Luca Sebastiani, Italian agricultural sciences educator, researcher. Certified agronomist University Pisa, Italy, 1994. Recipient award, G. Spitali Foundation, 1998; grantee, Swedish Research Council, 1996, 1997, Italian Research Council, 1997; Comett grant, European Commission, 1995. Member of Italian Society Plant Physiology, Italian Orticultural Society, International Society Horticultural Science, National Academy of Olive Tree and Oil.