Emilio Stefani is a Professor of Plant Pathology at the Department of Life Sciences (formerly Faculty of Agriculture), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia since 2005. Emilio Stefani was a Senior Scientific Officer and Reader at the Department of Agri-environmental Science and Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Bologna (Italy), from 1991 to 2005. From 1984 to 1991, Emilio Stefani was a Junior Scientist at the Institut für Pflanzenpathologie und Pflanzenschutz, Universität Göttingen (Germany), where he did his Master Studies in Phytomedicine and Doctoral Studies in Plant Pathology.