Born: Portoferraio (LI) November 16, 1958
WOS Id I-7088-2012
Scopus Author Identifier 7006477246
Orcid: 0000-0003-1506-1829
Keywords: vascular mesenchymal stem cells and progenitors; angiogenesis; atherosclerosis; endothelial injury; electron microscopy; multiorgan donor; biomaterials; nanostructure; kidney glomerular diseases
Education
Residency in Surgical Pathology (University of Bologna, 1988; mark 70/70).
Medical Board Qualifying Exam (1983).
Degree: Medical School (mark 110/110 cum laude), University of Bologna (12 November 1983).
High School Certificate in Classical Studies (Rome 1977; mark 60/60).
Professional Experience
From June 11, 2018 to date, Full Professor of Biotechnology and Methods in Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Bologna.
From November 1, 2002-2018, Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Bologna.
Assistant Professor, Pathology Unit, University Hospital S. Orsola, Bologna (1988-2002).
Researcher at the Institute of Normal and Pathological Cytomorphology, CNR, Bologna (1984-1988).
Academic Activities
Head of DIMEC Dept, University of Bologna (May 4, 2023 – to date)
Member of Academic Senate, University of Bologna (June 2023 - to date)
Head of DIMES Dept, University of Bologna (May 3, 2021 – December 31, 2022)
Member of Academic Senate, University of Bologna (2018- December 31, 2022)
Member of Disciplinary Board, University of Bologna (2021 – December 31, 2022)
President of Medical School Committee for the assignment of medical courses
Delegate for teaching activities of the DIMES Dept, University of Bologna
Chair of the Faculty-Student Joint Committee of the Medical School.
Chair of the Health Professional Courses of the School of Medicine - University of Bologna
Member of the council of the School of Medicine
Coordinator of the Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques
Coordinator of the Degree Course in Nursing - Campus Ravenna, University of Bologna
Scientific productivity
National Scientific Qualification for Full Professor in the SSD MED/46, SC 06/N1
n. 270 publications (PubMed)
n. 296 publications (Scopus)
n. 321 publications (WOS)
n. 7 monographs / books
n. 19 book chapters
n. 2 atlases
Bibliometric indices (updated on 2 dec 2023)
H-index 41 (Scopus)
H-index 40 (WOS)
H-index 49 (Google Scholar)
i10-index = 174 (Google Scholar)
7508 citations (Scopus)
6588 citations (WOS)
86 papers on Pubmed (last 10 yrs)
83 papers on Scopus (last 10 yrs)
Author position (WOS)
first: 11%
last: 26%
corresponding: 9%
PhD School
Member of the College in "Health and Technologies", University of Bologna, XXXIV cycle, 2018-to date
Member of the College of the PhD School in "Surgical Sciences", University of Bologna, from the XXI to the XXXIII cycle (2005-2018)
Member of the College of the PhD School in Ultrastructural Pathology, University of Teramo, cycle XVIII
Affiliations
Italian Group of Ultrastructural Pathology (GIPU)
National Institute for Cardiovascular Research (INRC)
National Institute Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB)
Società Italiana di Anatomia Patologica e Citologia Diagnostica (SIAPEC)
Società Italiana per la Ricerca Traslazionale e le Professioni Sanitarie (SIRTEPS) - Founding Member
Editorial Activity
Editorial Board: The Scientific World Journal, Pathology Section, Hindawi
Editorial Board: Biomolecules, MDPI
Editor: Stem Cell Research in Frontiers in Genetics and Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Frontiers
Reviewer
Stem Cells, PlosOne, Stem Cell International, Cytotherapy, Microscopy Research and Techniques, Frontiers Group, MDPI Group (Biomolecules, Diseases, Cells, Nanomaterials, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Pharmaceutics, Antioxidants), Journal of Microscopy, Journal of Anatomy, DNA and Cell Biology, Angiology, Clinical and Translational Medicine, International Journal of Environmental Research, The Anatomical Record, Diabetic Medicine, Molecular Biology Reports, FASEB, EJVES.
