Roberto Bassi#
| Membership Number: | 4010 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.dbt.univr.it/?ent=persona&id=82 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 Full Professor of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (from 2005): – Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona
- 2002 Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Aix-Marseille II, France
- 1993 Associated professor of "Plant Biochemistry", University of Verona
- 1992 Associated professor of "Plant Physiology and Biochemistry", University of Urbino
- 1989 - 1990 Visiting scientist at the Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva (CH)
- 1987 - 1978 Visiting scientist at the Institute de Biologie Physico-Chimique. Paris
- 1986 to 1991 Tenured Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Padua
- 1985 Visiting scientist at the Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory (Denmark)
- 1983 - 1986 Assistant Professor. Institute of Botany. Botanical Garden, University of Padua
Fields of Scholarship
- Photosynthesis
- Membrane protein folding
- Carotenoid biosynthesis and function
- Bioenergy and biofuels
Honours and Awards
- 1996 Baccarini-Melandri Award. From the Italian Society of Plant Physiology 2008-2010, University of Verona
- 2009 Helmholtz-von Humboldt award
- 2012 Membership of the Italian National Academy of Sciences “Accademia dei Lincei”
- 2012 Chinese Academy of Sciences Research Award
- 2015 March 4th, The Daniel Arnon Lecture at Berkeley University
