Lorenzo Calzini

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Research Fellow in Plant Genetics - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (2025 - Present)
  
  Employing CRISPR/Cas9 technologies for genome editing in wheat and barley through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation and Virus Induced Gene Editing (VIGE).
  
  
  
• Academic Tutor - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (2025 - 2026)
  
  Providing teaching support for the Bachlor’s degree in Plant Biotechnology, assisting students with laboratory sessions focused on genome editing.
  
  
  
• Plant Biotechnologist - Internship - Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) (2024)
  
  Developing CRISPR/Cas9 systems to knockout candidate resistance genes for Soil-Borne Cereal Mosaic Virus (SBCMV), enabling functional validation in resistant genotypes via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. 
  
  
  
• Junior Lab Assistant - Internship - A.U.B. - Azienda Agraria dell’Università di Bologna (2021)
  
  Fruit breeding and germplasm conservation, including orchard management and the evaluation of fruit quality through chemical, physical, and sensory analyses.

EDUCATION

• M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies - Plant Production and Biotechnology - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (2022 - 2024)
  
  Identification of resistance genes to Soil-Borne Cereal Mosaic Virus in durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.] and development of genome editing systems for functional validation.
  
  Research Period and Master’s Thesis Abroad Scholarship.
  
  110/110 summa cum laude (Menzione di Merito)
  
  
  
• B.Sc. in Agricultural Technologies - Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (2019 - 2022)
  
  Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.): first cultivation experiences in Tuscany.
  
  110/110 cum laude
  
  
  
• High School Diploma - Liceo Classico “Luca Signorelli” (2014 - 2019)
  
  100/100