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Roberto Bassi

Roberto Bassi

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Plant Science and Agronomy
Italy
2026
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Chemistry
Italy
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
106
Citations
30856
World Ranking
977
National Ranking
19

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
107
Citations
31739
World Ranking
111
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Italy Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Roberto Bassi is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy and specializes in research at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. A significant portion of their work focuses on molecular biology within the broader field of plant science.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, with additional interests in algal biology and biofuel production. Other key research areas include photoreceptor and optogenetics research, spectroscopy and quantum chemical studies, plant stress responses and tolerance, light effects on plants, and antioxidant activity and oxidative stress.

Bassi has contributed to scholarly literature with several notable papers. Recent publications include:

  • Dissipation of Light Energy Absorbed in Excess: The Molecular Mechanisms, 2021, Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • Potential and Challenges of Improving Photosynthesis in Algae, 2020, Plants
  • Observation of dissipative chlorophyll-to-carotenoid energy transfer in light-harvesting complex II in membrane nanodiscs, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Exploring the potential of microalgae in the recycling of dairy wastes, 2020, Bioresource Technology Reports
  • A paler shade of green: engineering cellular chlorophyll content to enhance photosynthesis in crowded environments, 2023, New Phytologist

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors who have contributed multiple times to their research efforts. These include Luca Dall'Osto, Zeno Guardini, Roberto Caferri, Simone Barera, and Edoardo Andrea Cutolo.

Bassi regularly publishes in journals such as Plants, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, Nature Communications, and New Phytologist. Their body of work includes numerous contributions across these venues, indicating a sustained presence in the scientific community related to plant biology and molecular studies.

Among professional recognitions, Roberto Bassi became a member of Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of Photosynthetic Light Harvesting Involves Intrathylakoid Lumen pH Sensing by the PsbS Protein

    Xiao Ping Li;Adam M. Gilmore;Stefano Caffarri;Stefano Caffarri;Stefano Caffarri;Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi

  • ARCHITECTURE OF A CHARGE-TRANSFER STATE REGULATING LIGHT HARVESTING IN A PLANT ANTENNA PROTEIN

    Tae Kyu Ahn;Thomas J. Avenson;Matteo Ballottari;Yuan-Chung Cheng

  • Carotenoid‐binding proteins of photosystem II

    Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi;Bernard Pineau;Paola Dainese;Jürgen Marquardt

  • Zeaxanthin has enhanced antioxidant capacity with respect to all other xanthophylls in Arabidopsis leaves and functions independent of binding to PSII antennae.

    Michel Havaux;Luca Dall'Osto;Roberto Bassi

  • Light-induced dissociation of an antenna hetero-oligomer is needed for non-photochemical quenching induction

    Nico Betterle;Matteo Ballottari;Simone Zorzan;Silvia de Bianchi

  • Contrasting behavior of higher plant photosystem I and II antenna systems during acclimation

    Matteo Ballottari;Luca Dall'Osto;Tomas Morosinotto;Tomas Morosinotto;Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi

  • Analysis of LhcSR3, a Protein Essential for Feedback De-Excitation in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    Giulia Bonente;Matteo Ballottari;Thuy B. Truong;Thuy B. Truong;Tomas Morosinotto

  • Lutein is needed for efficient chlorophyll triplet quenching in the major LHCII antenna complex of higher plants and effective photoprotection in vivo under strong light

    Luca Dall'Osto;Chiara Lico;Jean Alric;Giovanni Giuliano

  • Quantum Coherence Enabled Determination of the Energy Landscape in Light-Harvesting Complex II

    Tessa R. Calhoun;Naomi S. Ginsberg;Gabriela S. Schlau-Cohen;Yuan-Chung Cheng

  • A Mechanism of Nonphotochemical Energy Dissipation, Independent from PsbS, Revealed by a Conformational Change in the Antenna Protein CP26

    Luca Dall'Osto;Luca Dall'Osto;Stefano Caffarri;Stefano Caffarri;Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi

  • Structure, function and regulation of plant photosystem I.

    Poul Erik Jensen;Roberto Bassi;Egbert J. Boekema;Jan P. Dekker

  • Carotenoid-binding Sites of the Major Light-harvesting Complex II of Higher Plants

    Roberta Croce;Saskia Weiss;Roberto Bassi

  • Mutational analysis of a higher plant antenna protein provides identification of chromophores bound into multiple sites

    Roberto Bassi;Roberta Croce;Daniela Cugini;Dorianna Sandonà

  • The major antenna complex of photosystem II has a xanthophyll binding site not involved in light harvesting.

    Stefano Caffarri;Roberta Croce;Jacques Breton;Roberto Bassi

  • Carotenoid-to-chlorophyll energy transfer in recombinant major light-harvesting complex (LHCII) of higher plants. I. Femtosecond transient absorption measurements.

    Roberta Croce;Marc G. Müller;Roberto Bassi;Alfred R. Holzwarth

  • Minor Antenna Proteins CP24 and CP26 Affect the Interactions between Photosystem II Subunits and the Electron Transport Rate in Grana Membranes of Arabidopsis

    Silvia de Bianchi;Luca Dall'Osto;Giuseppe Tognon;Tomas Morosinotto

  • Chlorophyll Binding to Monomeric Light-harvesting Complex A MUTATION ANALYSIS OF CHROMOPHORE-BINDING RESIDUES

    Rosaria Remelli;Claudio Varotto;Dorianna Sandonà;Roberta Croce

  • Acclimation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to different growth irradiances.

    Giulia Bonente;Sara Pippa;Stefania Castellano;Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi

  • A nomenclature for the genes encoding the chlorophylla/b-binding proteins of higher plants

    Stefan Jansson;Eran Pichersky;Roberto Bassi;Beverley R. Green

  • Chlorophyll-protein complexes of barley photosystem I.

    Roberto Bassi;Roberto Bassi;David Simpson

  • Time-resolved fluorescence analysis of the photosystem II antenna proteins in detergent micelles and liposomes.

    Ismael Moya;Mariuccia Silvestri;Olivier Vallon;Gianfelice Cinque

  • Zeaxanthin Radical Cation Formation in Minor Light-harvesting Complexes of Higher Plant Antenna

    Thomas J. Avenson;Tae Kyu Ahn;Donatas Zigmantas;Krishna K. Niyogi;Krishna K. Niyogi

  • Carotenoids: Localization and Function

    Harry Y. Yamamoto;Roberto Bassi

  • Pathways of energy flow in LHCII from two-dimensional electronic spectroscopy.

    Gabriela S Schlau-Cohen;Tessa R Calhoun;Naomi S Ginsberg;Elizabeth L Read

  • Analysis of the chloroplast protein kinase Stt7 during state transitions.

    Sylvain Lemeille;Adrian Willig;Nathalie Depège-Fargeix;Christian Delessert

Frequent Co-Authors

Luca Dall'Osto
Luca Dall'Osto University of Verona
Roberta Croce
Roberta Croce Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tomas Morosinotto
Tomas Morosinotto University of Padua
Matteo Ballottari
Matteo Ballottari University of Verona
Graham R. Fleming
Graham R. Fleming University of California, Berkeley
Krishna K. Niyogi
Krishna K. Niyogi University of California, Berkeley
Alessandro Alboresi
Alessandro Alboresi University of Padua
Alfred R. Holzwarth
Alfred R. Holzwarth Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Luigi Cattivelli
Luigi Cattivelli The Canadian Real Estate Association
Giovanni Giuliano
Giovanni Giuliano National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development

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