VALERIO CARELLI, MD, PhD
Tenure Permanent Researcher
Chief of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics,
Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DIBINEM),
University of Bologna School of Medicine,
Ospedale Bellaria (Pad. G), Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna.
++39 051 4966747 (office)
++39 051 209 2744-43-42 (laboratory)
++39 051 209 2751 (fax)
Email: valerio.carelli@unibo.it
PERSONAL DETAILS
Born 08/08/1959 Ancona, Italy.
Nationality: Italian.
Language fluency in: Italian, English.
EDUCATION
1990- Degree in Medicine, University of Bologna School
of Medicine.
Final mark: 110/110 cum laudae. Thesis: “Leber's Hereditary
Optic Neuropathy: familial study by restriction polymorphisms of
DNA.”
1990-1994- Residency in Neurology, University of Bologna
School of Medicine.
Final mark: 70/70 cum laudae. Thesis: “Leber's Hereditary Optic
Neuropathy: molecular and biochemical analysis of mitochondrial
subunits of NADH ‑ dehydrogenase.”
1994-1998- PhD in Neuroscience, University of Verona School
of Medicine.
Thesis: “Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: investigations on
its pathogenesis at biochemical, cellular and morphological
level.”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998-2001- Research Associate, Department of
Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California,
USA.
2001-Present – Tenure Permanent Researcher, Chief of the
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Department of Neurological Sciences,
University of Bologna School of Medicine, Bologna, Italy.
July 1, 2003-Present - Research Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology without remuneration, Department of Ophthalmology,
Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
