Professor Dr. Alessio Mengoni

Alessio Mengoni is a full professor of genetics in the Department of Biology at the University of Florence, Italy.

He graduated in biology and obtained a Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Pavia, Italy, in 2000. During his Ph.D., he worked on the evolutionary genetics of plants, then shifted his focus to studying microbial communities.

He also conducted research at SCK-CEN in Belgium and at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

He has been a visiting professor at the universities of Gdansk in Poland and Guangzhou (Sun Yat-sen University) in China, where he taught courses in genomics and systems biology.

His main research interests revolve around studying bacterial genome evolution, especially concerning the molecular aspects of plant-microorganism interactions and symbiosis, for designing applications in agricultural and environmental biotechnology.

He is the author of over 200 scientific articles and a founding associate of a spin-off company from the University of Florence (EcolGene S.r.l.) specializing in microbiological and genetic analysis.

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