Simona Fabroni
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Olive, Fruit and Citrus Crops Italy
Dr. Simona Fabroni, is permanent senior researcher in food science and technology at the
Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) - Research Center for Olive, Fruit
and Citrus Crops (Italy, 2005-present). In 2009 she has completed her PhD in Food Science and
Technology, University of Catania, Italy. From 2005 she has been working studying on quality
and biological properties of fresh fruits and processed products focusing the attention on the
investigation of the main bioactive constituents (anthocyanins, flavonoids, hydroxycinnamic
acids, vitamins) and promoting the development of new technologies for the processing industry.
She has also conducted studies on the nutritional and nutraceutical quality of organic fruits and
horticultural crops while performing traceability studies for the valorisation and protection of
food products protected by European designations (Organic, PDO, PGI). She’s actually PI of
national and international projects. She has published more than 75 papers, (including 45
indexed in Scopus peer-reviewed papers). H-index: 18 (1157 citations by 1060 documents).
