Assignee

email: lucio.pisano@isafom.cnr.it

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences (L-13) from the University of Salerno. Title of bibliographic thesis: "The pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP): structure, localisation and function in vertebrates".
• Master's Degree in Biology (LM-06) awarded by the University of Salerno. Title of experimental thesis: "Conversion of a Chestnut Wood into a Crop in the National Park of Cilento, Vallo Diano and Alburni: Effects on the Chemical-Physical and Biological Properties of the Soil".
• Master's Degree in "Dietology and Human Nutrition" awarded by the University of Naples Federico II. Title of thesis: "Ageing, Sarcopenia and Nutrition in the Elderly".

Research experience:

• Research fellow in the ABC - Agrobiodiversity Campania project concerning the multiplication, conservation and characterisation of native herbaceous plant genetic resources in the Campania Region.

Laboratory/field activities:

• Chemical and biological sampling and analysis of soil samples using volumetric titration techniques for the determination of organic carbon and organic nitrogen; quantification of enzyme activities using the spectrophotometer UV-Visible Shimadzu Scientific Instruments UV-1800; measurement of pH using the Eutech Instruments pH meter 2700 and electrical conductivity using the Hanna Instruments Italia HI 9811-5 conductivity meter. Use of the gas chromatograph Agilent Technologies 6850 to study the catabolic response profile of the microbial community compared to the Biolog EcoPlateTM system using the microplate reader Microplate Manager 5 from Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
• Field activities of morpho-physiological characterisation of herbaceous species of agricultural interest.

CV Pisano