Graduated 1967. Lecturer Botany 1972. "Professore ordinario" 1984. “Corresponding member” of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2006.
Author of research papers and reviews of more than 200 papers.
Editors of the following books: PLANT EMBRYOLOGY - THE TUSCAN CONTRIBUTION - IN HONOUR OF GIOVAN BATTISTA AMICI (1786-1863). Pacini, Pisa, 1988. SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN HIGHER PLANTS. Springer, Berlin, 1988. THE TAPETUM: CYTOLOGY, FUNCTION, BIOCHEMISTRY AND EVOLUTION. Springer-Verlag, Wien, 1993. ANTHER AND POLLEN: FROM BIOLOGY TO BIOTECHNOLOGY. Springer, Berlin, 1999. POLLEN AND POLLINATION. Springer-Verlag, Wien, 2000. NECTARY AND NECTAR: FROM BIOLOGY TO BIOTECHNOLOGY. Springer-Verlag, Wien, 2003.
Grant proposal – Panel reviews for funding Agencies/foundations: Europaean Comunity, INTAS, Binational Agricultural Research and developmental Found.
Plant dispersal ecophysiology, pollination, pollen citology, evolution, plant and art
Basic Botany for biologists
Nurit Firon, Massimo Nepi, Ettore Pacini, Water status and associated process mark critical stages in pollen development and functioning. Annals of Botany G.B. 109, 1201-1213 (2012).
Gian Gabriele Franchi, Beti Piotto, Massimo Nepi, Carol Baskin, Jerry Baskin, Ettore Pacini, Pollen and sed desiccation tolerance in relation to degree of developmental arrest, dispersal and survival. Journal Experimental Botany G.B. 62, 5267-5281 (2011).
Massimo Nepi, Laura Cresti, Massimo Guarnieri, Ettore Pacini. Effect of relative humidity on water content, viability and carbohydrate profile on petunia hybrid and Cucurbita pepo pollen. Plant Systematics and Evolution. Austria 284, 57-64 (2010).
Massimo Nepi, Patrick von Aderkas, Ettore Pacini. Sugary exudate in plant pollination. In: Secretions and exudates in in Biological Systems, Signalling and communication in plants. Berlin, Germany 12: 155-186 (2012).
Ettore Pacini, Pollen and seed analogies. Plant Biosystems. GB 146, 738-748 (2012)
Ettore Pacini, Pollination. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier, UK. vol 4, 2857-2861 (2009).
Ettore Pacini, Orchid pollen dispersal units and reproductive consequences. In: Orchid Biology: Reviews and Perspectives, Springer, Berlin. X°, 185-218 (2009).
Ettore Pacini, Relationships between tapetum, loculus and pollen during development. Int. J. Plant Sci. U.S.A. 171, 1-11 (2010).
Ettore Pacini, Cédric Jacquard, Christophe Clément, Pollen vacuoles and their significance. Planta Germany 234, 217-227 (2011).
José Luis Vesprini, Ettore Pacini, Pollination ecology in sympatric winter flowering Helleborus (Ranunculaceae). FLORA Germany 205, 627-632 (2010).