Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Persiani is Associate Professor and Head of the Fungal Biodiversity Laboratory—Department of Environmental Biology—Sapienza University of Rome. She is the author of more than 80 papers in international and national peer-reviewed Journals and 50 congress presentations. She has been responsible for research units in National Programs, has participated in many national and International Research Projects, has collaborated with numerous international scientific institutions, and has taken part in several scientific expeditions. She is a member of national and international scientific Societies. She is involved in editorial services (guest editor and referee for international scientific Journals) as well as in evaluation activities. She has been the thesis supervisor of a large number of Bachelor's and Master’s degree students. She was a research tutor in the Ph.D. course in Environmental Biology (Joint PhD) and is currently in the tutor in the Ph.D. in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology Program (curriculum Botany). In 2015 she was awarded for "Excellent Teaching" by, the Faculty of Science, Sapienza University of Rome.