Giuseppe Spano

Personal details: Name: Giuseppe Spano Nationality: Italian Date of birth: 03 March, 1967, Muro Leccese (Le). Status: Married Home Address: Via S. Pellico 156, Foggia, Italy. Phone (office):(+39) 0881 589 303 : mobile phone (+39) 3383214987 E-mail: giuseppe.spano@unifg.it Education 2017- Full Professor in Industrial Microbiology, Food Microbiology and Recombinant DNA Technology, University of Foggia.  2006 – Associated Professor in Industrial Microbiology, Food Microbiology and Recombinant DNA Technology, University of Foggia.  2004 - PhD2 – Food Microbiology (Department of Food Science, University of Foggia).  2003 – University of Foggia: project leader – (Department of Food Science, University of Foggia).  2002 - 2003 postdoctoral fellowship (Department of Food Science, University of Foggia).  2002 PhD1 – Cereals genetics and biotechnology - Department of Agricultural, Bristol University (Tutors Professor P. Shewry and Dr J. Napier).  1996-1998 Researcher (Institute of Crops Physiology – Director Dr. N. Di Fonzo).  1995: Degree, final mark 110/110, in Plants Genetics (Faculty of Science,University of Lecce, Italy). Full Member of Italian Society of Environmental and Food Microbiology (SIMTREA) since 2003. Full Member of the Society of Applied Microbiology (SFAM) 2003-2009 and 2012 to 2013. Full Member of the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) 2004-2006. Regular referee of several microbiology and food microbiology Journals. Editorial board: Food Microbiology (2013-2017) – Frontiers in Microbiology (2009-) - Microbiological Research (2014-) Main research topics: Stress response in Industrial microrganisms - Vitamins producing lactic acid bacteria - Wine Microbiology. Authors of more than 250 papers, book chapters and proocedings on food microbiology, probiotics and abiotic stress in lactic acid bacteria.