Curriculum

Current academic position:

Associate Professor SSD VET05-Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Avian Pathology Section

Professional qualifications:

Degree in Veterinary Medicine with final score of 106/110 at the University of Bari (1996).

PhD in Avian, Rabbit, and Wildlife Pathology at the University of Perugia (2000).

Specialization in Technology and Pathology of Poultry, Rabbit, and Wild Species with final score of 50/50 at the University of Bari (2002).

Specialization in Marine Biochemistry and Biotechnology applied to Aquaculture with final score of 47/50 at the University of Bari (2005).

Academic assignments:

-Member of the Board of the Degree Course in Animal Sciences (L38)

-Member of the Working Group for the conscious orienteering of high school students for the degree in Veterinary Medicine

-Member of the Working Group for the School-Work Alternation program at the Department of Veterinary Medicine (since 2018).

-Responsible for the practical training in Health management of wild animals in the degree in Animal Sciences (SA-L38), University of Bari

-Responsible for the practical training of Hygiene in the degree in Animal Sciences and Food Production (SA-L38), University of Bari

-Tutor for the quality of Teaching for the third year of the degree in Animal Sciences and Food Production (SAPA- L38) (since 2018)

Extra-institutional assignments:

-Member of the Health, Animal Welfare and Scientific Research Commission of the Italian Ornithological Federation (FOI) (since 2016)

-Member of the Scientific Committee of the WVPAC (World Veterinary Poultry Association) 2023

Teaching assignments:

-Pathologies of wild and unconventional animals – Professional Educational Path in the Degree course of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari

-Health management of poultry farms and wildlife in the Degree Course of Animal Sciences (L38), University of Bari

-Prophylaxis of infectious diseases of wildlife in the Degree Course of Animal Sciences (L38), University of Bari

-Techniques of management and recovery of wildlife in the Degree Course in Animal Sciences (L38), University of Bari

-Practical internship of Hygiene in the Degree Course in Animal Sciences and Food Production (L38), University of Bari

-Practical internship of Health Management of wild animals in the Degree Course in Animal Sciences (L38), University of Bari

- Hygiene and technologies of poultry and rabbit species at the School of Specialization in Inspection of Food of Animal Origin, University of Bari (from A.Y. 2016-17)

-Avian pathology – Infectious diseases of pet birds at the School of Specialization in Pathology and Technology of Poultry, Rabbit and Wild Species, University of Naples (from A.Y. 2018-19)

Awards for scientific merits:

Winner of the Award of the Italian Society of Avian Pathology (SIPA), for the best scientific work of virology (2006).

Winner of a scholarship, as first classified in the competition for admission to the School of Specialization in Avian, Rabbit and Game Technology and Pathology, for the three-year period 2000-2002

Professional work experience related to the scientific sector VET05 (Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals):

-Professor for the course "Avian Pathology" in the Integrated Course of: Infectious Diseases and Avian Pathology – Degree Course in Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo - A.Y. 2000-01

-Professor for the course "Avian Pathology" in the Integrated Course of: Anatomy, Technology and Avian Pathology – Degree Course in Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo - A.Y. 2001-02

- Referent for the vaccination plan for Blue Tongue on the territory of the Puglia Region at the Regional Veterinary Service - Department of Health, following a professional agreement with the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Puglia and Basilicata - from 15 October 2003 to 31 December 2004

Editor for scientific international journal with IF:

Animals – Special Issue “Infectious Diseases of Poultry”

Animals – Special Issue “Infectious Diseases, Pathology and Immunology in Rabbits”

Reviewer for scientific international journal with IF:

-Animals, -Antibiotics, -Avian Pathology, -Journal of Virological Methods, -Veterinary Medicine international, -Veterinary Microbiology, -Veterinary Research

Affiliation with scientific societies:

-Società Italiana di Patologia Aviare (SIPA)

-Associazione Scientifica Italiana di Coniglicoltura (ASIC)