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Arleen Rodriguez Declet

PhD Student

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGR/03 Arboriculture and Fruitculture

Curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

  • 2021-Present: PhD in Agricultural, Environmental, Food Science and Technology at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy | Supervisor: Prof. Adamo Domenico Rombolà
  • 2019: Master's Degree in International Horticultural Sciences - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy.
  • 2017: Bachelor of Agricultural Sciences in Horticulture - University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

  • 11/2023-02/2024: Visiting PhD student - Plant Nutrition Research Group - University of Belgrade - Institute for Multidisciplinary Research (Belgrade, Serbia)
  • 2021: Research Fellow - Group of AgroEcology, University of Bologna (Bologna, Italy)
    - Research Scholarship on: “Design, Management and Dissemination of Agroecological Systems and Alternative Food Systems through Systemic Thinking”.
  • 2015: Junior Researcher Contractor - U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (Illinois, United States)
    - Ecological Processes Branch Project: "Estimation of plant functional traits from vascular flora in natural communities in Fort Bragg and Weymouth Woods, North Carolina to predict reintroduction success of specific taxa".
  • 2014-2015: Research Assistantship - University of Puerto Rico (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico)
    - Research Project: “Sludge incorporation in compost-soil mixture to improve growth and development of coriander and basil plants”.
  • 2012-2014: Biological Science Aid -  Agricultural Research Service - United States Department of Agriculture (Maryland, United States) 
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    Interned for 3 consecutive summers at the Plant Sciences Institute - Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2023: Marco Polo Scholarship - Mobility incentives to promote research carried out abroad by young researchers from the University of Bologna (Italy).
  • 2017-2018: Unibo Action 2 Study Grants for International Students (Italy).
  • 2016-2017: Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Fellowship (Germany).
  • 2016: Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program (Thailand).

THESIS SUPERVISION

  • 2021 - to date: "Cultore della materia" for the Arboriculture Scientific Sector (Degree's Tecnologie Alimentari e Viticoltura ed Enologia, UNIBO).
  • 2021 - to date: Exam Commission Member - UNIBO
    Course Units:
    - Management of Fruit Quality (4 CFU)
    - Crop Production Quality (6 CFU)
    - Viticulture Technique (6 CFU)
  • 2020: Co-Supervisor of Bachelor’s Thesis (a.y 2020/2021) "AgroEcological Transition of Viticultural Lighthouses".

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