Sergio Saia

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About Sergio Saia

Institutional, research and personal webpages here: https://linktr.ee/sergiosaia Experience on scientific topics: Agronomy, field and greenhouse research about intercrop efficiency and environmental fitness, arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, nitrogen fixation, organic and sustainable agriculture, mass spectrometry, soil enzymatic activities, water-soil relationship, soil loss and SOC estimation. Ph.D (apr. 2010) at University of Palermo. Ph.D course in “Agro-Ecosistemi Mediterranei” (Mediterranean Agro-Ecosystems), with a dissertation on “Effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis on soil nitrogen dynamics in Mediterranean agro-ecosystems” conducted at Univ. of Palermo and Est. Esp. del Zaidin, EEZ-CSIC (Granada, Spain). Ph.d guest (sept. 2008-dec 2009) within a international fellowship at the experimental station of El Zaidin, Granada (Spain). Contracted professor in Vegetable crops (07/B1 - AGR/04, 6 ECTS, 54 hours) at Dept. Agriculture, Food and Environment (D3A-UNIVPM), Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM) within the Master of Science (2-years): “Agriculture and Landscape sciences (SAT)”.(Feb 2017-Feb 2019) Associate professor (from 2020/11) of Agronomy & Field Crops (07/B1 - Agronomy & Field Crops (SSD AGR/02) at Dept. Veterinary science (DSV-UNIPI), University of Pisa Visiting Professor at Tunisia, University of Tunis El Manar (March 2022) and Spain, University of Lleida (May 2022) Interested in study, implementation and use of mycorrhizal symbiosis technology and in study of the importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria population in natural and agricultural soil. Studies on conservation agriculture, intercropping, estimation of soil organic carbon and soil loss, metabolomics, plant conservation. LANGUAGES Italian (mother language) English and Spanish (very good spoken and writing abilities) French (basical, only reading ability, few spoken ability)