Educazione
1990 Laurea in Agricoltura Tropicale e Subtropicale, presso la Facoltà di Agraria dell'Università degli Studi di Firenze
1990 Diploma in Agricoltura Biologica , Regione Toscana.
1990-1992 Borsa di studio Eni Ricerche su "Possibile utilizzo agricolo di sostanze umiche derivate dal carbone" presso l'Istituto per lo Studio e la Difesa del Suolo di Firenze (MIRAAF)
1996 Dottore di Ricerca in Chimica Agraria presso l'Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano
1997 Vincitore borsa di studio per ricerche post-dottorato UNIFI su "Fenomeni di scambio genetico nella rizosfera"

Attività accademica 2020-2025
2020-2023 Membro Comitato Interno Autovalutazione (CIA)
2013-oggi Membro del consiglio dei docenti Scuola di dottorato in Agraria dell’Università di Firenze, Scuola di Agraria
2017-2023 Coordinatore del Dottorato in Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali del DAGRI
2021-2023 Coordinatore Dottorato di Ricerca Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali del DAGRI per borse PON
2017-2023 Membro del consiglio IUSSAF
2019-oggi Membro Comitato di Indirizzo del Corso di laurea magistrale in Biotecnologie per la gestione ambientale e l’agricoltura sostenibile – BIO-EMSA UNIFI;
2019-2023 Membro Commissione di Indirizzo e Autovalutazione DAGRI
2029-oggi membro Comitato Didattica CL in Scienze Forestali e Ambientali;
2019-oggi Mmembro Comitato Didattica CLM in Scienze e tecnologie dei Sistemi Forestali

ATTUALI COLLABORAZIONI SCIENTIFICHE:

Studi di metabolomica radicale e delle foglie: prof. Luigi Lucini Università Cattolica di Milano sede di Piacenza;
Studi biodiversità del suolo Università Federico II di Napoli Dip. Biologia prof.ssa Giulia Maisto in relazione all’effetto dell’inquinamento dei suoli da micro e nano pastiche;
Studi di metagenomica e meta-trascrittomica del suolo e della rizosfera dr. Bruno Steinkraus Soilytix Germany, prof. Magdalena Frac IPAN Lublin Poland e prof. Davide Francioli, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Geisenheim University;
Studi relativi alla sostanza organica del suolo ed alla necromassa microbica del suolo prof. Yakov Kuziakov University of Göttingen, Germany, e presso Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, China;
Prof. Giuseppe Corti del Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali e Produzione Vegetale dell’Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona). Collaborazione su indagini sulla funzionalità dei suoli forestali;
Dr. Norman Gentsch e prof. Georg Guggemberger University of Hannover su aspetti relativi alla definizione di indici di qualità dei suoli;
Dr. Pierfrancesco Nardi CREA ROMA collaborazione su studi relativi all’utilizzo di piante con effetto di inibitori biologici della nitrificazione al fine di implementare l’efficienza dell’utilizzo dell’azoto e ridurne le richieste al fine di migliorare la sostenibilità dell’agricoltura.
Gruppo di ricerca progetto Horizon Europe Leguminose (2023-2026) su tematiche inerenti all’effetto la pratica dell’intercropping sulla funzionalità del suolo e sulle interazioni suolo pianta e tra rizosfere delle piante consociate;
Prof. Daniele del Buono università di Perugia su aspetti relativi all’effetto dei biostimolanti da residui organici per migliorare l’efficienza di utilizzo dei nutrienti delle piante.

Education
1990 Degree in Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Florence
1990 Diploma in Organic Agriculture, Tuscany Region.
1990-1992 Eni Research Scholarship on "Possible agricultural use of humic substances derived from coal" at the Institute for the Study and Defense of the Soil of Florence (MIRAAF)
1996 PhD in Agricultural Chemistry at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan
1997 Winner of a scholarship for post-doctoral research UNIFI on "Genetic exchange phenomena in the rhizosphere"

Academic activity 2020-2025
2020-2023 Member of the Internal Self-Evaluation Committee (CIA)
2013-present Member of the teaching board of the Doctoral School in Agriculture of the University of Florence, School of Agriculture
2017-2023 Coordinator of the Doctorate in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of DAGRI
2021-2023 Coordinator of the Doctorate in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences of DAGRI for PON scholarships
2017-2023 Member of the IUSSAF council
2020-present Member of the Steering Committee of the Master's Degree in Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture - BIO-EMSA UNIFI;
2019-2023 Member of the Steering and Self-Evaluation Commission DAGRI
2019-present Member Teaching Committee CL in Forestry and Environmental Sciences;
2019-present Member of the Teaching Committee CLM in Science and Technology of Forestry Systems

 Ph.D. Giacomo Pietramellara is full professor at the Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies (DAGRI). ORCID: 0000-0003-1562-8784
Teaching activity: professor in charge of the courses of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the three-year degree course in Forestry and Environmental Sciences; Soil functionality and environmental stress of the Master's degree course in Science and Technology of Forestry Systems - Ecological management curriculum of Forestry Systems; Biotechnologies for the study and recovery of the soil of the Master's degree course in Biotechnologies for Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture (BIOEMSA).
Academic activity: Member of the teaching board of the Doctoral School in Agriculture of the University of Florence, School of Agriculture; Member of the Steering Committee of the Master's Degree in Biotechnology for Environmental Management and Sustainable Agriculture - BIO-EMSA; member of the Steering and Self-Evaluation Commission DAGRI, Teaching Committee CL in Forestry and Environmental Sciences; member of the Teaching Committee CLM in Science and Technology of Forest Systems.
Affiliation to scientific societies: Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry (SICA); Proposing member of the Italian Academy of Forestry Sciences; Member of the International Network on Soil Biodiversity (NETSOB).
Research activity: Soil functionality; soil-plant interaction, rhizosphere activity, taxonomic and functional analyses of the rhizosphere soil microbial community. Currently the main topics concern root interactions in intercropping agricultural systems and the potential of the mycorrhizal network in agriculture, and root metabolomics and the role of microbial necromass in the soil organic matter cycle.
Additional scientific interests: the fate and role of extracellular DNA in soil, soil pollution by micro and nanoplastics.

Research objectives: to improve knowledge on plant-microorganism interactions in order to develop eco-sustainable forms of agriculture, in line with the European CAP directives, and also the capacity to recover degraded soils.

Research projects: partecipation to 30 national and international projects as partners and project coordinator.
Editorial activity: Editorial manager of the scientific journal of Biology and Fertility of Soils (Springer) ISSN 1432-0789
Member of the Editorial Board of the following scientific journals:
• Open Agricultural Journal ISSN: 1874-3315
• EQA-International Journal of Environmental Quality ISSN 2281-4485
Book Editor
Omics in Soil Science. Norfolk - UK: Caister Academic Press, 2013, ISBN:9781908230324. Eds. Paolo Nannipieri; Giacomo Pietramellara; Giancarlo Renella
Special issue "Control of soil microbiota on soil ecosystem functioning and plant yields. Terra 2022 (ISSN 2073-445 Eds: Pathan I.Shamina, Pietramellara Giacomo.
Conferences, workshops, meetings attendance: more than 100 posters and published articles in proceedings of national and international conferences.

Scientific interests and collaborations:
Studies of root and leaf metabolomics: prof. Luigi Lucini Catholic University of Milan;
Soil biodiversity studies Federico II University of Naples Department of Biology prof. Giulia Maisto in relation to the effect of soil pollution by micro and nanoplastics;
Soil and rhizosphere metagenomics and meta-transcriptomics studies dr. Bruno Steinkraus Soilytix Germany, prof. Magdalena Frac IPAN Lublin Poland and prof. Davide Francioli, Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Geisenheim University;
Studies related to soil organic matter and soil microbial necromass prof. Yakov Kuziakov University of Göttingen, Germany, and at Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, China;
Prof. Giuseppe Corti of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Plant Production of the Polytechnic University of Marche (Ancona). Collaboration on investigations on the functionality of forest soils;
Dr. Norman Gentsch and prof. Georg Guggemberger on aspects related to the definition of soil quality indices;
Dr. Pierfrancesco Nardi CREA Roma collaboration on studies related to the use of plants with biological nitrification inhibitors in order to improve the efficiency of nitrogen use and reduce its demands in order to improve the sustainability of agriculture
Research group Horizon Europe Leguminose project (2023-2026) on issues related to the effect of the practice of intercropping on soil functionality and on soil-plant and rhizosphere interactions of intercropped plants;
Prof. Daniele del Buono University of Perugia on aspects related to the effect of biostimulants from organic waste to improve the efficiency of plant nutrient use.