She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science of Agriculture, Food, and Environment of the University of Foggia (Italy). During her Ph.D. she carried out a research training under the supervision of Dr. Adel Kader at the University of California (Davis, USA). Invited as speaker in many national and international conferences, her research is focused on postharvest technology and particularly on process implications on the quality of horticultural produce, low impact technologies for shelf-life extension of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, non-destructive quality evaluations using NIR and hyperspectral imaging, and predictive modelling for quality and shelf-life. Coordinator of two national projects, she was also responsible of research units in two European and four national research projects. Author of more than 140 publications (103 on Scopus, Hind 20). E-mail: marialuisa.amodio@unifg.it URL: https://sites.google.com/a/unifg.it/amodio/about-me ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-154X