MORO ISABELLA

Isabella Moro was born in Padova on 23/01/1965. She graduated in Biology at the University of Padova in 1989. From 1992 to 2005 she was technician at the Department of Biology (University of Padova). In 2002 she got her Ph.D. degree in Evolutionary Biology at the Department of Biology of the University of Padova. From 1 January 2006 to November 2018 she was researcher of Botany at the Department of Biology (University of Padova). From December 2018 she is Associate Professor of Botany at the Department of Biology (University of Padova). Her main research fields are surveys on the biodiversity of cyanobacteria, microalgae, and seaweeds through morphological, ultrastructural, biochemical and molecular approaches. In particular, her research projects involve: a) molecular and phylogenetics analyses on different macroalgal species in order to identify new alien taxa recently introduced in the Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean, Italy); b) DNA barcoding to solve current problems of systematics of cyanobacteria and algae; c) surveys on adaptive mechanisms by microorganisms (cyanobacteria and microalgae) to extreme growth environments. Isabella Moro has an extensive experience in light and electron microscopy, and molecular techniques. She is author and co-author of more than 80 papers in international peer-reviewed journals. She has been referee for several scientific journals. She is a member of Italian Society of Botany (SBI) and of Federation of European Phycological Society (FEPS).
In 2011 Isabella Moro won the FoRST 2011 Award for the scientific paper: Moro I., Rascio N., La Rocca N., Sciuto K., Albertano P., Bruno L., Andreoli C. (2010) Polyphasic characterization of a thermo-tolerant filamentous cyanobacterium isolated from the Euganean thermal muds (Padova, Italy). European Journal of Phycology, 45: 143-154.
In 2012 she obtained an Italian Patent for a new species in the Ischia Thermal District. Title of the patent: Cyanobacterium of the family Pseudoanabaenaceae (Oscillatoriales, Cyanophyta), genus Protolyngbya, species Protolyngbya sp. strain ITD-01. Patent authors: Moro I, Sciuto K, Rascio N, Andreoli C. (2012).
In 2021 she attained the National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Botany (ASN 2012).