Barbara Ruffoni is currently working as a Research Director at the Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Plants Sanremo (CREA-OF). Ruffoni’s skills and expertise include plant tissue culture, micropropagation, secondary metabolite production, horticulture, plants, Cell culture, medicinal plants and herbs, tissue culture, in vitro culture, and somatic embryogenesis.