Associate Professor, Forest Pathology Education Education: PhD, Crop Science - Plant Protection Curriculum, University of Padua (Italy), 2012 MS. Plant Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Florence (Italy), 2008 BS, Forest and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence (Italy), 2005 Research Labs/Centers/Committee: Villari Forest Pathology Lab Area of Specialty: Forest Biology Biotechnology/Molecular Biology/Genetics Health and Protection Research Areas: Forest Biology Forestry Research Interests: Interactions among trees, fungal pathogens and insect herbivores; Symbioses between bark beetles and blue-stain fungi; Secondary metabolism of trees
