Place of Birth: Palermo, Italy Nationality: Italian Address: IBBR Palermo, Corso Calatafimi, 414 - I-90129, Palermo, Italy E-mail: francesco.carimi@ibbr.cnr.it Education and Training Master of Science in Plant Science (Final mark of 110/110 with distinction) - University of Palermo, Italy, 1987. Main courses on Plant Biology, Plant Genetics, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Agronomy Skills and Strengths - Strong management and leadership experience in planning and leading teams of researchers working on project regarding safeguard and sustainable management of bioresources in the agricultural, agro-food, environmental fields, in particular by developing applications aimed at the improvement and appraisal of agro-food and environmental productions. - Extensive policy and coordination expertise with the transfer of knowledge to national and international scientific institutions in the field of biotechnologies applied to the genetic and sanitary improvement of crops. - Ability to manage several scientific projects simultaneously, including monitoring, reporting, information flow, as well as laboratory and field activities. - Excellent research and analytical skills. Good oral and written communication skills. Affiliations - 2016: Member of Board of Directors of the Italian Network for Research in Organic Agriculture (RIRAB); - 2010: Member of Scientific Committee of the Italian Technology Platform in Organic Farming PTBio; - 2008: Coordinator of the Thematic Working Group “Biodiversity” of the Italian network for the research in organic farming (INROF); - 2002: Member of Consortium of Research, Experimentation and Services for Sicilian Crop Breeding; - 2001: Member of Research Consortium, Experimentation and Services for Sicilian nursery; - 2000: Member - Scientific Council of Institute for Research of Citrus Genetics, CNR; - 1999: Member of Mediterranean Citrus Network on Certification of Citrus; - 1999: Member of Mediterranean Citrus Network of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (MeCiNet-FAO); - 1999: Member of Ialian Society of Agricultural Genetics. Career Profile and Experience - 2014-present: Head of the Section IBBR-PA of the Institute of Biosciences and BioResources of the National Research Council, Italy: Leads a team of researchers conducting molecular and cell biology researches on woody and herbaceous plants for genetic improvement and conservation of the main Mediterranean crops. Supervises PhD and Master theses of affiliated staff at the Institute of Plant Genetics, University of Palermo, University of Padua, CIHEAM IAMB - Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, University of Tehran and University Bounaama Djilali of Khemis-Miliana Algeria. Main working field is genetics, breeding, and molecular markers for cultivar identification and biotechnologies for genetic and sanitary improvement of different plant species. - 2006-2014: Head of the Section of IGV-PA of the Institute of Plant Genetics of the National Research Council, Italy: Leads a team of researchers conducting experiments on plant genetics. - 2003-2005: Senior Researcher, National Council of Research, c/o University of Padua: Conducts and supervises researches on programmed cell death in model systems at Interdepartmental Research Center for Innovative Biotechnologies (CRIBI) Laboratory, University of Padua. - 2000-2002: Senior Researcher, National Council of Research, Centre for the Study of Biomembranes: Conducts and supervises research on apoptosis in model systems, Padua. - 1994-2000: Researcher, National Council of Research: Research on Citrus genetics at Institute of Citrus Genetics, Palermo. - 1991-1994: Postdoctoral fellow, National Council of Research: Research on Citrus genetics at Institute of Citrus Genetics, Palermo. - 1990 – 1991: Postdoctoral fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Cologne, Germany, on DNA marker technologies in plant genomes: Research on molecular marker technologies for citrus was developed under the supervision of the director Prof. Francesco Salamini. Scientific Activities: More than 100 full papers published in International journals [cited more than 2400 times to the present (Google Scholar), with 13 most cited publications receiving more than 50 citations each] and 14 contributions to book chapter. Holds at present an H index of 30 (Google Scholar). Scientific responsible of 24 national and international projects (Coordinator of project or CNR Unit), managing, under his scientific responsibility and supervision, funds amounting to 17.722.097.71 €.