Education
2018 - National Scientific Eligibility (ASN) as Associate Professor
Competition Sector: 05/B1 Zoology and Anthropology (SSD BIO/08 - Anthropology)
2014 - PhD in Biodiversity and Evolution
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna
Dissertation: “The genetic history of Italians: new-insights from uniparentally-inherited markers”
Evaluation: excellent
2012 - Training period abroad
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona (Spain)
Project: “Integrated analysis of Y-STRs and Y-SNPs polymorphisms in the Italian population”
2011 - Training period abroad
Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona (Spain)
Project: “Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) analysis of the human Y chromosome using TaqMan OpenArray”
2010 - Master Degree in Biodiversity and Evolution
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Dissertation: “The genetic history of Italians: Y-chromosomal variability in north-eastern populations”
Evaluation: 110/110, cum Laude
2008 - Bachelor Degree in Biological Sciences
Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
Evaluation: 110/110 cum Laude
Position & Research Activity
2023-present - Fixed-term Researcher (L240/2010 b-senior)
Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Center for Genome Biology
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
2020-2023 - Fixed-term Researcher (L240/2010 a-junior)
Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Center for Genome Biology
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
Project: “Reconstruction of the genomic history of ancient and modern human populations”
2019-2020 - Post-Doctoral Research fellow
Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Center for Genome Biology
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
Project: “Analysis of genetic structure and variability in human populations from Central and South America”
2016-2018 - Post-Doctoral Research fellow
Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Center for Genome Biology
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
Project: “Langelin Project: Sequencing and analysis of genomic variation in human populations”
2014-2016 - Post-Doctoral Research fellow
Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Center for Genome Biology
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University di Bologna
Project: “Langelin Project: Sequencing and analysis of genomic variation in Euro-Asiatic populations”
Contribution to Research Projects
MIUR-PRIN 2020 - "CROSSING THE SEA: Ancient and modern human genomes to study the evolutionary dynamics of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica" (prot. 2020TACEZR)
SHERPA - "Genetic adaptation and acclimatization to high altitude as experimental models to investigate the biological mechanisms that regulate physiological responses to hypoxia (Fondazione CARISBO, 2020)
fineMEX - "Fine-mapping of potential disadaptive genetic variants, evaluation of their biological relevance and correlation with disease prevalence in Native and Admixed Mexican populations" (Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 2019)
MEX - "Inferring genetic adaptations to local environments in Mexican populations and identifying potential dis-adaptive loci predisposing them to chronic complex diseases" (Mexican Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología 2018)
MIUR-PRIN 2017 - “1000 Ancient Italian Genomes: Evidence from ancient biomolecules for unravelling past human population Dynamics [AGED]” (prot. 20177PJ9XF)
ALMA IDEA 2017 Grant Junior - “Interazione uomo-ambiente: contaminazione da SOlventi Clorurati e Impatto sui profili Epigenetici (metilazione del DNA) nella popolazione ITaliana [SOCIE-IT]” (Finanziamenti di Ateneo)
National Geographic GENOCHIP 2.0 GRANT - “A Mediterranean melting pot. Excavating genetic strata in Sicily and Southern Italy” (National Geographic Grant 4-13)
National Geographic GENOCHIP 2.0 GRANT - “A focused strategy to unveil the genetic affinities of the Italians” (National Geographic Grant 1-13)
ERC ADVANCED GRANT LANGELIN - “Meeting Darwin’s last challenge: toward a global tree of human languages and genes” (FP7 Ideas, ERC-2011-AdG 295733)
THE GENOGRAPHIC PROJECT - Italy. “Molecular Genetic Analyses of Western/Central European populations” (National Geographic & IBM)
MIUR-PRIN 2009 - “Human Biodiversity in Italy: micro-evolutionary patterns” (prot. 200975T9EW)
