Shamina Imran PATHAN

Ruolo attuale:: Ricercatore Legge 240/10 a tempo determinato
SSD:: AGRI-06/B - Chimica agraria
Afferenza organizzativa:: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali (DAGRI)

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Shamina Imran PATHAN

Curriculum

Roles currently held:

Since 01.05.2026 - Tanure Track Professor (RTT) (AGRI-06/B), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Coordinator of the Horizon Europe project – LEGUMINOSE (https://www.leguminose.eu/contact/).
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Soilytix GmbH, Germany

Previously held roles (main):

09/2022 - 04/2026 - Researcher (RTDa) (AGRI-06/B), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
10/2021-08/2022 - Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
07/2022-06/2021 - Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

07/2019-06/2022 – Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
09/2017-08/2018 - Research Fellow, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
04/2016-03/2017 - Research Fellow, Department of Agriculture, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

05/2017-08/2017 - Co.Co.Co, Department of Agriculture, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Education:

2016, PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences with a thesis on “Microbial β-glucosidase encoding genes in soil: Molecular diversity, gene expression, and enzymatic activity.” Funded by FP7-Trainbiodeiverse ITN Network, University of Florence. Florence, Italy.
2007, Master's Degree in "Botany", Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.
2005, Bachelor's Degree in "Botany", Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India.

2010, Master's Degree in "Molecular Cell Biology", Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, UK.

Shamina Imran PATHAN

Pubblicazioni

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Tesi di Dottorato

Riccardo Picone, Norman Gentsch, Giacomo Pietramellara, Georg Guggenberger, Shamina Imran Pathan (2026). Faba bean-wheat intercropping sustains soil nutrient, but not carbon cycling in the short term. In: The 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Victoria, Canada, 12-15th April 2026, Zoe Lindo, Carlos Barreto, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Panek J.; Gryta A.; Maj W.; Macik M.; Oszust K.; Pertile G.; Pylak M.; Siegieda D.; Hallama M.; Hatano R.; Kandeler E.; Pathan S.I.; Pietramellara G.; Malusa E.; Weber J.; Turnau K.; Rozalska S.; Frac M. (2026). Plant–soil–microbiome interactions: mechanisms, advances, and challenges in sustainable agriculture and healthy agroecosystems. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 17, pp. 1-18, ISSN:1664-302X DOI

Panek J.; Gryta A.; Maj W.; Macik M.; Oszust K.; Pertile G.; Pylak M.; Siegieda D.; Hallama M.; Hatano R.; Kandeler E.; Pathan S.I.; Pietramellara G.; Malusa E.; Weber J.; Turnau K.; Rozalska S.; Frac M. (2026). Soil microbiome as an essential player in climate change and plant health control: a review. INTERNATIONAL AGROPHYSICS, vol. 40, pp. 221-238, ISSN:0236-8722 DOI

Riccardo Picone; Giacomo Pietramellara; Georg Guggenberger; Shamina Imran Pathan; Norman Gentsch (2026). The contemporary plant-soil feedback in legume-cereal intercropping systems. In: The 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Victoria, Canada, 12-15th April 2026, Zoe Lindo, Carlos Barreto, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Riccardo Picone, Norman Gentsch, Giacomo Pietramellara, Georg Guggenberger, Shamina Imran Pathan (2026). The response of soil and root microbial communities to faba bean-wheat intercropping. In: The 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference, Victoria, Canada, 12-15th April 2026, Zoe Lindo, Carlos Barreto, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Adekanmbi A.A.; Zou Y.; Shu X.; Pietramellara G.; Pathan S.I.; Todman L.; Sizmur T. (2025). Legacy of Warming and Cover Crops on the Response of Soil Microbial Function to Repeated Drying and Rewetting Cycles. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE, vol. 76, pp. 1-11, ISSN:1365-2389 DOI

Sisodia, Priyal; Gryta, Agata; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Frąc, Magdalena (2025). Roots to Riches: Unearthing the Synergy of Intercropping, Microbial Interactions, and Symbiotic Systems for Sustainable Agriculture: A Review. AGRONOMY, vol. 15, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2073-4395 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Stone T.F.; Alford J.; Becvarova P.H.; Eisa M.A.M.; El-Naggar A.H.; Carpio Espinosa M.J.; Frac M.; Alvaro-Fuentes J.; Garcia-Gil J.C.; Krabbe K.; Martins J.T.; Pathan S.I.; Plaza C.; Rasmussen J.; Righini C.; Thorsoe M.H. (2025). Food system strategies to increase grain legume-cereal intercropping in Europe. AGROECOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS, vol. 49, pp. 518-542, ISSN:2168-3573 DOI

Picone R.; Pietramellara G.; Guggenberger G.; Pathan S.I.; Gentsch N. (2025). The contemporary plant-soil feedback in legume-cereal intercropping systems: a review of carbon, nutrient, and microbial dynamics. PLANT AND SOIL, vol. ..., pp. 0-0, ISSN:1573-5036 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Picone R., Gentsch N., Guggenberger G., Pietramellara G., Pathan S.I. (2025). Wheat-faba bean intercropping can sustain soil nutrients and C cycles under different N fertilization levels. In: Ecology of Soil Microorganisms 2025, Helsinki, 15-19/06/2025, Suvi Sutela and Eeva Terhonen, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Nicese, Francesco Paolo; Azzini, Lapo; Lucchetti, Stefano; Macci, Cristina; Vannucchi, Francesca; Masciandaro, Grazia; Pantani, Ottorino Luca; Arfaioli, Paola; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Manzini, Jacopo (2024). Co-Composting of Green Waste and Dredged Sediments Can Reduce the Environmental Impact of the Potted Nursery without Affecting Plant Growth. APPLIED SCIENCES, vol. 14, pp. 4041538-4041538, ISSN:2076-3417 DOI

R. PICONE, A. HASSAN, P. ARFAIOLI, G. PIETRAMELLARA, S. .I. PATHAN (2024). Wheat-clover intercropping can induce positive Plant-Soil Feedback with minimal impact on soil physical properties. In: Centennial Celebration and Congress of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Firenze, Conference commitee, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Ghani, Muhammad Imran; Wang, Jing; Li, Peng; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Sial, Tanveer Ali; Datta, Rahul; Mokhtar, Ali; Ali, Esmat F.; Rinklebe, Jörg; Shaheen, Sabry M.; Liu, Mengyun; Abdelrahman, Hamada (2023). Variations of soil organic carbon fractions in response to conservative vegetation successions on the Loess Plateau of China. INTERNATIONAL SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION RESEARCH, vol. 11, pp. 561-571, ISSN:2095-6339 DOI

Nannipieri, Paolo; Hannula, S. Emilia; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Schloter, Michael; Sizmur, Tom; Pathan, Shamina Imran (2023). Legacy effects of rhizodeposits on soil microbiomes: A perspective. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 184, pp. 109107-109107, ISSN:0038-0717 DOI

Pathan S.I.; Ganugi P.; Arfaioli P.; Masoni A.; Pietramellara G. (2023). Resilience of root and soil bacteria to drought stress depends on host plant's colonization affinity towards arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL BIOLOGY, vol. 118, pp. 103540-103540, ISSN:1164-5563 DOI

Santoni, M.; Verdi, L.; Pathan, S. I.; Napoli, M.; Marta, A. Dalla; Dani, F. R.; Pacini, G. C.; Ceccherini, M. T. (2023). Soil microbiome biomass, activity, composition and CO2 emissions in a long term organic and conventional farming systems. SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT, vol. 39, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0266-0032 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Gupta G.; Paul S.; Singh S.; Pietramellara G.; Pathan S.I.; Danish S.; Jabborova D.; Datta R.; Jha P.N. (2022). Exploring Functional Diversity and Community Structure of Diazotrophic Endophytic Bacteria Associated with Pennisetum glaucum Growing under Field in a Semi-Arid Region. LAND, vol. 11, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2073-445X DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Bardelli, Tommaso; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Arfaioli, Paola; Vignozzi, Nadia; Pellegrini, Sergio; Fornasier, Flavio; Egli, Markus; Gómez-Brandón, María; Insam, Heribert; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Ascher-Jenull, Judith (2022). Soil Slope Exposure Affects Physico-Chemical and Microbiological Properties in Soil Aggregate Size Fractions. LAND, vol. 11, pp. 1-21, ISSN:2073-445X DOI

Ganugi, Paola; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Zhang, Leilei; Arfaioli, Paola; Benedettelli, Stefano; Masoni, Alberto; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Lucini, Luigi (2022). The pivotal role of cultivar affinity to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in determining mycorrhizal responsiveness to water deficit. PHYTOCHEMISTRY, vol. 203, pp. 113381-113381, ISSN:0031-9422 DOI

Pietramellara G.; Pathan S.I.; Datta R.; Vranova V.; Ceccherini M.; Nannipieri P. (2022). Perspective on the status and behaviour of SARS-CoV-2 in soil. AL-MI’GALAT AL-SA'UDIYAT LI-ULUM AL-ḥAYAT, vol. 29 (2), pp. 1014-1020, ISSN:1319-562X DOI

Ghani, Muhammad Imran; Ali, Ahmad; Atif, Muhammad Jawaad; Pathan, Shamina Imran; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Ali, Muhammad; Amin, Bakht; Cheng, Zhihui (2022). Diversified crop rotation improves continuous monocropping eggplant production by altering the soil microbial community and biochemical properties. PLANT AND SOIL, vol. 480, pp. 603-624, ISSN:0032-079X DOI

Pant K.; Thakur M.; Chopra H.K.; Nanda V.; Javed Ansari M.; Pietramellara G.; Pathan S.I.; Alharbi S.A.; Almoallim H.S.; Datta R. (2021). Characterization and discrimination of Indian propolis based on physico-chemical, techno-functional, thermal and textural properties: A multivariate approach. MAGALLAT GAMIAT AL-MALIK SAʹUD. AL-ʹULUM, vol. 33, pp. 1-8, ISSN:1018-3647 DOI

Shamina Imran Pathan, Paola Arfaioli, Maria Teresa Ceccherini, Paolo Nannipieri, Giacomo Pietramellara (2021). Physical protection of extracellular and intracellular DNA in soil aggregates against simulated natural oxidative processes. APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY, vol. 165, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0929-1393 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pathan S.I.; Arfaioli P.; Taskin E.; Ceccherini M.T.; Puglisi E.; Pietramellara G. (2021). The extracellular DNA can baffle the assessment of soil bacterial community, but the effect varies with microscale spatial distribution. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, vol. 368, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0378-1097 DOI

Pathan S.I.; Roccotelli A.; Petrovicova B.; Romeo M.; Badagliacca G.; Monti M.; Gelsomino A. (2021). Temporal dynamics of total and active prokaryotic communities in two Mediterranean orchard soils treated with solid anaerobic digestate or managed under no-tillage. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS, vol. 57, pp. 837-861, ISSN:1432-0789 DOI

Badagliacca G.; Petrovicova B.; Pathan S.I.; Roccotelli A.; Romeo M.; Monti M.; Gelsomino A. (2020). Use of solid anaerobic digestate and no-tillage practice for restoring the fertility status of two Mediterranean orchard soils with contrasting properties. AGRICULTURE, ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 300, pp. 1-13, ISSN:0167-8809 DOI

Pathan, Shamina Imran; Arfaioli, Paola; Bardelli, Tommaso; Ceccherini, Maria Teresa; Nannipieri, Paolo; Pietramellara, Giacomo (2020). Soil Pollution from Micro- and Nanoplastic Debris: A Hidden and Unknown Biohazard. SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 12 - Issue 18, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2071-1050 DOI

Meena R.S.; Kumar S.; Datta R.; Lal R.; Vijayakumar V.; Brtnicky M.; Sharma M.P.; Yadav G.S.; Jhariya M.K.; Jangir C.K.; Pathan S.I.; Dokulilova T.; Pecina V.; Marfo T.D. (2020). Impact of agrochemicals on soil microbiota and management: A review. LAND, vol. 9, pp. 1-21, ISSN:2073-445X DOI

Pathan S.I.; Scibetta S.; Grassi C.; Pietramellara G.; Orlandini S.; Ceccherini M.T.; Napoli M. (2020). Response of soil bacterial community to application of organic and inorganic phosphate based fertilizers under vicia faba L. Cultivation at two different phenological stages. SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 12, pp. 9706-9706, ISSN:2071-1050 DOI

Pathan, Shamina Imran; Arfaioli, Paola; Ceccherini, Maria Teresa; Ascher-Jenull, Judith; Pietramellara, Giacomo (2020). Preliminary evidences of the presence of extracellular DNA single stranded forms in soil. PLOS ONE, vol. 15 - Issue (1), pp. 1-10, ISSN:1932-6203 DOI

Rahul Datta, Ram Swaroop Meena, Shamina Imran Pathan, Maria Teresa Ceccherini (2019). Carbon and nitrogen cycling in soil. Switzerland: Rahul Datta, Ram Swaroop Meena, Shamina Imran Pathan, Maria Teresa Ceccherini, ISBN:978-981-13-7264-3 Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Marfo T.D.; Datta R.; Pathan S.I.; Vranova V. (2019). Ecotone dynamics and stability from soil scientific point of view. DIVERSITY, vol. 11, pp. 1-7, ISSN:1424-2818 DOI

Pathan, Shamina Imran; Vetrovsky, Tomas; Giagnoni, Laura; Datta, Rahul; Baldrian, Petr; Nannipieri, Paolo; Renella, Giancarlo (2018). Microbial expression profiles in the rhizosphere of two maize lines differing in N use efficiency. PLANT AND SOIL, vol. 433, pp. 401-413, ISSN:0032-079X DOI

Datta R.; Anand S.; Moulick A.; Baraniya D.; Pathan S.I.; Rejsek K.; Vranova V.; Sharma M.; Sharma D.; Kelkar A.; Formanek P. (2017). How enzymes are adsorbed on soil solid phase and factors limiting its activity: A Review. INTERNATIONAL AGROPHYSICS, vol. 31, pp. 287-302, ISSN:0236-8722 DOI

Yadav G.S.; Datta R.; Pathan S.I.; Lal R.; Meena R.S.; Babu S.; Das A.; Bhowmik S.N.; Datta M.; Saha P.; Mishra P.K. (2017). Effects of conservation tillage and nutrient management practices on soil fertility and productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.)-rice system in North eastern region of India. SUSTAINABILITY, vol. 9, pp. 1-17, ISSN:2071-1050 DOI

Pathan, S. I.; Žifčáková, L.; Ceccherini, M. T.; Pantani, O. - L.; Větrovský, T.; Baldrian, P. (2017). Seasonal variation and distribution of total and active microbial community of β-glucosidase encoding genes in coniferous forest soil. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, vol. 105, pp. 71-80, ISSN:0038-0717 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pathan Shamina Imran (2015). Microbial β-glucosidase genesin soil: Molecular diversity,gene expression and enzymatic activity. (Tutor: Prof. Paolo Nannipier, Dr. Maria Teresa Ceccherini)

Pathan, Shamina I; Ceccherini, Maria Teresa; Hansen, Martin Asser; Giagnoni, Laura; Ascher, Judith; Arenella, Mariarita; Sørensen, Søren J.; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Nannipieri, Paolo; Renella, Giancarlo (2015). Maize lines with different nitrogen use efficiency select bacterial communities with different β-glucosidase-encoding genes and glucosidase activity in the rhizosphere. BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS, vol. 51, pp. 995-1004, ISSN:0178-2762 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Borgogni, F; Arfaioli, P; Ascher, J; Baranya, D; Ceccherini, M.T.; Certini, G; Mastrolonardo, G; Nannipieri, P; Pathan, S; Pietramellara, G (2015). Wildifire effects on forest soil microbial community structure assessed by comparative molecular analyses of DNA (extracellular vs. intracellular) and RNA. FLAMMA, vol. 6, pp. 86-89, ISSN:2171-665X

Pathan, Shamina; Ceccherini, Maria Teresa; Pietramellara, Giacomo; Puschenreiter, Markus; Giagnoni, Laura; Arenella, Mariarita; Varanini, Zeno; Nannipieri, Paolo; Renella, Giancarlo (2014). Enzyme activity and microbial community structure in the rhizosphere of two maize lines differing in N use efficiency. PLANT AND SOIL, vol. 387, pp. 413-424, ISSN:0032-079X DOI

Borgogni F.; Arfaioli P.; Ascher J.; Baraniya D.; Ceccherini M.T.; Certini G; Mastrolonardo G.; Nannipieri P.; Pathan S.; Pietramellara G. (2013). Wildfire effects on forest soil microbial community structure assessed by comparative molecular analyses of DNA (extracellular vs. intracellular) and RNA.. In: International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties (FESP 4), Vilnius, Lithuania., 2-5 July 2013, FESP 4, pp. 56-56. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Pathan S; Arfaioli P.; Ascher J.; Borgogni F.; D’Acqui L.P.; Bonetti A.; Ceccherini M.T.; G. Pietramellara; Nannipieri P. (2013). Soil aggregates: protective hot spots for microbes against oxidation. In: Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology – BAGECO 2013, Ljubljana (Slovenia), 9 - 13 June 2013, BAGECO, pp. 567-567. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Shamina Imran PATHAN

Curriculum

Current positions:

From 01.05.2026 - Tenure Track Professor (RTT) (AGRI-06/B), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence.
Coordinator of Horizon Europe project – LEGUMINOSE (https://www.leguminose.eu/contact/).
Member of Scientific Advisory Board of Soilytix GmbH, Germany

Past positions:

09/2022 - 04/2026 - Researcher (RTDa) (AGRI-06/B), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence.
10/2021-08/2022 - Post-doc researcher (Research Fellow), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
07/2022-06/2021 - Post-doc researcher (Research Fellow), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
07/2019-06/2022 – Research Associate (Scholarship), Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental, and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
09/2017-08/2018 - Post-doc researcher, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI), University of Florence, Florence, Italy
05/2017-08/2017 - Research Fellow (Co.Co.Co), Department of Agriculture, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
04/2016-03/2017 - Post-doc researcher (Research Fellow), Department of Agriculture, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Education:

2016, PhD in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, with thesis on “Microbial β-glucosidase encoding genes in soil: Molecular diversity, gene expression and enzymatic activity” Funded by FP7-Trainbiodeiverse ITN Network, University of Florence. Florence, Italy
2010, Master degree in "Molecular Cell Biology", Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, England, UK.

2007, Master degree in "Botany", Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India
2005, Bachlore degree in "Botany", Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India