Dr. Alessandro Occhialini

Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UTK-UTIA

Dr. Occhialini has wide research interests in many areas of plant synthetic biology and metabolic engineering of plants. The main focus of his research is to use the most precise and advanced techniques of synthetic biology to produce a new generation of “valuable plants” with an increased impact on human population. The expanding human population and climate change imply more attention to food security. In this direction, our advanced synthetic biology tools will provide great potential to create a new generation of crops able to produce more yield using fewer natural resources. Plants are also an excellent reservoir for production of valuable compounds with positive effects on human health, such as nutrients and pharmaceutical molecules.