MILAN MASSIMO

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Massimo Milan
via Mario Visentin 66/C, 35012, Camposampiero (PD), Italy
Mobile + 39 3402644794
E-mail massimo.milan@unipd.it
Nationality ITALIAN
Date of birth 15/04/1981
ORCID 0000-0003-0246-9008
CURRENT POSITION Associate Professor (BIO/05 Zoology)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
January 2008 – December 2010. PhD in Animal Ethology and Ecology. Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence. Development of new genomic tools for anthropogenic impact assessment on the Venice Lagoon; Title of dissertation: Toxicogenomic analyses of Ruditapes philippinarum by DNA microarray: new tools for anthropogenic impact assessment on the Venice Lagoon. Supervisor: Guido Chelazzi.

October 2004 – September 2006. Second-cycle degree (Master Degree) “Biotechnologies for Food Science" (Laurea specialistica in Biotecnologie per l’Alimentazione) University of Padova - Faculty of Agriculture, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Mark 110/110 magna cum laude. Title of dissertation: Genetic structure of seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) populations from different localities of Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean sea. Supervisor: Prof. Patarnello Tomaso.

October 2001- September 2004. First Degree (First cycle degree in “Biotechnologies”; Laurea triennale in Biotecnologie Sanitarie) University of Padova. Final mark 103/110. Title of dissertation : Construction of co-expression plasmid for human α- and β- sarcoglican in bicistronic format. Supervisor: Prof. Doriana Sandonà

WORK EXPERIENCE
From March 2022. Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. SSD: BIO/05

March 2019 – February 2022. Researcher RTDb. University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. SSD: BIO/05

July 2018 – February 2019. Research Fellowship. University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science.

January 2018 – June 2018. Research Fellowship. University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.

January 2017 – December 2017. Postdoctoral fellowship (Grant) . University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science.

January 2016 – December 2016. Postdoctoral fellowship (Grant). University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. High-throughput sequencing in canine Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma; Development of new genetic tools for the identification of biomarkers associated to different phenotypes in fish and shellfish species

January 2014 – December 2015. Postdoctoral fellowship (Assegno di ricerca senior). University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science.

March 2013 – December 2013. CO.CO.CO . University of Padova, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.

March 2011 – February 2013. Postdoctoral fellowship (Assegno di ricerca junior) , University of Padova, Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology, and Veterinary Hygiene (currently named Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science). Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.

November 2008 – March 2009. IFREMER - Technopôle Brest-Iroise. BP70. 29280 Plouzané, France. Visiting student (supervisor Dr. Pierre Boudry).

RESARCH ACTIVITIES
The research activities have the objectives to develop and employ innovative genomic tools for investigations aimed at the environmental monitoring of bivalve mollusc farming areas and the evaluation of the effects of emerging pollutants on marine species. There are also new lines of research aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change on the production of bivalve species, and at studying host-microbiota interactions in the response to environmental stress.
These studies led to the publication of 72 manuscripts on peer-reviewed international journals (2,635 citations; H-Index= 26; 14/05/2025). The 63% of published manuscripts included foreign institutes.
Main collaborations:
-Dr. Pierre Boudry, Dr. Arnaud Huvet and Dr. Charlotte Corporeau (IFREMER, Technopole Brest Iroise - France).
-Prof. Adelino Canario (Centre for Marine Sciences, University of Algarve, CCMAR, Portugal).
-Prof. Antonio Figueras and Dr. Novoa Beatriz (CSIC – Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas de Vigo, Spain).
-Dr. Carlos Saavedra (CSIC - Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal - Spain).
-Prof. Francesco Regoli , Maura Benedetti e PhD Stefania Gorbi (Polytechnic University of Marche, Italy).
-Benjamin Costas and Sergio Fernandez Boo (CIIMAR | Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research of the University of Porto)
-Tim Bean (Roslin Istitute)
-Dr. Miriam Hampel (Andalusian Center for Marine Science and Technology, Spain).
-Stephanie Madec and Christine Paillard (UBO, Brest)
-Sergio Boo and Benjamin Costas (CIIMAR, Porto)

CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOOKS
Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems. From the Coastline to the Open Sea. Edited by: Juan Baztan, Bethany Jorgensen, Sabine Pahl, Richard C. Thompson and Jean-Paul Vanderlinden . ISBN: 978-0-12-812271-6

RESEARCH ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT ABROAD
IFREMER institute (Brest) under the supervision of Pierre Boudry and Charlotte Corporeau. Project title: NPY signaling for reproduction in the Pacific oyster

Participation in the CLIMCLAM International Research Project (IRP) research group, CNRS (France). International emerging action. CLIMCLAM international research. How aquatic organisms will respond to future CLIMate change, the case of the Manila CLAM

ITALIAN NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC QUALIFICATION (ASN)
March 2017: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale – Sector: 05/B1 Zoology and anthropology as Associate Professor (Seconda fascia).

April 2017: Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale - Sector: 05/C1 Ecology as Associate Professor (Seconda fascia).

PRIZES
Winner of a European mobility grant within the EU project Aquagenome – Genomics in fish and shellfish: From research to aquaculture spent in Centre IFREMER (Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer) in Brest. Main supervisors: Drs. Charlotte Corporeau, Arnaud Huvet, Pierre Boudry (November 2008 – December 2008).

Winner of the best poster award at GIA 2009, Bodo (Norway), 5-7 july 2009: NPY signaling for reproduction in the Pacific oyster : not so far from human! Milan M, Fleury E, Huvet A, Guévelou E, Boudry P, Moal J, Corporeau C.

Winner of the best poster award at SIRAM (Società Italiana Ricerca Applicata Molluschicoltura) - IV Convegno Naz. Soc. It. di Ricerca Applicata alla Molluschicoltura – Chioggia (Italy), 6 novembre 2015: Impiego della trascrittomica nella valutazione del rischio ambientale. Milan M, Pauletto M, Boffo L, Carrer C, Sorrentino F, Ferrari G, Pavan L, Patarnello T, Bargelloni L

FUNDING (total €1.350,500.00)
2023-2025: Coordinator and Responsible of funding for University of Padova for the research project Priming and Microbiota mAnipulation to mitigate shellfish vulNerability: toward a sustaInable aquacuLture mAnagement in a changIng ocean (MANILA) funded within PRIN 2022. Funding for the University of Padova Research Unit: €113,000.00.

2022-2023: Commissioned Research Contract with the Company Ecotapes Zeeland B.V to provide an overview of the genetic status and management of the broodstock to assess the feasibility of a selective breeding program in Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum. 6.400,00 euro

2022-2026: Coordinator and Responsible of funding for University of Padova for the research project “Improving green innovation for the blue revolution: new tools and opportunities for a more sustainable animal farming (IGNITION)” funded within the Call HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-06 — Biosecurity, hygiene, disease prevention and animal welfare in aquaculture. Funding for University of Padova: €300,000.00.

2022-2025: Responsible of funding for University of Padova for the PNRR SPOKE 2 Line 1. Zero Pollution Zero pollution strategy for biodiversity protection. Funding: €200,000.00

October 2020-October 2022: Principal Investigator and responsible of funding for the research project “Study for the determination of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater treatments plants delivering to the Venice lagoon and possible bioaccumulation in bivalve molluscs” funded by Provveditorato alle Opere Pubbliche per il Veneto, il Trentino-Alto Adige e il Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Role: Principal Investigator; Funding: €148,000.00.

January 2018-December 2021: Principal investigator and responsible of funding assigned by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) to the Department of Compararative Biomedicine and Food Science” (€559,150.00) for the research project “Venezia 2021 - Programma di ricerca scientifica per una laguna regolata”. Manager and coordinator of the WP “Evaluation of the impacts of the MOSE commissioning on bivalve species inhabiting the Venice lagoon”. Responsible and coordinator of BCA-UNIPD research unit of the WP i) Characterization of the effects in bivalve species of emerging contaminants detected in the Venice lagoon; ii) Evaluation of sediment quality for management purposes related to their handling.

Winner of “Bando Giovani Studiosi 2013” (€24,000.00). TITLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT: Environmental risk assessment in the Venice lagoon: new horizons from genomics tools. Role: Principal Investigator

PARTECIPATION TO OHERS EUROPEAN AND NATIONAL PROJECTS
Partecipation to the European project “ONE BLUE- Integrated approach to assess the levels and impact of cONtaminants of Emerging concern on BLUE health and biodiversity modulated by climate change drivers” funded within the call HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01.

PArtecipation to the European project “SHORE- EmpOweR Students as the agents of cHangE” funded within the call “HORIZON-MISS-2022-OCEAN-01”

Partecipation to MICROCO2SME in collaboration with LEMAR. Microplastic in a CO2-rich ocean: using micro-mesocosms to assess impacts on a temperate ecosystem funded by Oceanolab, Fondation Rvaltain and Region Bretagne

Partecipation to CARIPARO PROJECT “Priming Manila CLams Against Multiple Stressors – PRIMECLAMS”. Principal Investigator: Luca Bargelloni. Role: Coordinator of WP1 Thermal priming.

Partecipation to the regional project POR-FESR 2014-2020 “.L’agricoltura del futuro e gli alimenti funzionali: una sfida per la ricerca e il rilancio del territorio veneto (F.A&A.F.)”. Principal Investigator: Luca Bargelloni

Partecipation to the Regional Project POR-FESR 2014-2020 “Sostenibile, sicuro, di alta qualità: un progetto integrato di ricerca industriale per l’innovazione della filiera molluschicola del Veneto”. Principal Investigator: Luca Bargelloni

Co-investigator within the project “Integración de Herramientas Ómicas para la evaluación del Riesgo Ambiental de Contaminantes emergentes en especies marinas de Interés cOmercial” funded within the EXCELENCIA y Proyectos RETOS Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica Subdirección General de Proyectos de Investigación (€115,000.00). Principal investigators: Pablo Antonio Lara Martín, Miriam Hampel. Role: Co-investigator.

Partecipation to the FP7 Project (European Commission) “REsearch to improve PROduction of SEED of established and emerging bivalve species in European hatcheries (REPROSEED)”. FP7-KBBE. From April 2010 to March 2014. Project ID: 245119.

Partecipation to the FP7 Project (European Commission) “Fish Population Structure and Traceability (FishPopTrace)”. FP7-KBBE. Scholarship from January 2011 to February 2011. Project ID: 212399.

Partecipation to the PNRA project “ Risposta allo stress termico nei nototenioidei antartici: un approccio molecolare integrato per studiare l’effetto dell’aumento di temperatura in Trematomus bernacchii e Chionodraco hamatus” funding by “Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide Bando 2013 (PNRA)”.

POSTER PRESENTATION
PRIMO 21 (Pollutant Responses in Marine Organism), Gotemborg (Sweden), 22-25 May 2022. A quantitative index to incorporate transcriptomic data into Weight-of-Evidence approaches for ecological risk assessment.


SIRAM (Società Italiana Ricerca Applicata Molluschicoltura) - IV Convegno Naz. Soc. It. di Ricerca Applicata alla Molluschicoltura – Chioggia (Italy), 6 novembre 2015.
-Identificazione di marcatori genetici nella vongola filippina. R. philippinarum.
-Impiego della trascrittomica nella valutazione del rischio ambientale


SIRAM (Società Italiana Ricerca Applicata Molluschicoltura) Teramo (Italy), 10 Novembre 2012
-Nuove risorse genomiche per specie bivalvi: il progetto Europeo ReProSEED.
-Analisi del trascrittoma di oociti in R. decussatus. .
-Analisi tossicogenomica di Ruditapes philippinarum mediante DNA microarray: nuovo strumento per la valutazione dell’impatto antropico nella Laguna di Venezia.


PHYSIOMAR 2012, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 4-8 September 2012. Transcriptomic differences among natural populations and between growth rate classes uncovered by microarrays in the clam Ruditapes decussatus. L.

CRYO 2012, Rosario (Argentina), June 2012. Can post-thaw sperm quality affect progeny from European seabass?

6TH WORLD FISHERIES CONGRESS, Edinburgh (Scotland) 2012, 7-11 May 2012. Transcriptomics and gene expression profiling in response to environmental pollution in the critically endangered European eel.

SETAC 6th World, Berlin (Germany), 20-24 May 2012. Transcriptome analysis of the brain of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) after exposure to environmental concentrations of human pharmaceuticals.

GIA 2009, Bodo (Norway), 5-7 july 2009
-NPY signaling for reproduction in the Pacific oyster : not so far from human!
-Development and validation of an oligo DNA microarray for the European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L.).
-Identification and characterization of a novel immune-type receptor (NITR) gene cluster in the European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax (L.).
-Effects of temperature decreasing on gene expression profile of gilthead sea bream Sparus aurata (L.).

ORAL PRESENTATION (AS SELECTED INVITED or SPEAKER)
AQUA2024, Copenaghen (Denmark), 27-30 August 2024. Using thermal priming to mitigate the lethal effects of marine heatwaves on the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum
UZI 2024, CONGRESSO CONGIUNTO 83° Congresso Unione Zoologica Italiana e 34° Congresso Società Italiana di Protistologia, 11-14 settembre 2024 – Pisa. Effects of tire particles and associated-chemicals on oyster (Crassostrea gigas) physiology, reproduction and next-generation.
PRIMO22, Pollutants Responses in Marine organisms, NANTES (France), 26-29 May 2024. Chairs in “Microorganisms as target and vector for chemical pollutants” section
PRIMO22, Pollutants Responses in Marine organisms, NANTES (France), 26-29 May 2024. Contaminants from dredged sediments alter the transcriptome of Manila clam and induce shifts in microbiota composition.
Bologna POP’s day, INTERCIND annual meeting, “CHIMICA e AMBIENTE.
Le conoscenze scientifiche al servizio delle priorità ambientali: monitoraggi, sostenibilità e biodiversità”. Bologna, 7 giugno 2024. Invited speaker. Contaminanti presenti nei sedimenti dragati alterano il trascrittoma della vongola filippina e inducono cambiamenti nella composizione del microbiota
Verso una molluschicoltura sostenibile, Chioggia, 11 November 2023. Invited Speaker. Dal monitoraggio delle aree di allevamento alla valutazione dell'impatto antropico sulla molluschicoltura della laguna di Venezia

SIRAM 2023, Cagliari, 13-14 October 2023. Invited Speaker. Presente e futuro del miglioramento genetico applicato all'allevamento dei bivalvi: quali specie, quali caratteri, quali schemi di selezione?

EAS2023 Congress, Wien (Austria), 19-21 September 2023. Effects of tire particles and associated-chemicals on oyster Crassostrea gigas) physiology, reproduction and next-generation

ESCPB 32nd CONGRESS, Naples (Italy), 28-31 august. Effects of environmental concentrations of the fragrance Amyl salicylate on the Mediterranean mussel M. galloprovincialis

CLIMCLAM KICKOFF MEETING, Brest (France), 25-28 April. Responses of the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum to multiple stressors.

Final meeting POR-FESR 2014-2020, virtual conference, 24 april 2021. Development of innovative tools for bivalve species traceability.

AMMR2019 3rd International Symposium on the Advances in Marine Mussel Research. Chioggia (Italy), 26-28 August 2019. Ecotoxicological risk assessment for the herbicide glyphosate and its degradation product ampa: analysis of host and microbiota response in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.

PRIMO19 (Pollutant Responses in Marine Organism), Matsuyama (Japan), 30June-3 July 2017. Exploring microbial changes in manila clam hepatopancreas related to chemical pollution.

MICRO 2016 (Fate and Impact of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems: from the Coastline to the Open Sea), Lanzarote (Spain), 25-27 may 2016. Exploring the effects of microplastics on the hepatopancreas transcriptome of Mytilus galloprovincialis.

PRIMO 18 (Pollutant Responses in Marine Organism), Trondheim (Norway), 24-27 may 2015. Can ecological history influence responses to pollutants? Analyses of transcriptomic responses to heavy metal exposure in manila clam collected in venice lagoon areas characterized by different anthropogenic impact.

PRIMO 17 (Pollutant Responses in Marine Organism), Faro (Portogallo), 4-8 may 2013. Which role for genomics in environmental risk assessment? A case study in the Venice lagoon.

PHYSIOMAR 2012, Santiago de Compostela (Spagna), 4-8 September 2012. Gene expression and biomarker responses in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum exposed to ibuprofen.

GIA 2011 Genomics in Aquaculture Iraklion (Creta) 14-17 September 2011. A toxicogenomic approach for anthropogenic impact assessment in the Venice Lagoon.

PHYSIOMAR 2010, Quebeq City (Canada) 31 October - 4 November 2010. Transcriptomic analysis of manila clam populations living in areas with different levels of chemical pollution.


MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
- Unione Zoologi Italiani from 2022.
-SIRAM (Società Italiana Ricerca Applicata alla Molluschicoltura) from 2019
- EAS (European Aquaculture Society) from 2021

FELLOWSHIPS AND POST-DOC SUPERVISOR
01/02/2024 Supervisor di Giovanna Monticelli: Postdoc fellowship

01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 Supervisor of Elisa Scrima. Fellowship.

01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 Supervisor of Ouafa El Idrissi. Post-Doc fellowship funded by University of Corse.

01/01/22 – 21/12/23 Supervisor of Ilaria Bernardini. Post-doc fellowship. PNRR- Spoke 2 activity 1.2. Solutions to reverse marine biodiversity loss and manage marine resources sustainably

04/03/2022 – 30/09//2022 Supervisor of Irene Brian (research fellowship). Title of research project: Detection of SARS-COV-2 in wastewater treatment plants delivering to the Venice lagoon and possible bioaccumulation in bivalve molluscs.

1/12/2020 – 28/02//2022 Supervisor of Alice Manuzzi (Post-doc). Title of research project: Detection of SARS-COV-2 in wastewater treatment plants delivering to the Venice lagoon and possible bioaccumulation in bivalve molluscs.

1/03/2021 - 14/04/2021 Supervisor of Giulia Dalla Rovere (Post-doc).

1/03/2019 - 28/02/2021; 15/04/2023 - 28/04/2024 Supervisor of Giulia Dalla Rovere (Post-doc).

11/05/2020 – 10/05/2021 Supervisor of Morgan Smits (Research Fellowship). Title of research project: Genetic analysis of Ruditapes philippinarum to identify traits of interest in aquaculture”

PhD SUPERVISOR
From 01/11/2025 Supervisor di Chiara Mascitelli (PhD). Title of research project: Understanding consequences and testing mitigation strategies in marine species subject to climate change and pollution

01/01/2022-31/12/2024 Supervisor of Carmen Federica Tucci (PhD). Title of research project: Strategies to mitigate climate change and anthropogenic impacts in bivalve species of commercial interest.

01/10/2019-31/09/2022 Supervisor of Ilaria Bernardini (PhD). Title of research project: Responses and adaptation of marine species of commercial interest to anthropogenic impact and environmental stress.

From 2023 Co-Directeur di Melody Lebrun, Ecole Doctorale Science de la Meret du Littoral, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (Tutor: Christine Paillard)

From 2023 Co-Directeur di Morgane Le Noc, Ecole Doctorale Science de la Meret du Littoral, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale (Tutor: Stephanie Madec

STUDENTS SUPERVISOR
2022 Master student: Beatrice Terraciano. First degree animal Care. A stereo-BRUVs investigation: seasonality, habitat use and demography of the recently described Human’s whaler shark Carcharhinus humani in the Kwa-Zulu Natal coast (South Africa). Role: Supervisor/tutor

2022 Master student: Sara Zera. First degree animal Care. Role: Supervisor/tutor

2021 Master student: Michelle Pierotti. First degree animal Care. Effects of aquaculture systems on local wildlife. Role: Supervisor/tutor

2021 Master student: Alice Vedovelli. First degree animal Care. Effects of aquaculture systems on local wildlife. Role: Supervisor/tutor

2020 Master student: Matteo Caccin. First degree animal Care. Effects of aquaculture systems on local wildlife. Role: Supervisor/tutor

2020 Master student: Rachele Orlandi. First degree animal Care. Effects of aquaculture systems on local wildlife. Role: Supervisor/tutor

2020 Master student: Maria Ciscato. Second Degree in Marine Biology. Parametri immunologici e biochimici e analisi del microbiota in Ruditapes philippinarum esposti a composti perfluoroalchilici (C6O4 e PFOA). Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2019 Master Student: Enrico Garro. Second Degree in Biotechnology applied to Food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Role: Assistant supervisor

2018 Master Student: Elena Paggiaro. First Degree in Animal Science and Technology. Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment. Title of dissertation: Approcci innovativi per la tracciabilità dei prodotti ittici. Role: Supervisor

2017 Master Student: Marco Scarso. First Degree in Biology. Department of Biology, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Analisi trascrittomica della ghiandola digestiva di Mytilus galloprovincialis in seguito ad esposizione a glifosato. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2017 Master Student: Nicolas Pasqualetto. Second Degree in Biotechnology applied to Food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Analisi del trascrittoma e del microbioma in campioni di vongola filippina (Ruditapes philippinarum) trapiantati da un’area inquinata ad un sito di controllo. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2016 PhD Student: Marica Mazzelani. PhD School in Science - Curriculum Marine Biology and Ecology. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences of Marche Polytechnic University. Title of of the PhD thesis: Ecotoxicological potential of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) in marine organisms: bioavailability, biomarkers and natural occurrence in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Role: External supervisor.

2016 Master Student: Sara Zennaro. Second Degree in Land and environment Science and Technology. Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment and Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. Title of dissertation: Analisi del trascrittoma e del microbioma di vongola verace filippina (R. philippinarum) della Laguna di Venezia per la valutazione del rischio ambientale. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2015 Master Student: Valentina Paolini. Second Degree in Biotechnology applied to Food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Valutazione del microbioma in Ruditapes philippinarum provenienti da aree della Laguna di Venezia soggette a diverso impatto antropico. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2014 Master Student: Nicola Rizzardo. Second Degree in Biotechnology applied to Food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Utilizzo della trascrittomica per la classificazione di aree della Laguna di Venezia. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2012 Master Student: Matteo Giacomazzo. Second Degree in Marine Biology. Department of Biology and Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Biomarker e trascrizione genica in Ruditapes philippinarum dopo esposizione a rame: confronto tra molluschi raccolti in due aree differenti della Laguna di Venezia. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2011 Master Student: Cristina Lazzarin. First Degree in Biotecnology. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Analisi genomica mediante DNA microarray della risposta biologica all’esposizione ad inquinanti chimici persistenti in popolazioni di Ruditapes philippinarum nella Laguna di Venezia. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2011 Master Student: Sammartino Maria Antonella. Second Degree in Biotechnology applied to Food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Identificazione di biomarcatori di inquinamento nella vongola (Ruditapes philippinarum) mediante l’uso di DNA microarray. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

2010 Master Student: Fabio Bertan. First Degree in Biotecnology. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova. Title of dissertation: Analisi genomica della risposta biologica all’esposizione ad inquinanti chimici persistenti in popolazioni di vongola verace Ruditapes philippinarum nella laguna di Venezia mediante DNA microarray. Role: Assistant supervisor (correlatore).

INSTITUTIONAL ROLES
From 2023 - Member of the Management Board of “SENTINEL” project (Department of Excellence MIUR) at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science

24 February 2023: organization of “Le Mappe del Delta”, new ways to establish collaborations between University and stakeholder. Museo Regionale della Bonifica di Ca Vendramin Taglio di Po.

From 2019 - Member of the Management Board of “ECCE AQUA” project (Department of Excellence MIUR) at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science

From 2019 - Member of the Committee for resources management (Commissione budget) at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science

From 2020 - Vice-coordinator of the PhD Course in Veterinary Science

From 2020 - Member of the Directive of the PhD Course in Veterinary Science (from May 2021).

From 2019 – Member of council for the Degree Course in Animal Science and Technology.

From 2019 - Member of the council for the Degree Course in Animal Care.

From 2021 - Member of the council for the Degree Course in “Sicurezza Igienico-Sanitaria degli Alimenti”.


THIRD MISSION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION ACTIVITIES

Partecipation to PNRR Orienta, I.I.S. EUGANEO-ESTE (January 2024)

11 November 2023. Verso una molluschicoltura sostenibile: prospettive per la Laguna di Venezia. Held in Chioggia. Event organization. Organization

Partecipation to MICROCO2SME - Les microplastiques dans un océan riche en CO2 : mise en place de mésocosmes pour évaluer les impacts sur un écosystème tempéré (https://www-iuem.univ-brest.fr/lemar/projets-scientifiques/microco2sme/) funded by Region Bretagne (France)

Commissioned Research Contract with the Company Ecotapes Zeeland B.V to provide an overview of the genetic status and management of the broodstock to assess the feasibility of a selective breeding program in Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum. 6.400,00 euro

Co-creation training lab (CCTLAB) Un laboratorio di formazione per imparare a fare scienza con la società. Third mission projet 2022 (University of Padova). Role: Coordinator.

International Research Project (IRP), CNRS (France). International emerging action. CLIMCLAM international research. How aquatic organisms will respond to future CLIMate change, the case of the Manila CLAM?

November 2019: Visit to Bejiing University, Nanjing University and Tongji University. Presentation of Comparative Biomedicine and food Science Department research activities. Proposal of rearch activities for the the ecosustainable and eco-friendly Chongming Island.

April 2021. Organization of the final meeting for the project the Regional Project POR-FESR 2014-2020 “Sostenibile, sicuro, di alta qualità: un progetto integrato di ricerca industriale per l’innovazione della filiera molluschicola del Veneto”

4-5-6 February 2020: organization of University for kids at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
December 2016 – December 2018 (Attività integrative nell’ambito dei corsi di studio a.a. 2016-2017) – Phylogenetic analysis of food animals. Master Degree in Biotechnology applied to food security and nutrition. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova.

From March 2018 – Fixed-term Professor (Affidamento di attività didattiche a.a. 2017-2018) – Biotechnology applied to livestock breeding. Degree Course in Animal Science and Technology. Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment, University of Padova.

March 2019 – September 2020. Professor– Biotechnology applied to livestock breeding. Degree Course in Animal Science and Technology. Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment, University of Padova.

From October 2019 - Professor– Applied Ecology. Degree Course in Animal Care, University of Padova.

From October 2021 - Professor–Animal Biology. Degree Course in “ Sicurezza igienico-sanitaria degli alimenti”. Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science. University of Padova.

From 2021. Teaching activity. Master “Salvaguardia della fauna selvatica: per una conservazione integrate”. Ecologia, biodiversità e genetica di popolazione Molecular approaches in ecotoxicology to investigate the effects of anthropogenic impact in natural populations.

From 2021. Teaching activity. Master in “Conservation Medicine of aquatic animals”. Analytical and diagnostic procedures in veterinary medicine and biology. Molecular approaches in ecotoxicology and species conservation.

From October 2022- Professor – Marine ecotoxicology. Degree Course in “Marine Biology”. Department of Biology, University of Padova

From October 2022 - Professor–Animal Biology. Degree Course in “Animal Science and Technology”. Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environmen. University of Padova

PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES
Associate Editor for Frontiers in Marine Science. Ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals: Scientific reports, Molecular Ecology Resources, BMC Genomics, Aquatic Toxicology, Biomed Research International, BMC Research Note, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Environmental pollution, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR), Marine Biology, Marine Biotechnology, Marine Environmental Research, Marine Genomics, PlosOne, Polar Biology