present position and address:

St. Orsola-Malpighi University Medical Center

Via Massarenti, 9

I-40138 Bologna                       

ITALY

birthdate and place of birth:   August 23, 1948, Bologna, Italy

citizenship:            Italian

education:

                                 1969:  Licensed from high school: Classic Lyceum

                                 1969-72:  Student Resident in cyto-histopathology at the St. Orsola Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

                                 1974:  DSc/PhD, Summa cum Laude, in Biology, Graduate School of  Natural and Biological Sciences, University of Bologna (research field and internship in pathology and PhD thesis in experimental oncology).

                                 1980:  Certificate of Proficiency in English, English Language Institute, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

                                 1980-82:  Trainee in computer science and scientific programming, Department of Radiobiology, St. Anna Hospital, Ferrara.  

                                 1985:  Postgraduate School in Cyto-histochemical Research, Summa cum Laude, University of Pavia (research topic in pathology and thesis in enzyme cytochemistry & cytometry).

professional and teaching experience:

2013- present Professional Tutor, School of Medical Biotechnology, University of Bologna

2011- present   Adjunct Professor of Bioinformatics&Literature Searching, Postgraduate School of Internal Medicine, State University, Bologna

2000- 2013  Director, Unified Center for Applied Biomedical Research (CRBA), St. Orsola-Malpighi University, Medical Center

1989-2005:    Adjunct Professor of Comparative Pathology and Experimental Toxicology, Post-Graduate School of Toxicology, State University, Bologna

1985-2000:    Head Laboratory of Analytical Cytology, Institute of   Oncology, Bologna

1980-1985:    Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Oncology, Bologna

1978-1980:    Post-doctoral Scientist, Department of Pathology,The University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

1974-1978:    Research Scientist, Experimental Carcinogenesis Unit, Institute of Oncology, Bologna.

1972-1974:    Research Associate, Experimental Carcinogenesis Unit, Institute of Oncology, Bologna

HONOURS:

           2009: Spinoza Visiting Professorship an Lecture, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

           Certified by the Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi, 1975.

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC  SOCIETIES:

           American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science

           Society of Toxicology (USA)

           International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics

           Histochemical Society (USA)

           Soc. Italiana Prevenz., Diagnosi e Terapia dei Tumori

           Società di Farmacologia (Italy)

           Società Italiana di Tossicologia

           Società Italiana di Citologia (President 1998-)

           Società Medico-Chirurgica di Bologna

REVIEWER:

Acta Histochemica, Pasquale Chieco, Editor-in-Chief (NL).

Acta Oncologica, L Caldarola and C Maltoni, Editori (I).

American Journal of Pathology, Jay M. McDonald, Editor-in-Chief (USA).

Cancer Letters,  M Schwab, Editor-in-Chief (USA).

Histochemical Journal, PJ Stoward, Editor (GB)

Histochemistry and Cell Biology, J Roth, Editor (CH)

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, John Couchman, Editor (U.S.A.).

Microscopy Research and Technique, GC Ruben, Editor

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, LM Popescu, Editor

International Journal of Experimental Pathology, DR Katz, Editor

EDITORIAL BOARD:

Acta histochemica, Elsevier, Pasquale Chieco, Editor-in-chief 2015-2021.

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, John Couchman, Editor (U.S.A.).

Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, Italy, Giuseppe Musumeci, Editor.

PUBLICATIONS:

Articles in scientific journals > No. 160; Books, No. 4.

h-index: 42 (Google Scholar)

h-index: 35 (Scopus)