UNIVERSITY CAREER
2018
National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in Zoology (valid until July 27th, 2029)
2015-present
Associate Professor in Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
2002-2015
Researcher in Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
2000-2002
Research contract to set permanent exhibition “Comparing Vertebrates” (May 2002 – December 2012), Museum of Natural History, University of Pisa
Curator of “Other Invertebrates” collection, Museum of Natural History, University of Pisa
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
2000
PhD in Protistology (Experimental biology on unicellular organisms) c/o former Department of Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, University of Pisa
1996
Master’s Degree (5 yr) in Biological Sciences, University of Pisa. Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
AWARDS/TITLES
2017
“Comitato Scientifico Fauna d’Italia 2017 UZI award” for the scientific work “Preliminary distribution and genetic data of Austropotamobius italicus (Faxon, 1914) in Lunigiana (Tuscany)”, Second Joint Meeting of Société Zoologique de France and Unione Zoologica Italiana (18-23 September 2017, Torino, Italy)
2014
Given the title of ‘National Geographic Explorer‘ as National Geographic Society grant recipient
1996
“Renzo Nobili” award from “Italian Society of Protozoology” for the scientific work “Temperature effects on the behaviour of ciliated Protozoa”, for young scientists in Protozoology. XVII Congress of the Italian Society of Protozoology (26-28 September 1996, S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy).
SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS
2022-2024
Committee for the drafting of the Corsican mouflon (O. gmelini musimon var. corsicana) National Action Plan (France)
2018-present
Centre for Climate Change Impact of the University of Pisa
2009-present
Species Survival Commission and Galliformes Specialist Group within the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
2006-present
Council of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa
2001-present
Italian Zoological Union
EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
Has served as peer-reviewer for the following international scientific journals:
African Journal of Biotechnology, Annales Zoologici Fennici, Ardeola, Belgian Journal of Zoology, Biochemical Genetics, Biological Conservation, Biological Invasions, Birds, BMC Veterinary Research, Central European Journal of Biology, Communications Biology, Conservation Genetics, Contributions to Zoology, Current Zoology, Diversity, Ecology and Evolution, Endangered Species Research, European Journal of Wildlife Research, Genes, Hereditas, Ibis, Integrative Zoology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Italian Journal of Zoology, IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Field Ornithology, Journal of Forensic Legal & Investigative Sciences, Journal of Ornithology, Journal of Zoology, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Journal for Nature Conservation, Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, Molecular Biology Reports, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Naturwissenschaften, Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Plos One, Population Ecology, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, Zoological Science, and Zootaxa.