Andrea Nardini
professor of Plant physiology University of Trieste
Andrea Nardini is Full Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Trieste. His research focuses on plant responses to environmental stress, with particular emphasis on water stress. His work specifically investigates the impacts of heatwaves and drought on plants, as well as the use of plants as a foundation for climate change adaptation strategies in urban, agricultural, and forest environments. He actively collaborates with colleagues from numerous European and non-European countries. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers published in international journals and books in the fields of plant biology and plant ecology. He was one of the founders of the Master’s Degree Programme in Global Change Ecology and Sustainability at the University of Trieste, which he coordinated for many years. He is also the Scientific Lead of the Botanical Garden of the University of Trieste.
Past talks
Sat. 26 September
at 18:00 - 19:15
18:00 - 19:15
Saturday 26 September
Area Talk 2
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste, TS
TRIESTE
Plants are capable of perceiving a wide range of environmental stimuli, responding with growth and development processes coordinated by sophisticated chemical and physical signaling mechanisms. Thus, they sometimes give the impression of making somewhat-conscious 'choices', despite not possessing a brain. The use of terms such as ‘behaviour’, ‘learning’, and‘cognition’ when applied to the plantworld contributes to the popularization of the concept that plants possess a form of intelligence, but experimental evidence supporting this conclusion is still lacking.
Location: Area Talk 2 - Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121, Trieste
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