Prof. Antonio Masi has obtained a Master-level degree in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Padova. He carried out studies at the Pflanzen physiologisches Institut in Bern, Switzerland (1990), and at the Department of Plant Biology, University of California at Berkeley (1994-95) in the field of plant molecular biology, plant physiology, biochemistry and techniques in microscopy, and carried out research focused on the damage caused by ultraviolet radiation at photosynthesis level. He received a PhD in Photobiology in 1996. He has been working at the University of Padova from 1996. Teaching: "Plant Biochemistry and Physiology", "Plant Biology" , "Plant Natural Products" ,"Analytic methods for the quality and safety of agricultural products". In 2004 he was recipient of a Fulbright grant for research in plant proteomics at Cornell University, Ithaca-NY. April through june 2010: visiting professor at Tribhuvan University in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal, within the European programme "Sutrofor" - Sustainable Tropical Forestry.

He is currently involved in the following research areas: effects of UV-B radiation in crops; plant sulphur metabolism; plant thiols; oxidative stress and antioxidants in plants; functions of gamma-glutamyl transferase in glutathione transport and degradation; biological effects of humic substances and biostimulants; comparative plant proteomics and application of proteomics in agricultural and food science; factors affecting the uptake and distribution of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in plants.