!!Roberto Bassi - Curriculum Vitae
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Full professor of Plant Physiology\\
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__Education:__
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*1977: Laurea degree in Biology, University of Padua.\\
*1978-80: Fellow, Institute of Microbiology, University of Padua.\\
*1980-83: Fellow, Institute of Botany, University of Padua.
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__Career:__ 
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*1983-1991 Assistant  professor of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Botany, University of Padua.\\
*1983-86: Visiting scientist, Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Research Centre (Copenhagen, DK).\\
*1987-87: Visiting scientist, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique (Paris, F).\\
*1989-1990: Visiting Scientist, Department de Biologie Moléculaire, University of Geneva (Geneva, Switzerland).\\
*1992-1993: Associate Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Urbino (Pesaro, I).\\
*1993-2002: Associate Professor of Plant Physiology, University of Verona (Verona, I).\\
*1995-1997: Lecturer of Photobiology, Université de Lausanne, CH.\\
*2002-2005: Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Marseille (Marseille, F).\\
*2009 (01)-2009 (04) Visiting Professor, Juelich Research Centre ( Germany).\\
*2012(08) to 2013 (01) Visiting Research Professor, Institute of Biophysics of Macromolecules, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing.\\
*2005-to present: Full professor of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Verona (Verona, I).
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__Appointments:__ 
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*1999-2001: Chairman of the PhD program in "Applied Biotechnology"\\
*2005-ongoing: Chairman of PhD program in “Molecular Biotechnology”\\
*2007-10: Served as a member of the Board of the ISPR (International Society of Photosynthesis Research)\\
*2008-2014: Served as Associate Editor of the Journal “BMC- Plant Biology”\\
*2010-today: Vice-President of the International Society of Photobiology\\
*2010-2014: Associate Editor of  ”Planta”  and “Journal of Phycology”\\
*2012-to present: Associate editor of  “Molecular Plant”\\
*2012-today: Member of the governmental committee for Biosafety, Biotechnology and Life Sciences-I\\
*2014-ongoing: Member of the Evaluation Committee of the National Centre for Agronomical Research-I\\
*2015-today: Member of the Evaluation committeee of the National Research Council (CNR)-I\\
*2015-ongoing: Member of the Committee for selection of Research Directors at CNR, I\\
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Invited speaker at 80 international conferences, Organizer of 5 International Conferences and Workshops.\\
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__Research:__
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*Photosynthesis (pigment-bind proteins, biogenesys of the photosynthetic apparatus, macromolecular  organization of photosystems) 
*Membrane protein folding (refolding in vitro of chromophore- binding chloroplast proteins, mutation analysis, steady state  and time-resolved spectroscopy).
*Carotenoid biosynthesis and function (reverse genetics in Rice, Arabidopsis, Chamydomonas and Physcomitrella systems. Structure of carotenoid biosynthesis enzymes, mutation analysis.
*Bioenergy and biofuels. Regulation of light use efficiency. Excess energy dissipation, Genetic analysis and domestication of unicellular algae for improved growth and biofuel production.
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__Publications:__  Authors of 220 articles in international journals, 35 book chapters. H factor: 74, Citations: 14200. [https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=-SNf1wMAAAAJ&hl=it]