Caterina Selva

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2021 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Researcher	University of Adelaide
  2019 - 2020	Research Assistant	The University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2020	Award	Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2016	Scholarship	Australian Government Research Training PhD Scholarship	The University of Adelaide	Australia	-
  2016	Scholarship	ACPFG Supplementary Scholarship	Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics	Australia	-
  2015	Scholarship	Scholarship for Young Promising Students	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	-

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  French	Can read and understand spoken
  Italian	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  Spanish; Castilian	Can read and understand spoken

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2016 - 2020	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD - Plant Genetics
  2012 - 2014	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	Master's Degree - Molecular Cell Biology
  2009 - 2012	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	Bachelor Degree - Biology

• Research Interests

  Agricultural Biotechnology Agriculture Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Biotechnology Genetics Microscopy

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2023	Selva, C., Yang, X., Shirley, N. J., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., & Tucker, M. R. (2023). HvSL1 and HvMADS16 promote stamen identity to restrict multiple ovary formation in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany, 74(17), 5039-5056. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
  2022	Selva, C., Shirley, N., Houston, K., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., Li, G., & Tucker, M. R. (2022). HvLEAFY controls the early stages of floral organ specification and inhibits the formation of multiple ovaries in barley. The Plant Journal, 108(2), 509-527. DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC6
  2020	Selva, C., Riboni, M., Baumann, U., Wurschum, T., Whitford, R., & Tucker, M. R. (2020). Hybrid breeding in wheat: how shaping the floral biology can offer new perspectives. Functional Plant Biology, 47(8), 47-8. DOI Scopus13 WoS13 Europe PMC4
  2019	Jia, Y., Selva, C., Zhang, Y., Li, B., McFawn, L. A., Broughton, S., . . . Li, C. (2019). Uncovering the evolutionary origin of blue anthocyanins in cereal grains.. The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 101(5), 1057-1074. DOI Scopus24 WoS27 Europe PMC12
  2014	Mantegazza, O., Gregis, V., Chiara, M., Selva, C., Leo, G., Horner, D. S., & Kater, M. M. (2014). Gene coexpression patterns during early development of the native Arabidopsis reproductive meristem: Novel candidate developmental regulators and patterns of functional redundancy. Plant Journal, 79(5), 861-877. DOI Scopus26 Europe PMC14

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2021	Selva, C. (2021). Let's Fight Food Waste. Poster session presented at the meeting of Presented as part of the Australian session in Food for Earth 2021 (FAO & Future Food Institute).
  2018	Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2018). Floral development in barley: characterization of multiovary mutants. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction. Japan.
  2017	Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2017). The benefits of sterility: characterizing multiovary mutants for hybrid seed production. Poster session presented at the meeting of Combined biosciences - ComBio. Australia.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2020	Selva, C. (2020). Understanding flower development in barley (Hordeum vulgare) through characterization of multiovary (mov) mutants and their potential use in hybrid breeding. (PhD Thesis).

Mentored the Small Group Discovery Experience in the Foundations in Plant Science course (2017)

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021 - 2023	Co-Supervisor	Targeting Cell Wall Formation in the Oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi for Disease Control	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mrs Amena Khatun

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2021 - ongoing	Secretary	Association of Italian Researchers in Australasia (ARIA)	n.a.	Australia
  2018 - 2019	Vice-President	Postgraduate Association for Waite Students (PAWS)	The University of Adelaide	Australia

• Memberships

  Date	Role	Membership	Country
  2021 - ongoing	Member	Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA)	Australia
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)	Australia

• Presentation

  Date	Topic	Presented at	Institution	Country
  2020 - 2020	Understanding flower development in barley (Hordeum vulgare) through characterisation of mov1 multiovary mutant	Symposium Down Under: Mechanisms controlling plant reproduction	The University of Adelaide	Australia

• Email: caterina.selva@adelaide.edu.au