Veronica Conti is a Ph.D. student in life sciences at the University of Siena, with a PEGASO scholarship, funded by the Tuscany region. Conti graduated (bachelor's and master's) in biology at the University of Siena and is currently working on a Ph.D. project entitled "Characterization and application of nutraceutical products from native Tuscan plants", which, in particular, investigates Tuscan tomato cultivars subjected to water stress. Conti's skills include: aspects of plant physiology and its changes during abiotic stress; food biochemistry and nutraceutical compounds in particular; and immunoblotting on abiotic stress target proteins.