Affiliation: Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI), University of Florence

Alice Checcucci is a researcher with expertise in microbial genetics and plant-microorganism interactions, with a background in microbiology, biotechnology, and sustainable agriculture. She obtained her PhD in biology from the University of Florence, where her research focused on plant colonization by symbiotic bacteria.

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with various national and international research institutes, contributing to projects ranging from the analysis of antibiotic resistance in agricultural wastewater to the study of microbiota associated with higher organisms. Currently, she is a researcher at the DAGRI Department of the University of Florence, where she continues to investigate the genetics of plant-microbe interactions and applied microbiology in agriculture.