In this section you can find news and updates on the activities of SZN and a complete overview of events, seminars and courses.
The CUG-SZN, established in December 2011, was renewed in March 2024 for the four-year period 2024-2028. The Committee has an equal composition and is currently made up of eight members designated by the most representative trade union organizations and eight representatives of the Administration, appointed by the President based on electoral consultations, ensuring overall equal representation of both genders.Appointment of the Committee:
1) Decreto del Presidente n. 20/2024 del 08/03/2024 (In Italian)
| Members | Substitute members | Role |
| Francesca Margiotta | Mariapia Ciampa | President |
| Valeria Contino | Chiara Coppola | Member |
| Chiara Svampa | Vincenzo Femiano | Member |
| Francesco Manfellotto | Carmen Minucci | Member |
| Mara Francone | Ylenia Carotenuto | FLC CGIL designation member |
| Alessandra Gallo | Davide Caramiello | FIR CISL designation member |
| Fulvio Maffucci | Raffaella Casotti | FGU-DR designation member |
| Clementina Sansone | Christophe Brunet | ANIEF designation member |
Prof. Roberto Bassi
Roberto Bassi (1955) was born in Vicenza (I). He graduated in Biology in Padua (1977), after which, he worked as microbiologist and botanist in the same University till 1983, when he won an assistant professorship in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. He specialized in genetics in Copenhagen, Biophysics in Paris and Molecular Biology in Geneva. He has been teaching Plant Biochemistry, Physiology and synthetic biology in Padua, Urbino, Marseille, Lausanne and Verona. His research focuses on the structure and function of the photosynthetic systems of plants and algae and the environmental stress physiology with the aim of optimizing the light to biomass conversion efficiency and devise biotechnological solutions for environmental sustainability, with special reference to the management of carbon cycle. He has published more than 300 articles in international journals with an HF of 102 and 28.000 citations. He is a member of the National Academy of Lincei, National Academy of Technology, the EMBO, the European Academy and others. He was awarded theBaccarini-Melandri prize, the Herlitzka prize, for Physiology, the von Humboldt Award, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Award and the Miller Research professorship in Berkeley. He is the P.I of the ERC advanced grant GrInSun (2022-2027). He has been serving as the chair of the scientific advisory board of the Stazione Anton Dorhn in Naples of which he is now the President.
Segreteria del Presidente
Giovanna Di Gennaro
Tel. +39 081 5833215
E-mail: presidenza(at)szn.it
Ing. Massimo Ferdinando Francesco Cavaliere
e-mail: direzione(at)szn.it
Segreteria del Direttore
Italia Canettieri
Tel.: +39 081 5833253
E-mail: italia.canettieri(at)szn.it









