Mattia Santoni is a research fellow at the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Nutrition. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Food Technologies from the University of Bologna in 2014, presenting a thesis in organic chemistry titled "Effects of cutting and plasma treatment on ready-to-eat fruit studied through 1H-NMR". In 2018, he completed his master's degree in Agri-food Biotechnologies at the University of Verona, presenting a thesis titled "A plant-based approach in the development of diagnostic kits for allergies and autoimmune diseases".
In the same year, he secured a research fellowship at the Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics at the University of Verona, supervised by Professor Linda Avesani. During this period, he collaborated with the start-up Diamante srl in developing a vector for expressing recombinant proteins in plant tissues, and undertook a visiting scientist position at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, United Kingdom.
Between 2019 and 2022, he pursued an Industrial PhD at the University of Verona in collaboration with Diamante srl. In 2023, he obtained a PhD by presenting a thesis titled "Plant-Made Proteinaceous Materials as Biotechnological Tools for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications."
