Professor of Plant Physiology (Faculty of Sciences MMFFNN of the University of Bari).
1 I 2005 Full Professor of Plant Physiology (MMFFNN Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bari).
1 I 2008 Full Professor of Plant Physiology (MMFFNN Faculty of Sciences of the University of Bari).
1 XI 2009 Full Professor of Plant Physiology Università campus Bio-Medico di Roma (UCBM)
Roles covered in the teaching-management field
- 2000 - 2008 Delegate of the Dean for the Degree Course in Dietetics - UCBM
- IX 2003 - VI 2009 President of the Degree Course in Natural Sciences, Faculty of Sciences MMFFNN University of Bari.
- AY 2005/06 Director of the second level Master in Identification and Management of Protected Natural Areas, University of Bari.
- 2006 -2010 Member of the Technical Committee promoting the Course in Food Science and Human Nutrition - UCBM.
- 2006-2007 Member of the Evaluation TeamUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
- 2007-2009 Member of the Board of Directors UCBM
- 2005 - 2013 Board member of the Italian Society of Plant Biology.
- From the. 2009 to 2014 delegate of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for study courses L/13 and LM/61 UCBM
- From 2014 to today President of the Master's Degree Course LM/61
- From July 2019 to October 2022 Dean of the Departmental Faculty of Science and Technology for Man and the Environment
- From 1 November 2022 Deputy Pro-Rector with responsibility for Teaching
Curriculum Vitae
Activities carried out as an expert
Peer Reviewer of scientific articles for numerous ISI-reviewed international journals and member of the Editorial Board / Reviewer Board of ISI-reviewed scientific journals
Reviewer for CIVR/VQR in area 05 (Biology) and 07 (Agriculture).
Evaluator of research projects for foreign funding bodies
Member of the PhD thesis evaluation commission at Italian and foreign universities
Member of the international commission for the assignment of the Federation of European Society of Plant Biology Award to young researchers for the two-year period 2005-2006; 2007-2008.
2007-2009 Elected President of the Plant Oxygen Group of the Society for Free Radical Research-European Region and member of the Stearing Committee of the Plant Oxygen Group
2010-today Member of the Commission "School and Food" "Food Education" of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR)
2012 – 2018 Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of European Society of Plant Biology (FESPB) and head of the Grants & Awards Committee,
2018-present Secretary General of the FESPB
2019 20 Vice President of the Italian Society of Plant Biology
2021-22 Elected President of the Italian Society of Plant Biology
Current lines of research
- Antioxidants, prebiotics and functional foods.
- Regulation of the cellular redox state and responses to oxidative stress.
- Signaling in the response to stress in plant model systems
- Plant resilience and climate change
PUBLICATIONS
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