Prof. Luca Rolle

Prof. Luca Rolle attained his degree in Agricultural Sciences in 1993 at the University of Torino, Italy. He was a freelance professional between 1989 and 1998. Since 1999, he has been employed in the Food Sciences unit of the Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Science, University of Torino, and is currently a Full Professor and Director of the Interdepartmental Centre for Grapevines and Wine Sciences, University of Turin. In 2015, he was awarded the “Premio Internazionale Territorio & Vino” – Science section by the OICCE (Organizzazione Interprofessionale per la Comunicazione delle Conoscenze in Enologia). He is also a member of the Italian Society of Food Science and Technology (Società Italiana di Scienze e Tecnologie Alimentari, SISTAL), Italian Society of Viticulture and Enology (Società Italiana di Viticoltura ed Enologia, SIVE), and the American Society of Enology and Viticulture (ASEV). Since 1997, he has been a national lecturer for the National Organization of Wine Tasters (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Vino, ONAV). In 2018, he was invited to join the Accademia Italiana della Vite e del Vino. Prof. Rolle's research activities focus on current and innovative analytical techniques (spectrophotometry, HPLC, texture analysis, FT-NIR) applied to the study of food and enological products, the organization and management of sensory analysis tests, and the design and direction of processes and pilot plants in the Food Science field.