Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment
Via dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD)
DAFNAE has the mission of promoting the competitiveness of the agri-food sector and the sustainable use of natural resources to enhance the quality of human life. The team involved in ECO-DRESS is composed by 4 agronomist (expert in field crop and weed science), two entomologists (expert on two spotted mite and brown marmorated stink bug) and an agricultural engineer. The team will contribute to all WPs. The team will carry out a two-years plot experiment at the 'Lucio Toniolo' experimental farm and will collaborate with two farmers to create 'On-Farm Experimentation'.
Vittoria Gianinni
vittoria.giannini(at)unipd.it
Principal Investigator (PI)
Associate professor in Agronomy and Field Crops.
PhD in Agrobioscience curriculum: Agriculture, Environment and Territory (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa).
Her main research interests concern phytodepuration, agronomic recovery of marginal areas, weed management and intercropping systems.
Wendy Vernaza
wendycarolina.vernazacartagena(at)unipd.it
Research Fellow at the DAFNAE Department.
MSc. in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of Padua in 2023.
Alberto Pozzebon
alberto.pozzebon(at)unipd.it
Associate Professor of General and Applied Entomology
His teaching and research activities are in Agricultural Entomology. His research aims to develop ecologically-based approaches for the integrated management of crop pests. Recently, he has been involved in research programs focusing on integrated management and biological control of the Brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys and on habitat management approaches for biological control of pest mites.
Davide Scaccini
davide.scaccini(at)unipd.it
Researcher
Graduated in Agricultural Sciences from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Piacenza in 2016. He obtained the Ph.D. in Crop Science from the University of Padua in 2020.
The main research topic he investigates primarily focuses on integrated pest management in agricultural fields, with particular reference to invasive alien species such as the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys.
Roberta Masin
roberta.masin(at)unipd.it
Associate professor in Agronomy and Field Crops.
Weed scientist, her main research interests concern the biology and ecology of weeds, weed emergence predictive models, decision support systems (DSS) for weed control, weed management, herbicide impact mitigation measures, and new control technologies (robots, sensors, etc.).
Marco Sozzi
marco.sozzi(at)unipd.it
Researcher in Agricultural Mechanics.
Agronomist and researcher in agricultural engineering at the Department of Land and Agro-Forestry Systems, University of Padua. Lecturer in viticultural mechanization, application of technologies in organic farming and veterinary technologies. His research activity is focused on the use of technologies (precision agriculture systems, robots and artificial intelligence) to improve the sustainability of agricultural production processes.
Carmelo Maucieri
carmelo.maucieri(at)unipd.it
Associate Professor in Agronomy and Field Crops.
PhD in Science of Crop Production at Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment.
His main interests are related to fertilization and the use of smart-N fertilizers, Agrometereology, irrigation and phyto-treatment