WSCSE-2025

Silvia Pampana graduated magna cum laude in agricultural science and then earned a PhD in agronomy and crop science from University of Pisa, the oldest school in the field worldwide (established on March 1st, 1844). She is a researcher at the Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment of the University of Pisa, Italy with 26 years of experience in agronomic research. She is also part of the Center for Agro-environmental Research “Enrico Avanzi” and of the Centre for Climate Change Impact of the University of Pisa. Silvia is also the nominated Editor in Chief of Agronomy Journal, the flagship journal of the American Society of Agronomy. Her understanding of most cropping systems is comprehensive, and she has a clear understanding of rigorous agronomic research. Her research centers around the physiology of yield development in field crops, with special attention to cereals and legumes to identify agronomic strategies for sustainable intensification of cropping systems i.e., allelopathy, intercropping, crop association and rotation, mineral, and organic nitrogen fertilization, biosolids, and resilience to abiotic stress due to climate change, such as waterlogging. She has also worked within the European Union focus group on crop associations, including milpa and protein crops to integrate crop associations into existing cropping systems and farm landscapes to increase farm resilience and efficient use of natural resources while reducing the dependency on external inputs. Silvia is especially committed to raise awareness of the leadership position agronomy holds within science in the search for sustainability.