Carlo Pozzi holds a PhD in Molecular Genetics obtained from the University of Cologne, Germany. He was active in the research fields of genomics, molecular genetics, and developmental biology. He conducted his initial research studies at the Max Planck Institute - MPIZ. He was subsequently the research lead at the Fondazione Parco Tecnologico in Padano, Italy. There, he worked on molecular genetics and physiological characterization of the quality of peach and barley. He was also active in the field of biologics production in plant systems. He then worked at Philip Morris International, Switzerland, as a research lead, actively pursuing the molecular breeding of tobacco. He obtained an international project management certificate and was a scientific project manager at the Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy. He obtained the position of Chair of Plant Genetics at the University of Milano in 2015 and is now active in both research and advanced didactic projects.