Tomas Morosinotto is Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biology.

He completed his Master degree in Biotechnology (2001) at the University of Verona and his PhD in Environmental Biotechnology (2005) between University of Verona and the Université de la Méditerranée in Marseille. From 2005 to 2006 he worked in France, first as postdoctoral fellow at CEA Cadarache, and then as CNRS researcher at the LGBP (Laboratoire de Biophysique et Génétique des Plantes) at the Science Faculty of Marseille. In 2007 he returned to Italy to pursue his research activity at the University of Padova. His research focuses on the study of photosynthesis in different organisms investigating how evolution shaped the regulation of this metabolic process going from algae, mosses and plants, and how these organisms could be exploited for production of biomolecules and biofuels. His research activity has been funded by several national entities (e.g., Italian Ministry of Education and Research, Veneto Region), foundations (e.g., Cariparo foundation), private investors and by an ERC Starting grant for the project BioLEAP (2012-2017) which aims to improve algae efficiency in converting light into biomass. In 2010, he was awarded the Vincenzo Caglioti prize by the Accademia dei Lincei and of the Robin Hill award by the International Society of Photosynthesis Research and, in 2014, of the Baccarani-Melandri award from the Italian Society of Plant Biology. He published over 80 peer reviewed papers in international journals.