{"id":6,"date":"2017-03-07T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2017-09-03T21:55:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T21:55:48","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-164 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/il-giocondo-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/il-giocondo-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/il-giocondo-768x1108.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/il-giocondo-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2017\/03\/il-giocondo-1200x1732.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 85vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hello and thanks for visiting my research blog!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m an agronomist by trade and I&#8217;ve been\u00a0working in the field of plant genetic resources conservation with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishseedsavers.ie\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Irish Seed Savers<\/a> over the past eight years.<br \/>\nWorking with plants from seed to seed, has made me aware of the transformation that climate change is imprinting\u00a0on their\u00a0phenology and on agricultural eco-systmes. \u00a0Over the course of my studies and my working career, I\u00a0have observed first-hand\u00a0altering patterns in crop&#8217;s growth in different regions of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>I joined the CCAFS MSc programme with the aim of investigating adaptation options to assist farmers and small holders in increasing climate resilience through the sustainable and climate-wise utilisation of plant genetic resources. I believe this work will become increasingly relevant in years to come, particularly on marginal lands and\u00a0in\u00a0low-input and organic agricultural systems.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3>E-mail: mattibeag [at] gmail.com<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p>I just completed a Master of Science in\u00a0Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nuigalway.ie\/ccafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NUI Galway<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have studied at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agraria.unifi.it\">University of Florence<\/a> &#8211; BSc\u00a0Agricultural Sciences<\/p>\n<p>See also my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/bibliography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Hello and thanks for visiting my research blog! I&#8217;m an agronomist by trade and I&#8217;ve been\u00a0working in the field of plant genetic resources conservation with Irish Seed Savers over the past eight years. Working with plants from seed to seed, has made me aware of the transformation that climate change is imprinting\u00a0on their\u00a0phenology and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/about\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About me&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":437,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantagbiosciences.org\/people\/matteo-petitti\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}