Davide Pettener

Short Scientific CV

Born: November 16th, 1950 in Napoli (Italy)

Citizenship: Italian

Work address: Dipartimento di Biologia evoluzionistica sperimentale, Area di Antropologia, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Via F. Selmi 1, 40126 Bologna, Italy

Phone: +39 051 2094192

Fax: +39 051 2094191, +39 051 2091208

E-mail: pettener@alma.unibo.it

Fields of study: Human population genetics, Human ecology

Current position: Full Professor of Anthropology, University of Bologna

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1974. Degree in Biological Sciences, University of Bologna

1975-1982. Research Assistant, Institute of Anthropology, University of Bologna.

1982-1988. Assistant Professor, Institute of Anthropology, University of Bologna.

1988-2000. Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Bologna.

2000- present day. Full Professor of Anthropology, Department of Biology, University of Bologna.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

1980-1995. General Secretary of the Unione Antropologica Italiana.

1996- 2008. Member of the Board of the Associazione Antropologica Italiana

1996-1998, 2000-2002, 2008-2011 President of the Italian Anthropological Association.

Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna.

Founder Member of the European Anthropological Association.

Socius Honorarius of the  Societas Antropologica Croatica

Head of the Department of Evolutionary Experimental Biology (2010-13)

Coordinator and member of the PhD Program Committees in Anthropological Sciences and in Biodiversity and Evolution, Bologna University .

President of the degree in Biodiversity and Evolution

TEACHING

Anthropology

Human population biology

Human ecology

Human evolution and biodiversity

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

National and local Coordinator of research projects financed by CNR, MIUR-PRIN and by the University of Bologna (Strategico 2006) in the following main anthropological research areas:

- Biodemography and genetics of isolated populations

- Human adaptability to high altitude of Central Asian and Andean populations

- mtDNA and Y chromosome variation in Italian, Central Asian, SouthAmerindian and African populations.

Group leader of the Lab of Human Biology of the Dept. of Biology, University of Bologna. The Lab has obtained the "Excellence" qualification (Peer review 2005).

The research activity is carried out in collaboration with European and American labs. Is author of more than 100 papers also published in international journals with high IF. Two of these papers were included among the best 20 scientific publications of the Area 05 (Biology) or the Unoversity of Bologna (CIVR 2005).

SCOPUS 2018: Sum of the Times Cited : 1981; h-index: 21.