BALLARIN LORIANO

Loriano Ballarin was born in Venice on May,26,1959 and lives in Padua, via L. Eulero 3. Married, 2 sons (28 and 22 years).

Associate professor of Zoology (BIO/05) at the Department of Biology, University of Padova (School of Science). In 1982 he got his MD in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa and the Diploma in Biology of the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa. After some research experiences abroad (University of Zurich, CH; Glaxo, Ware, UK) and in Italy (Glaxo S.p.A., Verona), he got his PhD in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Padova, in 1989. From 1991 to 1999, he was researcher of Comparative Anatomy (E02B).

Scientific activity
Research interests are directed to the study of the role of haemocytes in defense reactions of marine invertebrates, with particular reference to ascidians. Research collaborations with various national and foreign scientific institutions. He is author of more than 100 research articles on peer-reviewed scientific journals with impact factor and more than 200 communications at national and international conferences (see https://sites.google.com/site/ascidianbiologylab/our-staff/loriano-ballarin). In 2009, he was awarded from Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science with a 2-month fellowship at Kochi (Japan) University for collaboration with prof. K. Kawamura. In 2015 and 2017 he was visiting scientist (1 month) at the Istitute for Evolution and Biodiversity of the University of Münster (Germany). He promoted a consortium agreement between the University of Kochi and the University of Padova. Past President (2009-2015) of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (SIICS). Since 2015, member of the Directive Board of the Italian Zoological Society (UZI). Current chair of the COST Action 16203 MARISTEM "Stem cells of marine/aquatic invertebrates: from basic research to innovative applications".
Reviewer for various international scientific journals and international projects. Member of the Editorial Board of the Invertebrate Survival Journal.
Member of the Organising Committee of various scientific meetings.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3287-8550; SCOPUS: 7003291458. Scopus h-index: 30.

Didactic activity
Undergraduate courses for the fir-cycle degrees in Environmental science and technology (STAm) and in Biology; graduate courses for the second-cycle degree in Evolutionary Biology. Courses for the Faculty of Medicine and for the Faculty of Educational Sciences.
Involved in the organisation, together with colleagues from other Universities, of summer schools in marine biology for graduate and PhD students.
Member of commissions for the admission to PhD, for the final PhD examination, for the evaluation of candidates to research position, per the evaluation of PhD thesis of foreign institutions.

Activity in Department and University
Since 1996, member, and since 1999, coordinator of the Departmental Committee for the coordination of didactic activity.
From 2003 to 2014, delegate of the Course Council in Biology in the above-reported Committee.
From 2005 to 2008, member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the Interdepartmental Service Center of the Interdepartmental Building Vallisneri.
From 2008 to 2010, delegate of the Faculty of Science in the University Ethical Committee for Experiment on Animal (CEASA).
Since 2009, member of the Didactic Committee of the Department of Biology.
From 2007 to 2013, vice-president of the Couse Council in Environmental Sciences and Technology.