• On March 1st, Miano took up his duties at the headquarters of the intergovernmental organization in Paris

• The new Secretary General has been involved in Mediterranean agriculture, sustainable food systems, environmental protection, and agricultural development for more than 30 years

On 1 March 2023 Teodoro Miano took office as Secretary General of the Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) at the intergovernmental organization's headquarters in Paris. He was appointed during the CIHEAM’s 151st Governing Board meeting held on 18 November 2022.

Miano has been involved in Mediterranean agriculture, sustainable food systems, environmental protection, and agricultural development for more than 30 years.

BIOGRAPHY OF TEODORO MIANO

Teodoro Miano is a Full Professor of Agricultural Chemistry at the Department of Soil, Plant, and Food Science of the University Aldo Moro of Bari (Italy). He is an agronomist and started his academic career after graduating from the University of Basilicata (Italy) in 1987. In 1992, he entered as an Associate Professor at the University of Bari, where he later became a full professor in 2001. He pursued his research in the United States, Germany, Switzerland, and Norway.

Teodoro Miano has been President of the Italian Society of Agricultural Chemistry, President of the European Soil Systems Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union, and President of the International Humic Substances Society (IHSS).

He has been involved in various committees at the Ministry of Agriculture in Italy, has organized more than 50 national and international events, participated in and coordinated several research projects at the local, national, and international levels, and has been involved in several evaluation committees and editorial boards of international journals. He was also appointed Deputy Dean for International Relationships at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy).

In 1996, Teodoro Miano initiated collaboration with CIHEAM Bari, by participating in their educational programmes and in research and cooperation projects. He has been a senior consultant in a CIHEAM Bari Task Force and was appointed member of the CIHEAM Scientific Advisory Board, becoming president in the second term of office.

In 2018, he was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to become Italian Delegate to the CIHEAM Governing Board, where he also acted as one of the vice presidents. On November 2022, during the 151st Meeting of the CIHEAM Governing Board, he was elected Secretary-General of the CIHEAM, taking up office from 1 March 2023.