Francesca Bot

Francesca Bot is an Associate Professor at the Department of Food and Drug Sciences, University of Parma. Her expertise spans food science, nutrition, and microbiology, with a focus on gut microbiota, probiotics, and functional foods. She teaches courses on food preservation, global food law, and food system sustainability.

• Academic Appointments: Teacher tutor for Food Science (2024/2025, 2023/2024, 2022/2023)
• Research Focus: Bifidobacteria microbiome, host-microbe interactions, vitamin biosynthesis, and food-microbiota cross-talk
• Key Collaborations: Worked with researchers on plant protein stability, gut fermentation models, and microbiota preservation

Her recent publications investigate molecular interactions between botanicals and gut microbiota, genetic traits of probiotic strains, and microbiota modulation in stress models. While no specific awards are mentioned, her work spans food chemistry, functional foods, and microbiome applications.