Since June 1 2022, Dr. Francesco Aloi is a postdoctoral researcher in Plant Pathology at the Di3A of the University of Catania, with a research fellowship titled "Validation of experimental protocols for the transfer of best practices within WEF NEXUS", in the framework of the research project "The Technology Transfer and Capitalization of Water Energy Food NEXUS - WEF-CAP". He obtained a PhD in Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Environmental Sciences from the Department of SAAFA of the University of Palermo in 2021. His research activity focuses on: diagnosis of phytopathogenic fungi causing diseases of agricultural, ornamental and forest plants, with specific reference to those caused by quarantine pathogens (Fusarium circinatum), oomycetes belonging to Phytophthora genus and ascomycetes belonging genera Neofusicoccum, Colletotrichum and Alternaria; development and validation of molecular protocols for the diagnosis of quarantine phytopathogenic fungi; biological control and control strategies for plant diseases and study of transcriptomic characterization of plant-pathogen interaction. He is the coauthor of several scientific papers in national and international journals. Scopus Author ID: 57193307784; h-index 8; Article 16