Stefania Fortunato achieved her Ph.D. in Biodiversity, Agriculture, and the Environment in 2018, and she currently works as a research fellow in the Department of Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Environment at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. She has been a postdoctoral fellow in biology at the University of Bari Aldo Moro since 2020. Her main research topics include plant physiology, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, heat stress, and phytoremediation.