Mario
C. De Tullio is Assistant Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Bari,
Italy. He received his M.A. in Biology and his Ph.D in Plant Physiology from
the University of Bari, and followed that with postdoctoral positions
at the University of Kassel (Germany),
the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and the University of London,
Royal Holloway
College (Egham, UK). In 2007 he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar
at the University of California–Berkeley, where he worked on the role of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in the
redox regulation of development.
Currently, Mario teaches classes in Plant
Biology, Plant Morphology and Physiology, Plant Biotechnology, Phycology, Plant
Developmental Biology, Techniques in Plant Biology, and Science Teaching. His
interest in science communication is a consequence of the continuing debate on
the necessity of developing new teaching tools. Mario believes that the use of
new media and a more appealing approach to science will possibly help in
solving the problem of "scientific illiteracy" in our society.
