Lucrezia Laccetti12
Peer-reviewed articles
Eight as first author and five as corresponding author, plus a book chapter for the British Ecological Society.
Curriculum vitae
Biosketch
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Projects as PI
26,500 € secured as Principal Investigator, from the L'Oréal-UNESCO Award and the European Space Agency.
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Research stays abroad
In Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy, building a network of long-term international collaborations.
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Journals I review for
Alongside an editorial role in the Springer Nature Reviewer Programme and work on reproducibility standards.
Experience
Academic appointments
- 2026 – presentPrincipal Investigator — University of Naples Federico II“How flowering plants cope with rapid shifts in their interacting insect communities” · Department of Biology · funded by the L'Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Award
- 2026 – presentPostdoctoral Research Associate — Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid“Evolutionary changes in endemic cliff plants” · Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry (ESCET)
- 2025Postdoctoral Researcher — University of Naples Federico II“Analysis of phenotypic selection on floral traits mediated by pollinators” · Department of Biology
- 2021Research Assistant — University of Naples Federico IIMolecular characterization of local landraces of vegetable crops · Department of Agricultural Sciences
- 2018 – 2019Research Collaborator (part-time) — University of Naples Federico IIDepartment of Earth, Environmental and Resources Sciences · 175 hours
Training
Education
- 2025 · Ph.D.Ph.D. in Biology — University of Naples Federico II (grade: excellent)Thesis: “The role of local adaptation and habitat fragmentation in driving Mediterranean plant evolutionary trajectories”
- 2021 · M.Sc.M.Sc. in Natural Sciences — University of Naples Federico II (110/110 cum laude, honourable mention)Thesis: “Pollination mechanisms in Ophrys tenthredinifera: a way-out from an evolutionary dead end?”
- 2019 · B.Sc.B.Sc. in Natural Sciences — University of Naples Federico IIThesis: “Reproductive isolation mechanisms in Ophrys tenthredinifera and Ophrys incubacea (Orchidaceae)”
Funding
Research grants
- 2026 – 2027 · Principal Investigator“How flowering plants cope with rapid shifts in their interacting insect communities”L'Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” · 20,000 €
- 2025New Phytologist Next Generation Scientists GrantFully funded place among 100 early-career plant scientists, University of Birmingham, UK · 1,000 €
- 2022 – 2023 · Principal Investigator“Precise monitoring of plant hybrid zones via convolutional neural networks”European Space Agency (ESA) · Project PP0085155 · Co-PIs: G. Scopece, G. Ruello · 6,500 €
- 2022Travel Grant117th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society, Bologna · 350 €
- 2021Oxford Climate Society — School of Climate ChangeGrant to attend the eight-week course
Recognition
Prizes and awards
- 2026L'Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” AwardSelected among the six most meritorious young Italian women researchers under 35 across the natural sciences, physics, mathematics, chemistry, engineering and technology · 20,000 €
- 2023Best Poster Presentation Award118th Congress of the Italian Botanical Society, Pisa
- 2021“Buon compleanno Federico II” AwardFor the excellence of the cursus studiorum, University of Naples Federico II · 500 €
- 2019Galileo Award — Jury memberXIV edition of the Galileo Award for scientific dissemination, University of Padova
International experience
Research stays
- 2026Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid (Spain)Department of Biology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry · Dr Martí March-Salas
- 2024INRAE Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Dijon (France)Agroecology research unit · Dr Léa Frachon · two months
- 2023University of Pisa (Italy)Department of Biology · Prof. Angelino Carta · two stays
- 2023University of Zürich (Switzerland)Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany · Prof. Florian P. Schiestl and Dr Léa Frachon
Teaching
Teaching experience
- 2021Teaching Assistant — General BotanyUndergraduate programme in Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II · 75 hours
- 2020 – 2021Teaching Assistant — General BiologyUndergraduate programme in Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II · 75 hours
Academic service
Editorial activity
- 2026 – presentAssociate Editor (Data Integrity) — Journal of EcologyBritish Ecological Society
- 2026 – presentReviewing Editor — Springer Nature Reviewer Programme
Peer review
I review for a range of journals, including:
Scientific societies
- 2026 – presentSociety for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE)
- 2025 – presentBritish Ecological Society (BES)Working group member — Evolutionary Ecology Special Interest Group
- 2025 – presentSociety for the Study of Evolution (SSE)
- 2022 – presentItalian Botanical Society (SBI)