List of PhD students
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Name and surname Angelo AGNUSDEI
Email angelo.agnusdei@uniba.it
Curriculum Crop protection
Tutor Stefania Pollastro, Donato Gerin
Co-Tutor Francesco Faretra, Luis González Candelas e Ana Rosa Ballester Frutos (Instituto de Agroquimica y Tecnologia de Alimentos, Conselio Superior de Investigationes Cientificas, Paterna, Spagna)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Innovative green technologies for vine-winery sustainability and OTA contamination risk reduction
Name and surname Arce Joseba AQUILO
Email joseba.aguiloarce@uniba.it
Curriculum Environmental Sciences
Tutor Caterina Longo
Co-Tutor Pere Ferriol (Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, UIB), Maria Scrascia
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Marine zoo-remediation through commercially exploitable filter-feeder invertebrates: Porifera
Name and surname Serafina Serena AMOIA
Email serena.amoia@ipsp.cnr.it
Curriculum Crop protection
Tutor Franco Nigro
Co-Tutor Loconsole Giuliana (CNR-IPSP)
Funded by Extra admitted
Title of the thesis Innovative molecular approaches for Xylella fastidiosa diagnosis
Name and surname Francesco ARCIERI
Email francesco.arcieri@uniba.it
Curriculum Plant genetics and bio-technology
Tutor Stefano Pavan
Co-Tutor Luigi Manfredi (Innovaprot srl, Gravina in Puglia)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesisCharacterization of grain legume biodiversity for stress adaptation and innovative industrial uses with low environmental inputs
Name and surname Giorgio BAFFA (retired)
Email giorgio.baffa@uniba.it
Curriculum Protezione delle colture
Tutor Enrico de Lillo
Co-Tutor Giovanni Tamburini
Funded by INPS
Title of the thesis Ecological and genetic aspects of the aphid Daktulosphaira vitifoliae and possibility of control using eco-sustainable control means
Name and surname Rym BOUKHALFA
Curriculum Sustainable Mediterranean agriculture
Tutor Giuseppe De Mastro
Co-Tutor Generosa Calabrese (IAM-B Bari), Claudia Ruta (DiSSPA, UNIBA), Saida Messgo-Moumene (Université Blida 1, Blida, Algeria)
Funded by Extra admitted
Title of the thesis Mediterranean aromatic plants and eco-friendly techniques for agricultural weed management
Name and surname Michele BUX (retired)
Email michele.bux@uniba.it
Curriculum Environmental Sciences
Tutor Porzia Maiorano
Co-Tutor Alessio Pollice (Dip. di Economia e Finanza, UNIBA)
Funded by extra admitted
Titolo della tesi Evalutation of the biodiversity, biological sources and sustainability of the fishing in the Ionian Sea
Name and surname Claudio CALIA
Email claudio.calia@uniba.it
Curriculum Sustainable Mediterranean agriculture
Tutor Giuseppe De Mastro
Co-Tutor Luigi Manfredi (Innovaprot srl, Gravina in Puglia), Carlo Ingrao (Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Diritto dell'Impresa, UNIBA), Sara González-García (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Santiago di Compostela, Spagna)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Sustainable plant protein supply chain for a path to ecological transition
Name and surname Davide CARANFA
Curriculum Genetica e biotecnologie vegetali
Tutor Agata Gadaleta
Co-Tutor Ilaria Marcotuli (DiSSPA, UNIBA); Maria Francesca Spagnuolo (Semolificio Loiudice, Altamura), José Miguel Soriano (IRTA, Caldes de Montbui Barcelona, Spagna)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Genetic studies of new grains improved with quality traits
Name and surname Mariangela CARLUCCI
Email mariangela.carlucci@uniba.it
Curriculum Crop protection
Tutor Francesco Nigro
Co-Tutor Pierfederico La Notte (CNR-IPSP)
Funded by CNR-IPSP
Title of the thesis Resistance of Olea europaea toward Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca ST53: influence of cultural practices and endogenous factors
Name and surname Adriano DIDONNA
Email adriano.didonna@uniba.it
Curriculum Sustainable Mediterranean agriculture
Tutor Pietro Santamaria
Co-Tutor Massimiliano Renna (DiSSPA, UNIBA)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Protection and valorisation of Apulian fruit vegetables
Name and surname Vincenzo FIORE
Email vincenzo.fiore@uniba.it
Curriculum Sustainable Mediterranean agriculture
Tutor Bernardo Corrado De Gennaro
Co-Tutor Roselli Luigi
Funded by former DiSAAT
Title of the thesisThe agroecological transition of agricultural systems in the Mediterranean regions: application of the TAPE methodology in Italy
Name and surname Andrea MAGARELLI
Email andrea.magarelli@uniba.it
Curriculum Sustainable Mediterranean agriculture
Tutor Giuseppe Ferrara
Co-Tutor Thierry Simonneau e. Angelique Christophe (INRAE, Montpellier, Francia)
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Effects of overhead photovoltaic panels on quali-quantitative aspects of grapevine/fruit production
Name and surname Monica MARRA
Email monica.marra@uniba.it
Curriculum Plant genetics and bio-technology
Tutor Cinzia Montemurro
Co-Tutor Gian Paolo Accotto (IPSP-CNR)
Funded by no fellowship
Title of the thesis Soil-borne viral diseases in durum wheat: searching the Global Durum Wheat Panel (GDP) for novel genomic regions implicated in resistance and development of rapid diagnostic tools
Name and surname Isabella MASCIO
Email isabella.mascio@uniba.it
Curriculum Plant genetics and bio-technology
Tutor Domenica Nigro, Claudio De Giovanni
Co-Tutor
Funded by University of Bari
Title of the thesis The Mediterranean Basin: genetic variability and functional study of genes within species of agronomic interest
Name and surname Silvia PROCINO
Email silvia.procino@uniba.it
Curriculum Plant genetics and bio-technology
Tutor Cinzia Montemurro
Co-Tutor Francesca Taranto (CNR-IBBR)
Funded by Apulia District based on POC
Title of the thesis Genetic analysis using next-generation sequencing method to disclose genomic variants in grapevine cultivars
Name and surname Gianvito RAGONE
Email gianvito.ragone@uniba.it
Curriculum Crop protection
Tutor Giovanni Tamburini
Co-Tutor
Funded by PON-RI DM 1061/2021
Title of the thesis Sustainable control of harmful organisms in Mediterranean agroecosystems
Name and surname Palma Rosa ROTONDO
Email palma.rotondo@uniba.it
Curriculum Protezione delle colture
Tutor Rita Milvia De Miccolis Angelini
Co-Tutor Paolo F. Ambrico (CNR-ISTPR), Francesco Faretra
Funded by University of Bari Aldo Moro
Title of the thesis Cold plasma as an innovative technology in integrative crop and plant protection strategy”
Name and surname Valeria SINI
Email valeria.sini@uniba.it
Curriculum Environmental Sciences
Tutor Gianfranco D’Onghia
Co-Tutor Pietro Cotugno (Dip. Chimica, UNIBA)
Funded by Progeva
Title of the thesisDevelopment of green extraction method of fatty acids from the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) for the production of Biofuel
Name and surname Donato STEA
Email donato.stea@uniba.it
Curriculum Agricoltura mediterranea sostenibile
Tutor Giuseppe De Mastro
Co-Tutor
Funded by University of Bari Aldo Moro
Title of the thesis Implementazione di strategie agronomiche tecnologicamente avanzate e sostenibili per la Filiera del Carciofo (Cynara cardunculus L.) pugliese