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Cosa insegno / What I teach 

Triennale/BSc level: Evoluzione e conservazione della diversità vegetale, ex Sistematica e Conservazione della Flora (in Italiano); Tassonomia dei vegetali e flora d'Italia (in Italiano). 

Magistrale/ MSc level: Advanced molecular methods applied to cultural heritage (in English); Archeometry and laboratory of archeometry (in English), Laboratorio di DNA antico e ricostruzioni del passato (in Italiano). 

Dottorato/PhD level: Ecological Effects of Climare Change (in English).

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Inizio corsi / Course start

Archaeometry and laboratory of archaeometry (25 Sept 2024); Evoluzione e conservazione della diversità vegetale, ex Sistematica e Conservazione della Flora  (3 March 2025, auletta 1, Antropologia CU026); Advanced molecular methods applied to cultural heritage ( 3 March 2025, lecture room E, Botany CU022); Laboratorio di DNA antico e riscostruzioni del passato (5 March 2025, Aula 16, Mineralogia CU003); Tassonomia dei vegetali e flora d'Italia (4 March 2025, aula Giacomini, Botanica CU022); Ecological Effects of Climare Change (June 2025).

I am a plant molecular ecologist with a passion for ancient DNA studies. I am interested in studying how organisms, especially plants, adapted in response to climate change. In my group we also identify species from ancient subtrates like lake sediments, cultural heritage materials (statues, manuscripts, herbarium material)  to characterise samples important for historical, archeological and ecological reconstructions. We use also modern DNA from contemporary plant populations to understand their current genetic relationships and history. For our taxonomic identifications we use molecular techniques based on DNA metabarcoding & shotgun metagenomics. 

I like also to use #Art to outreach in #Science; see some examples on my personal homepage here.

Since 1994 I have worked in Sweden at Uppsala University and from November 2019 I returned to Italy where I am Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome. I have a BSc/MSc degree (1991) in Agricultural Sciences, a PhD (2000) in Forest Genetics and a Swedish 'Docentur' (2012) in Plant Ecology.

Do you want to know more about my recent research?

Explore research, people, publications, teaching and photos pages at my personal homepage. 

Read also our latest publication on Nature Communications.

Keywords - Molecular ecology, Ancient DNA, Paleoecology, Environmental DNA, Metabarcoding, Metagenomics, Lake sediments, Plant geography, Plant systematics.