Sara Cimini

Biography:

Sara Cimini received a master’s degree in “Cellular and Molecular Biology” in 2009 at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. She then joined the research unit of Prof. Laura De Gara and she attained the PhD degree in “Biochemical and Technological Sciences Applied to Food and Nutrition” in 2013 at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome and starting from 2013, she has a post-doctoral fellowship in Plant Biology and Physiology in this research unit. Furthermore, she obtained a graduate master's degree in Bioinformatics at University of Rome La Sapienza in 2010. She is interested in understanding mechanisms of plant resistance at molecular, cellular and physiological level in response to biotic and abiotic stress conditions with a focus on Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and ROS-mediated responses.