Professor in Plant pathology and Director of Agroinnova, University of Torino.She has been President of the Italian Association for Crop Proyection (AIPP, 1999-2004), Italian Association of the Agrarian Societies (AISSA, 2002-2004), International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP, 2008-2013) and Italian Society of Plant pathology (SIPaV, 2017-present). Her research interest includ plant disease management, plant and food biosecurity, food safety and security, climate change. Coordnated and managed many International projects.

Plant pathology, plant disease management, biosecurity, emerging diseases, food safety, food security, climate change, international agriculture, teaching