Dr Franco Meggio
About Me
Franco Meggio is Associate Professor of Viticulture at the University of Padua. He obtained his PhD in Viticulture, Oenology, and Marketing of Wine Businesses at the University of Padua (2005–2008). He was a research fellow (2008–2015) and fixed-term researcher (2016–2022) at the University of Padua, visiting scientist at renowned European research institutions (IAS – CSIC in Cordoba, ES in 2007-2008 and ICVV in Logroño, ES in 2011) on topics related to vine stress detection using hyperspectral remote sensing. He has participated in numerous research projects funded by national and international calls for proposals and by private companies as scientific project/research unit manager or as a participant on topics related to sustainable viticulture, response to climate change, and precision viticulture.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of Horticultural Science (SOI), Coordinator of the SOI Working Group on ‘Climate Change - Impacts and Opportunities’. Member of national and international scientific societies: Italian Academy of Vine and Wine (AIVV), Italian Society of Horticultural Science (SOI), International Viticulture and Enology Society (IVES), Society of International Terroir Experts (SITE), Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology (ASVO), International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS). Associate Editor of the international journals Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research (AJGWR) and OENO One (IVES), Editorial Board Member of Agronomy (MDPI). Scientific consultant to national and international wine companies and service providers. Member of the Evaluation Committee (panel) for international projects for the National Science Centre (NCN, Poland) and the National Research Foundation (NRF, South Africa).
Author and co-author of over 150 publications in national and international scientific journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, and more than 20 presentations at national and international conferences. He is supervisor or co-supervisor of over 100 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses on topics related to viticulture, tree cultivation, sustainability in the wine industry, vine ecophysiology, and precision viticulture.
His main research interests are: i) the ecophysiology of vines and their adaptation to environmental changes for a deeper understanding of the impacts of climate change on viticulture; ii) sustainable viticulture and the environmental impact of agricultural activities by developing sustainable adaptation strategies and regenerative viticulture practices; iii) the application of remote sensing methodologies to the study of vine physiology, architecture, and biophysical parameters of the canopy with precision viticulture approaches using proximal and remote sensors.
