People PhD Students XLI Cycle 2025-26Silvia Licata

Silvia Licata

PhD cycle:  XLI

PhD project: 

“Selection of grapevine genotypes resistant to environmental stress”

Supervisor
Prof. Giampiero Cai

Email

silvia.licata@unifi.it

Office address

Via Pier Andrea Mattioli, 4, 53100 Siena

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Profile 

Silvia Licata graduated with a score of 102/110 in Biological Sciences (Class L-13) with a thesis entitled “Effects of graphene oxide on Corylus avellana L. pollen.” and in Molecular and Cellular Biology (Class LM-6), with a score of 110/110 cum laude, with a thesis entitled “Protection from UV stress in pollen: the potential role of the DSUP protein in tardigrades” at the University of Siena. 

From October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, she held the PRIN 2022 research grant with the research topic “DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF MEDITERRANEAN MANDARINS.”

From November 1, 2025, she started a PhD in Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Forestry Systems at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI).

 

CV: Advanced and Sustainable Agricultural-Smart Sustainable Agriculture.

 

Research interests and PhD project:

The doctoral project focuses on assessing the effects of water and salt stress on different grapevine genotypes, with the aim of analyzing the physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses of plants under limiting environmental conditions. In particular, the study examines variations in gene expression associated with stress adaptation and tolerance mechanisms in order to identify differences between the genotypes analyzed. The expected results will contribute to the selection of plant material that is more resilient to climate change and to the improvement of sustainable viticulture management strategies.

 

Relevant publications 

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Seminars and conference

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Awards

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