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Assistant Professor<\/p>\n
amalacr@clemson.edu<\/p>\n
Lab website: http:\/\/malacrinolab.netlify.app<\/p>\n
Antonino Malacrin\u00f2 is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Dr. Malacrin\u00f2 earned his B.Sc. (2011) and M.Sc. (2013) in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies from the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy), and his Ph.D. (2017) in Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences from the University of Palermo (Italy). Following his Ph.D., he pursued international postdoctoral training at Link\u00f6ping University in Sweden (2017\u20132018), and at The Ohio State University as a Postdoctoral Researcher (2019\u20132021). In 2021, he was appointed Junior Group Leader at the University of M\u00fcnster in Germany, before moving back to Italy as an Assistant Professor at the University of Reggio Calabria (2022\u20132024). During this period, he established an independent research program on plant-microbiome interactions, securing several competitive national and international grants. In 2025, Dr. Malacrin\u00f2 joined Clemson University, where he continues to lead research on plant and soil microbiomes.<\/p>\n
Over the course of his career, Dr. Malacrin\u00f2 has secured \u223c$3M in highly competitive research funding from agencies across Europe. His research has been published in journals such as Science<\/em>, PNAS<\/em>, Global Change Biology<\/em>, New Phytologist<\/em>, and Communications Biology<\/em>. His contributions have been recognized with international awards, including the Harry Smith Prize (2023). He serves the editorial board of Molecular Ecology <\/em>(Editor), Letters in Applied Microbiology<\/em> (Senior Editor), and he is Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Applied Biology<\/em> (Jan 2026).<\/p>\n My research investigates the ecology and evolution of host\u2013microbiome systems, with a focus on plants, soil, and their herbivores. I integrate evolutionary biology, community ecology, and microbiology with molecular biology, high-throughput sequencing, experimental evolution, and computational approaches to address fundamental questions: How do microbiomes shape host ecology and evolution? What ecological and evolutionary rules govern the assembly of microbial communities? And can we engineer microbial communities to enhance traits of interest such as stress tolerance, disease resistance, or invasiveness? A central theme of my work is holobiont biology: understanding how host and their associated microbes function as integrated ecological and evolutionary units. My group also studies the effects of wildfires on soil microbiome structure, function, and the consequences of such changes for ecosystem recovery. Through this integrative approach, my goals is to help building microbiome-based tools that support sustainable food systems and healthy ecosystems in a changing world.<\/p>\n An updated record is available at:<\/p>\n https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&user=_ghEdkYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Assistant Professoramalacr@clemson.eduLab website: http:\/\/malacrinolab.netlify.appBiosketchAntonino Malacrin\u00f2 is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University. Dr. Malacrin\u00f2 earned his B.Sc. (2011) and M.Sc. (2013) in Agricultural Sciences and Technologies from the University of Reggio Calabria (Italy), and his Ph.D. (2017) in Agriculture, Forestry and Environmental Sciences from the University of Palermo (Italy). 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