Anabela Romano

Professor Anabela Romano is the leader of the Plant Biotechnology Lab since 1995, the year she joined the faculty at the University of Algarve, is the Director of the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Algarve and director of the MED/Ualg - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, and was previously Vice-Rector of the University of Algarve. Her current research focuses on the use of...See more

Professor Anabela Romano is the leader of the Plant Biotechnology Lab since 1995, the year she joined the faculty at the University of Algarve, is the Director of the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Algarve and director of the MED/Ualg - Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, and was previously Vice-Rector of the University of Algarve. Her current research focuses on the use of biotechnological approaches toward the propagation, conservation, and sustainable use of plant genetic resources and on the biological and chemical characterization of natural compounds. She is actively engaged in training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (supervised 122 students) and teaches graduate and undergraduate-level courses in Plant Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Natural Product Biotechnology, Medicinal Plants, and Phytotherapy, among others. She is the principal investigator of several research projects and evaluator of national and international research projects and grants. She has published 227 original papers, book chapters, and books, and has been invited to present lectures at specialized national and international congresses and other scientific meetings. She is currently an associate editor of the South African Journal of Botany (Elsevier). See less