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La dott.ssa Camilla Pandolfi ha conseguito il dottorato in Spece Life Science presso l'Università di Firenze nel 2008, sotto la supervisione del Prof. Mancuso. La tesi si è focalizzata allo studio delle prime risposte delle radici in condizioni di microgravità. Dopo il dottorato ha trascorso due anni nel laboratorio del Prof. Mancuso con assegno di ricerca continuando i suoi studi sulla fisiologia della risposta gravitropica, sulla fisiologia degli stress e sui tropismi. Nel 2010 ha vinto un Endeavour Research Fellowship e si è trasferita in Australia per un period di 6 mesi, nel laboratorio di fisiologia dello stress dell'Università della Tasmania. Qui ha condotto una ricerca sulla salinità e sulla segnalazione e l'adattamento dello stress ossidativo nel mais (Zea mais L.) sotto la supervisione del Prof. Shabala. Nel 2011 ha iniziato un Post Doc nell’Advanced Concepts Team dell'Agenzia Spaziale Europea, nei Paesi Bassi. Lì ha proposto e supervisionato progetti di space biology e di biomimetica. I progetti hanno coinvolto collaborazioni con partner accademici internazionali.
Nel 2013 ha vinto una borsa di studio Marie Curie IEF - sulla capacità delle piante di scambiare informazioni circa il loro stato di salute. In particolare: come le radici segnalano all’apparato aereo la presenza di stress abiotici a livello del terreno, la natura di tali segnali e la capacità, tramite composti organici volatili (VOC) di scambiare informazioni con altri organismi vegetali. Dal 2017 è RTD presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=e965i5kAAAAJ&hl=it
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8686-8761URL for web site: www.linv.org
EDUCATION
21/03/2008 Università degli Studi di Firenze - PhD in Gravitational plant physiology. Title of the thesis: Study of the early phases of gravitropic response in roots.
27/04/2003 Università degli Studi di Firenze - Laurea degree in Agriculture and Environmental Protection 110/110 cum laude. Title of the thesis: “Use of green compost in the preparation of nursery substrates”.
1997 - High school diploma (Liceo Scientifico Statale N. Rodolico) (FI), Italy Final grade: 53/60
Languages: Italian (Native proficiency), English (Professional working proficiency).
05/12/2017 – CONSEGUIMENTO ABILITAZIONE SCIENTIFICA NAZIONALE PROFESSORE II FASCIA SETTORE CONCORSUALE 07/B2
CURRENT POSITION
05/2017 - Present Ricercatore universitario a t.d. t.pieno (art. 24 c.3-a L. 240/10)
Università degli Studi di FIRENZE - P.zza S. Marco, 4 - FIRENZE
Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente – DISPAA
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
07/2015 – 04/2017 Assegnista di ricerca - Post doc – DISPAA – Università degli Studi di Firenze
04/2013 – 03/2015 - Marie Curie IE Fellowship - The roots of plant productivity: how the rhizosphere interacts with the aboveground armament for indirect and direct defense against abiotic stressors. University of Florence Italy
The project aims at elucidating the signalling and communication ability of plant under en- vironmental stresses. In particular: how roots signal the presence of stress to the shoots; the nature of the signal; and how plants signal the presence of stressful events to eavesdropping plants thanks to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). The major focus is the integration of cell biology with electrophysiology and plant biochemistry.
03/2011 - 02/2013 – Research fellow. Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency. Noordwijk - The Netherlands.
The aim of the team is to perform, monitor and foster research on advanced space sys- tems, innovative concepts and working methods, by engaging in collaborative research with academia. The team serves the function of a think tank providing decision makers the sup- port of a highly multidisciplinary research group.
08/2010 – 02/2011 - Endeavour Research Fellowship. Stress Physiology Lab, University of Tasmania - Australia. Tackling the global climate changes: salinity and oxidative stress signalling and adaptation in corn (Zea mais L.)
03/2008 - 07/2010 - Post Doc at the DiPSA - University of Florence - Italy.
Main areas of research: gravitational physiology, stress physiology and plant tropisms. Among the principal advanced electrophysiological techniques, she is an expert in: (1) the Vibrating Probe technique, (2) the MIFE system, (3) the MEA System; (4) the Zeiss flu- orescence inverted microscope (5) transmembrane potential measurements; (6) fabrication, validation and use of selective microelectrodes for specific ions.
10/2007 - 02/2008 Research Fellowship. Stress Physiology Lab, University of Tasmania – Australia
04/2004 - 03/2008 PhD in Gravitational plant physiology - University of Florence.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES (Research sectors)
- Plant eco-physiology and plant stress physiology
- Plant-plant and plant-ant interactions
- Electrophysiology and chemical ecology
- Plant biomechanics and biomimetics
- Food chemistry
ADVANCED TRAINING COURSES
2013 - PTR-MS-TOF Training corse - IONICON Analytik, Innsbruck
2013 - National Instruments - LabVIEW RIO - Build Your Own Embedded Workshop
2011 - Space System Engineering Course - University of Southampton
2013 Marie Curie – IEF - Fellowship
2010 Endeavour Research Award - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Australia.
2009 Best Student Presentation in Life Science - ELGRA Biennal Symposium. Bonn.
TEACHING
Arboriculture (3CFU) – CL Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari – Università degli studi di Firenze
Biotecnologie delle specie legnose (1 CFU) - Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Scienze Vivaistiche Ambiente e Gestione del Verde
LABORATORIO DI PROGETTAZIONE EUROPEA PER IL FINANZIAMENTO DELLA RICERCA AVANZATA - (3 CFU) Master 1 livello Università degli Studi di Firenze - FUTURO VEGETALE
LABORATORIO DI BIOMIMETICA - (3 CFU) Master 1 livello Università degli Studi di Firenze - FUTURO VEGETALE
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Biomimicry Institute - AskNature (from 2011)
Botanical Society of American (since 2014)
Marie Curie Alumni Association (since 2013)
Australia Awards Alumni Network (since 2010)
Women in Aerospace Europe (since 2010)
European Low Gravity Research Association (since 2009)
Society of Plant Signalling and Behavior (since 2008)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
- Organizing commitee of "The First Symposium on Plant Neurobiology" 17 - 20 May 2005 - Firenze
- Speaker 2nd SYMPOSIUM ON PLANT NEUROBIOLOGY, PECHINO - CINA - relazione dal titolo: Effect of auxin inhibitors and glutamate on electrotropism of maize roots. C.PANDOLFI; E.AZZARELLO; S.MUGNAI; S.MANCUSO
- Organizing commitee of the "5th Symposium on Plant Neurobiology" 25 to 29 May, 2009 Firenze
- Invited speaker for student competition - ELGRA Biennial Symposium, Bonn - Germany 1st-4th Sept 2009 "Pandolfi C., Masi E., Mugnai S., Azzarello E., Renna L., Stefano G., Mancuso S. Physiological response to temporary changes in gravity conditions on plants."
- Speaker - IX Giornate Scientifiche SOI, Firenze 10-12 maggio 2010 "Pandolfi C., Masi E., Pagano M., 2010. Valutazione dell’effetto dell’acclimatazione sulla riduzione dei danni da stress salino in due cultivar di Olea europaea."
- Speaker - 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly 18-25 July 2010 Bremen Germany
- Poster presentation - Plant Membrane Biology 15th International Workshop, 20-25 Sept. 2010 Adelaide Australia
- Speaker - CAREX Conference on Life in Extreme Environments, 18-20 October 2011 - Dublin, Ireland
- invited speaker - Smart Solutions from the Plant Kingdom: Beyond the Animal Models, 24 October 2011, Accademia dei Georgofili Firenze
- Scientific and organising committee of the workshop "10 years of Advanced Concepts and Looking Ahead" 2-3 July 2012 - ESTEC, European Space Agency, Nordwijk The Netherlands
- Poster presentation - Living Machines: the international conference on biomimetic and biohybrid systems. Barcelona, 9-12 July 2012.
- Speaker - Annual Meeting of the Society of Plant Signaling and Behavior 2013, 8 - 10 July Vancouver Canada.
- invited speaker - Learning from the Plant Kingdom to Invent Smart Artificial Solutions, Workshop. 20 July 2013 , Londra, UK
- Poster presentation - Living Machines 2013: the international conference on biomimetic and biohybrid systems. London, 30 July - 2 Aug 2013.
- invited speaker - Marie Curie Actions: On the last lap to Horizon 2020 Florence, 26-27 November 2013
- Speaker - International Symposium on Plant Signaling and Behavior 2014, New Delhi, India 7-10 March.
- Design and Nature 2014, 9 - 11 July 2014. Opatija, Croatia.
- Invited speaker for the "Hello Tomorrow Challenge 2015 - food and agriculture track" during the HELLO TOMORROW CONFERENCE 2015, June 25th – 26th 2015 Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris
- Invited speaker - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) event "Mobility Takes Research Further" 11-12 maggio 2017, Malta
- EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Editor - Acta Futura - European Space Agency - http://www.esa.int/ACT/publications/ActaFutura/index.htm
Associate Editor - Advances in Horticultural Science
biomimetica, bioispirazione
Legenda
Dr Camilla Pandolfi obtained her PhD in Space Life Science at the University of Florence in 2008, under the supervision of Prof. Mancuso. The thesis was focused on the analysis of the early responses of roots in microgravity conditions. After the PhD she spent two years in the Prof. Mancuso’s lab with a postdoc position continuing her studies on gravitational physiology, stress physiology and plant tropisms. In 2010 she won an Endeavour Research Fellowship, and moved to Australia, in the Stress Physiology Lab of the University of Tasmania. There she conducted a research on salinity and oxidative stress signaling and adaptation in corn (Zea mais L.) under the supervision of Prof. Shabala. In 2011 she started a Post Doc in the Advanced Concepts Team of the European Space Agency, in the Netherlands. There she proposed and supervised projects on space biology and biomimetics. The projects involved collaborations with international academic partners. She also assisted the board of directors in the development of road maps for ESA, identifying possible disruptive technologies outside of the space domain. In 2013 she was granted a Marie Curie IEF- Fellowship on the signaling and communication ability of plant under environmental stresses. In particular: how roots signal the presence of stress, the nature of the signal, and how plants signal the presence of stressful events to eavesdropping plants thanks to Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). Since 2017 she is RTD at the University of Florence.
Among the principal advanced electrophysiological techniques, she is an expert in: (1) the Vibrating Probe technique, (2) the MIFE system, (3) the MEA System; (4) the Zeiss fluorescence inverted microscope (5) Vibrating Probe technique; (6) PTR-MS-TOF.
She is author of 25 publications in international scientific journal, as well as 7 book chapters and more than 40 conference proceedings.