Andrea Pagano is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Biology and Biotechnology 'L. Spallanzani' of the University of Pavia (Italy). He received his Bachelor’s Degree with honors in Biological Science at the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2013 and his Master’s Degree with honors in Molecular Biology and Genetics at the University of Pavia (Italy) in 2015. He obtained his PhD in Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology from Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia in 2019. His interests include seed quality, seed vigor, seed germination, seed priming, pre-germinative metabolism, and DNA damage response.