Valentino Palombo earned a PhD in Agriculture Technology and Biotechnology with a specialization in Bioinformatics and Data Science. His research interests are mainly towards the application of genomics and transcriptomics in the livestock sector for improving the quality of animal products. However, his activities also include the use of genomic techniques for purposes of biodiversity conservation, authentication, and traceability, and more recently, he has extended his research to the application of these approaches in plants.