Francesca Dalla Vecchia born in Vicenza on 27/5/1960. In 1983 degree in Biology at Padua University. In 1990 PhD in Evolutionistic Biology at the University of Padova. From 1991 to 2002 Researcher (Faculty of Sciences) at the same University. From 2002 Associated Professor at the Department of Biology of Padova University. Main research interest: effects of biotic stress on plants; effects of heavy metals and pharmaceutical on morpho-physiology of microalgae, macroalgae and plants used in phytoremediation; eco-morpho-physiological studies on different species of Crassulaceae in the Euganean hills; studies on seed germination. Author of 77 publications in international journals.

Prof. Dalla Vecchia carries out the following research lines: effects of abiotic stress on the morpho-physiology of higher plants; effects of heavy metals on the morpho-physiology of macroalgae and plants used in phytodepuration; effect of pharmaceuticals as emerging pollutants in microalgae and macroalgae.

Effect of emerging pollutants on microalgae and macroalgae. Conservation of plant species at risk of extinction. Effect of the application of biostimulants on crop plants.