Curriculum
Academic position
Full Professor of Infectious Disease of Animals in the Department of Veterinary Medicine (Italy).
Titoli
Component of the task force in collaboration with Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma – Italy, for the SARS emergency (2002-2003).
Doctor of research in "Infective Pathology of sheep and goats" (1999).
Graduated in Veterinary Medicine with 110/110 with honours (1994).
Invited lecture
National Conference on SARS-CoV, Rome, Italy, November 20-21, 2003, lecture: “Le infezioni da coronavirus degli animali”.
National workshop on "Le infezioni gastroenteriche. L’uomo, gli animali, e l’ambiente: nuovi scenari epidemiologici”, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, November, 6-7, 2003, lecture: “Le infezioni da coronavirus degli animali”.
International Congress “Canine Infectious Diseases: from clinics to molecular pathogenesis”, Cornell University (Ithaca – USA), August 12-14, 1999: lecture “Diagnosis of canine coronavirus using n-PCR”
Research projects
Responsible of the PRIN project 2022 "Antiviral activity of drugs and natural compounds evaluated in vitro and in vivo against bovine coronavirus: a translational study to SARS-CoV-2"
Operative Responsible Unit of the PRIN PRNN project 2022 "Fungal metabolites as potential antiviral in canine and feline coronaviruses infection: investigation of their activity and mechanism of action"
Operative Responsible Unit of the project “Lotta alla SARS” financied by Ministero della Sanità, Italy, years 2004-2005, “Caratterizzazione genomica di stipiti di coronavirus felino e studio dei meccanismi immunopatologici della peritonite infettiva felina”
Responsible of the MIUR project, years 2002-2004, "Viral enteritis of dogs".
Operative Responsible Unit of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy) project, years 2000/2002, "Viral enteritis of the dog".
Operative Responsible Unit of the project financed by Ministero della Sanità, Italy, years 2000/2001: "Genomic characterization of pestivirus strains isolated from sheep and goats".
Component of the research group of the "Centro di Eccellenza" of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy): Comparative genomic: genes involve in physiopathologic processes in biomedical and agricoltural fields, year 2002.
Editor
Component of the Editorial Board of : Pathogens, The Open Veterinary Science Journal, Veterinary Medicine International, Journal of Animal Science and Research, Journal of Virology & Antiviral Research, Journal of Virology and Vaccines Research, United Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology.
Referee for international scientific journals of the JCR (WoS, SCOPUS).
Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Infectious Enteritis of Dogs” for the Scientific World Journal (2012).
Author of an e-book “Viral enteritis in dogs” from the Bentham Science (2010).
Editor of the book “Resent Research Developments in Canine and Feline Coronaviruses Biology and Diagnosis” and author of chapters of the book. ISBN: 978-81-7895-321-2, published by Transworld Research Network. Fort P.O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India, (2008).
Author of a chapter: "Canine Coronavirus Infection" in the web test "Recent Advances in Canine Infectious Disease", International Veterinary Information Service (IVIS) (1999).
Tasks
National Commissioner for the conferment of the National Scientific Ability to the functions of university full and associate professor in the SC 07/H3 Infectious and Parasitological Diseases, years 2018-2020 (Directorial Decree n. 2927 of 29/10/2018).
Reviewers and Rapporteur for the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research and its Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI) for the 3rd National Plan for Research, Development and Innovation for the period 2015-2020 (PNCDI III), the main instrument for the implementation of the National Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2014-2020.
Reviewer for the Technology Foundation STW, Dutch funding agency for university research.
Component of the list of Reviewers and Rapporteur of the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, Italy).
Component of the list of the Official Referees for VQR 2011-2014 named by ANVUR.
Component of the research doctorate board in “Sanità animale e zoonosi" of the University of Bari from 2013 to 2017.
Component of the research doctorate board in “Scuola di dottorato in sanità animale e zoonosi” of the University of Bari from 2010 to 2012.
Component of the research doctorate board in “Patologia e sanità animale” of the University of Bari from 2003 to 2009.
Institutional tasks
President of the degree course “Animal Sciences” for the four years period 2022-2025.
Single referent for the internship of the degree course in “Animal Sciences” from 2019.
Scientific publications
Author or co-author of 186 in peer-reviewed and International Journals.