Claudio Bonghi is a associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Agronomy and Crop Science of the University of Padova. In 1988 he graduated in Agricultural Science, University of Padova and in 1992 he received his PhD in in Crop Physiology. The scientific activity is mainly focused on fruit development and ripening in many species. At the beginning, he worked on determination of auxin and ethylene content, using different approaches as spectrofluorimetric assay and ELISA, during peach fruit growth and development. After PhD he was starting in molecular investigation focused on biochemical and molecular aspects of growth, ripening and postharvest of different fruit (peach, kiwi, apple, grape). He is member of ESTRee consortium, an Italian network that produces tools for genetic and genomic studies on Rosaceae species. For this consortium he developed, with other colleagues, the first microarray for peach and other stone fruits. He has published over 110 papers, including original papers on scientific journals (46), lectures, communications and posters presented at congresses (77), and book chapters (5).