Full professor at the University of Bologna since 2010. Researches in the field of veterinary oncology, with particular regard to canine and feline mammary carcinomas and their mechanisms of chemoresistance. Collaboration at researches on soft tissue sarcomas and on the pathology of animal models in translational medicine and on the pathology of farm animals (pigs and teleosteas).
Education
Degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1989 held at Bologna University.
Academic career
Researcher at Bologna University from November 1991 to October 2004; Associate Professor at Bologna University from November 2004 to October 2010; Full Professor at Bologna University from November 2010.
Didactic activity
He helds the course of Pathologic Anatomy II in the degree course in Veterinary Medicine and course of Pathology of lab animals in the degree course in Animal Biotechnology.
Scientific activity
Component of the research team in the PRIN 2002; principal investigator of the research team in PRIN 2003 and in the “Progetto strategico 2005” funded by Bologna University; principal investigator for research projects funded by MERIAL Italy and MERIAL France in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013. Principal investigator of OU in a project funded by IZS Sicilia in 2016. Principal investigator of OU in a project funded by IZSLER in 2017.
Referee for several international scientific journals in the field of veterinary general pathology and pathologic anatomy.
Publications:
• In proceedings of meetings
o international: 116
o national: 96
• in scientific Journals
o with IF: 119
o without IF: 54
• 3 collaborations at scientific books
Institutional activities and academic assignments
Member of the board of the “dottorato in Scienze Veterinarie” from 2010
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Bologna “Biblioteca universitaria” from 2017
Membership in scientific and editorial committees
Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal Veterinary Pathology from 2015 to 2018.
Member of the Oncology pathology working group (OPWG) for the topic mammary tumours of the dog and cat under the control of the European Society of Veterinary Oncology from 2014.
Scientific editor for pathology for the scientific journal Research in Veterinary Science from 1998 to 2012.
Other activities
Member of the ASN 07/H2 committee for the years 2016-2018.
Member of the “Accademia delle Scienze di Bologna, classe Scienze Fisiche” from 2014.
President of the “Associazione Italiana dei Patologi Veterinari” from 2013 to 2014.
Member of the following Scientific Societies:
· Associazione Italiana di Patologia Veterinaria (A.I.P.Vet.)
· European Society of Veterinary Pathology (E.S.V.P.)
· Società italiana di Patologia ed Allevamento del Suino (S.I.P.A.S.)
