PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and surname: Massimo PASQUALETTI
Date and Place of birth: 3rd September 1967, Pontedera (Pisa, Italy)
Professor (Full) in Cell and Developmental Biology
Professional address: Unit of Cell and Developmental Biology, S.S. 12 n 4, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Telephone: +39 (0) 50 2211496
E-mail: massimo.pasqualetti@unipi.it
CURRENT POSITION
– Full Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
– Adjunct Senior Scientist, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Neuroscience and Cogntive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
– 2001: Visiting fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Oslo (Norway).
– 1997-2002: Visiting Fellow/post doc, Université Louis Pasteur, Institut de Gènètique et de Biologie Molèculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Strasbourg (France)
– 1999: PhD in “Biophysics and Molecular Biology of Cell and Development” University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (Mention: “brilliant”)
– 1995: MSc (Laurea with honours, 110/110 cum laude) in Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
WORK EXPERIENCE
– 2015-present: Full Professor, Sector Cytology & Comparative Anatomy (05/B2, BIO/06), Department of Biology, University of Pisa
– 2013-present: Adjunct Senior Scientist, Center for Neuroscience and Cogntive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto
– 2007-2015: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
– 2003-2007: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Pisa, Position financed by a competitive program from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) under the program “Rientro dei Cervelli” (Brain gain), University of Pisa.
PERSONAL SKILLS
– Mother tongue: Italian
– Other language: English, French
– Job-related skills: Developmental neurobiology; animal models; molecular biotechnology
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Institutional Responsibilities
– 2012-2021: Coordinator of the PhD Course in Biology of the University of Pisa
– 2013-2019: President of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degree Courses in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Pisa.