DALLE ZOTTE Antonella

obtained a PhD in Animal Sciences from the University of Padova (Italy). She is a permanent researcher (since 1994) and Full Professor (since 2015) at the Department of Animal Medicine, Production, and Health of the same university. Her research focuses on the effect of ante-, peri- and post-mortem factors on live performances, quality, and shelf life of meat from poultry, rabbit, and fish, and the quality of eggs. Other research includes the use of sustainable proteins from insects and plant crops as feed. She was awarded the title of Doctor honoris causa by Kaposvàr University (Hungary) in 2011, chaired the 69th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology in 2023, and is ranked in Stanford's top 2% of most-cited scientists.