Senior doctoral researcher, Plant Protection

PhD in Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology from the University of Udine, in Italy

Areas of expertise:

Plant health; Crop protection; Agronomy; Integrated pest management; Plant pest surveillance; Molecular biology; Metabolomics

Previous positions:

PhD student at the University of Udine, in collaboration with the Fondazione Edmund Mach, in Trento, Italy

Trainee at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Parma, Italy

Junior Assistant Researcher at the National Institute of Research and Development for Biological Sciences, Piatra-Neamt, Romania

9 scientific publications; h-index (Scopus): 5

Two relevant publications:

Ciubotaru, R.M., Franceschi, P., Vezzulli, S., Zulini, L., Stefanini, M., Oberhuber, M., Robatscher, P., Chitarrini, G., Vrhovsek, U. (2023). Secondary and primary metabolites reveal putative resistance-associated biomarkers against Erysiphe necator in resistant grapevine genotypes. Frontiers in Plant Science. Jan 31; 14:1112157. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1112157

Ciubotaru, R.M., Garcia-Aloy, M., Masuero, D., Franceschi, P., Zulini, L., Stefanini, M., Oberhuber, M., Robatscher, P., Chitarrini, G., Vrhovsek, U. (2023). Semi-Targeted Profiling of the Lipidome Changes Induced by Erysiphe necatorin Disease-Resistant and Vitis vinifera L. Varieties. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. Feb 17; 24(4):4072. DOI: 10.3390/ijms24044072