Antonietta LEONE | Curriculum

ANTONIETTA LEONE, degree in Agricultural Sciences in 1982, at University of Naples “Federico II”,  is presently Associate Professor of Plant Genetics and Genetic Engineering at DiFARMA, University of Salerno (Italy). She is member of several Italian and International Scientific Societies, and serves as peer reviewer for National and International Research Programmes in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology. She is author of more than 70 papers in international scientific journal. 

2002-p Associate Professor of Plant Genetics and Metabolic Engineering- School of Pharmacy and Medicine, University of Salerno (Italy)

2013-p Coordinator of the Bachelor Degree in Herbal Sciences-Department of Pharmacy, University of Salerno 

2013-p Adjunct Associate Professor at Temple University’s College of Science and Technology, Department of Biology, Philadelphia (USA) 

2010-p Component of the Management Committee and leader of the Working Goup 2 of the EU-COST Action “PlantEngine “ (FA1006) 

2006-p Coordinator of the PhD programme in Systems Biology, University of Salerno

2000-2002Member of the Board of Trustees of the Italian Society of Plant Genetics (SIGA)

1998-1999 Visiting Professor at Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Plantas, CSIC-UPV, Valencia (Spain) (Sept 1998-Oct. 1999)

1995-p Peer reviewer of the Israel Science Foundation, the Finnish Academy of Sciences and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

1986-1987 Research associate at Department of Botany, University of Georgia, Athens, USA, investigating the molecular responses to environmental stresses in pea and soybean, in collaboration with Dr. J.L. Key (October 1986-December 1987)

1985-1986Visiting professor at John Innes Insitute, Norwich, UK (Dr. Cliff Hedley, November 1985) and Visiting Professor and at Plant Breeding Institute Cambridge, UK (Dr. Steve Quarrie, July 1986) 

1983-2002 Senior scientist at the Research Institute for Plant Genetics, National 

Research Council, Portici (Naples), Italy