Curriculum

Posizione attuale: Professore Associato S.S.D Vet/01 - Anatomia degli Animali Domestici – Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale alle Funzioni di Professore Ordinario). Interessi di Ricerca: gametogenesi, cicli riproduttivi e maturità sessuale nei pesci. Proliferazione ed apoptosi delle cellule germinali. Alterazioni della gametogenesi e dello sviluppo in pesci allevati. Identificazione, caratterizzazione, isolamento e proliferazione in vitro delle cellule germinali staminali in pesci allevati. Scheletogenesi e determinazione dell’età in pesci di interesse commerciale. Biomarkers istologici di esposizione a stress ed inquinanti ambientali in pesci di interesse commerciale. Responsabilità in progetti di ricerca internazionali: Identification of broodstock performance indicators and markers to boost the aquaculture of emerging fish species (BESTBROOD). H2020 BlueBio ERA-NET (in corso). New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture (NEWTECHAQUA). H2020 (in corso). Exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate fish species for expansion of the European aquaculture industry (DIVERSIFY). EU FP7 (2013-2018). EU FP7 grant n. 212797 "From capture based to SELF-sustained aquaculture and Domestication of bluefin tuna, Thunnus Thynnus" (SELFDOTT) (2008-2011). Incarichi internazionali: Presidente del Comitato tecnico Scientifico- Infrastructure for Atlantic bluefin tuna aquaculture (ICAR) (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Murcia, Spain). Visiting professor presso l’Università di Mugla (Turchia) dal 14 al 20 aprile 2019. Comitati editoriali di riviste scientifiche: Scientific Reports – Member of the Editorial Board; PLOS One - Academic Editor; Veterinary Sciences - Member of the Editorial Board; Guest Editor – ANIMALS -Special Issue “Reproduction of Wild and Cultured Fish" (closed June 2021). Meeting e Congressi Internazionali: Chairman of the Workshop “Reproduction of cultured fish. 19th International Congress on Animal Reproduction Bologna (Italy), 26th-30th June 2022. Organizzatore del I meeting di coordinamento annuale del progetto EU FP7 DIVERSIFY. Bari, 4-6 novembre 2014. Membro del Comitato Organizzatore e Key-note speaker “Workshop on Atlantic bluefin tuna reproductive biology”- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), Madrid, 26-28 November 2018. Membro del Comitato Organizzatore “Workshop on grey mullet aquaculture: state of the art and perspectives”. Bari, 14 maggio 2018. Chairman of the "Tuna" session of World Aquaculture 2011 Congress (World Aquaculture Society), Natal, Brazil, 6-10 June 2011. Incarichi Didattici: Istologia e Anatomia Applicata degli Animali Domestici – Corso di Laurea in Scienze Animali – Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Istologia ed Anatomia degli Animali da Reddito - Corso di Laurea in Biotecnologie Industriali per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile – Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro ------------ENGLISH VERSION----------------------------------------------- Position: Associate Professor (with national qualification to full professor) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro. Research fields: fish gametogenesis, reproductive cycles and puberty; reproductive dysfunctions of fish under rearing conditions; effects of rearing in captivity on apoptosis and proliferation of fish germ cells; age determination and growth in fishes. Scientific Responsible for the following EU research projects: Identification of broodstock performance indicators and markers to boost the aquaculture of emerging fish species (BESTBROOD). H2020 BlueBio ERA-NET (in progress). New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture (NEWTECHAQUA). H2020 (in progress). Exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate fish species for expansion of the European aquaculture industry (DIVERSIFY). EU FP7 (2013-2018). EU FP7 grant n. 212797 "From capture based to SELF-sustained aquaculture and Domestication of bluefin tuna, Thunnus Thynnus" (SELFDOTT) (2008-2011). President - Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the Infrastructure for Atlantic bluefin tuna aquaculture (ICAR) (Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Murcia, Spain). Member of Editorial Board - Scientific Reports Academic Editor - PLOS One. Member of Editorial Board – Veterinary Sciences. Guest Editor – ANIMALS -Special Issue “Reproduction of Wild and Cultured Fish" (closed June 2021). Reviewer Italian COFIN-PRIN research programs 2010 and 2020. Chairman of the Workshop “Reproduction of cultured fish. 19th International Congress on Animal Reproduction Bologna (Italy), 26th-30th June 2022. Member of the Organizing Committee and Key-note speaker “Workshop on Atlantic bluefin tuna reproductive biology”- International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic tunas (ICCAT), Madrid, 26-28 November 2018. Chairman of the session "Control of Reproduction in Aquaculture". 10th Congress of the Italian Society of Animal Reproduction and 1st Balkan Conference on Biology and Reproduction in Farm Animals and in Aquaculture, Tirana, May 23-25, 2012. Chairman of the "Tuna" session of World Aquaculture 2011 Congress (World Aquaculture Society), Natal, Brazil, 6-10 June 2011.