Curriculum

CURRENT ACADEMIC POSITION

Assistant Professor in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Department of Veterinary Medicine (DiMeV) of the University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA)

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2023 National Scientific Habilitation as Associate Professor (Competition sector 07/H4: “Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Pharmacology")
2003 Ph.D. Degree in Veterinary Pathology, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Therapy (UniBA)
2000 Vocational Qualification as a Veterinary Practitioner (UniBA)
1999 Doctor’s Degree in Veterinary Medicine (UniBA)

PARTICIPATION in COLLEGIAL INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES

2023 (april) – present: Member of the Library Committee of the Veterinary Medicine Library (UniBA)

2015 – present: Member of the Research Evaluation Committee of DiMeV (UniBA)

2015 – 2018: Member of the Organizing Board of the Bachelor's Degree Course in “Animal Sciences and Food Productions” (UniBA)

2010 – 2015: Member of the Teaching board of the Doctoral School Program in “Animal Health and Zoonoses” (UniBA)

2005 – 2012: Member of the Teaching board of the Doctoral Course Program in “Animal Pathology and Health” (UniBA)

2010 – 2015: Member of the Teaching board of the Specialty School in “Hygiene and Technology of milk and milk products” (UniBA)

2010 – 2012: Member of the Teaching board of the Specialty School in “Infectious Diseases, Prophylaxis and Veterinary Policy” (UniBA)

2004 – 2012: Member of the Organizing Board of the Bachelor's Degree Course in “Sciences of Breeding, Hygiene and Welfare of Dog and Cat” (UniBA)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Professional Experiences in Foreign Research Institutions:

September 2022: University of Life Sciences of Lublin, POLAND, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Protection. Collaborative research activity (as a guest researcher) for the realization of integrated pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in farm animals.

October 2008 – August 2009: University of Leipzig, GERMANY, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology. Collaborative research activity (as a guest researcher) for the development of methods for isolation and culture of primary equine bronchial epithelial cells.

Third Mission activities (Public Engagement)

12^th april 2023 - seminar ("Veterinary Medicines") within the Orientation Programme organized by DiMeV (UniBA) for the academic year 2022/23
12^th april 2022 - seminar ("Veterinary Medicines") within the Orientation Programme organized by DiMeV (UniBA) for the academic year 2021/22
9^th September 2021 - Honorary Speaker ("Drugs for the control of ectoparasites in dogs and cats") at the online Workshop "Small Animal Applied Pharmacology", organized by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Amol University of Special Modern Technologies (Amol, Iran) within the 1^stIranian National Conference on Modern Veterinary Technologies.

Technical and Computer Skills:

culture of cell lines; isolation and culture of primary cells
functional tests on isolated organ bath (smooth muscle preparations)
immuno-based analytical techniques, including western blotting, ELISA, IHC, ICC, IF
competent with specific softwares for acquisition, elaboration and analysis of experimental data (GraphPad Prism; Chart for PowerLab System; Acqknowledge for Biopac MP System)