Francesca Stomeo

Francesca Stomeo was appointed as a Scientist – Capacity Building at the BecA-ILRI Hub in January 2015 after the completion of a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in genomics. She is responsible for providing technical guidance and building the research capacity of scientists (with a particular focus on genomics) at the BecA-ILRI Hub.

Originally from the South of Italy, Francesca obtained a BSc in Biology from the University of Pavia in the North of Italy, an Advanced Studies Diploma (DEA) in Genetics and Microbial Technologies from the University of Seville (Spain) and a European Marie Curie Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Biology at the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville (IRNASE), part of the Superior Council of Scientific Investigations (CSIC), in Spain.