MAZZARIOL SANDRO

He was born on 18th of May 1976 in Portogruaro (VE). In 2002 he graduated in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova. In 2005, he got a PhD on Public Health, Veterinary Hygiene and of Animal Productions at the University of Padova. He served as Assistant (2005-2018) and Associated Professor later (2018-2022) of General Pathology and Anatomical Veterinary Pathology and currently it has been appointed as full professor.
His main research field are the study of marine mammals pathology and, in general, of free-ranging and captive wildlife, focusing on anthropic impaction and related diseases. In particular, he studies forensic diagnostic techniques to confirm an human induced injures or mortality and the existing relationships between pollutants and tissue changes. Since 2010 he's the coordinator of the Cetaceans strandings Emergency Response Team (CERT) for the Italian Ministry of the Environment and he's member of the Italian delegation to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. Due to his experience has been nominated in several working groups of Italian Ministries concerning cetaceans, Regione Veneto for the NATURA2000 in the Adriatic, ACCOBAMS for the implementation of guidelines, protocols and capacity building programs. Between 2017 and 2022 he was appointed as Chair of the International Whaling Commission Expert Panel. In 2019 he became part of the IUCN Cetacean's specialist group. Besides cetaceans, he works also as advisor for the Veneto Regional Government on wild reptiles and mammals and alien species management. Since 2022 he's member of the National Future Biodiversity Center and he's been appointed as member of the working group on wild and exotic species for the implementation of the Animal Law (Reg EU 429/2016) for the Italian Ministry for Health.