Prof. Marco Verani was born on 15th October 1974 in Pisa, he graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Pisa in November 1999. He received the degree in Microbiology and Virology in October 2005 at the same University. He is Associate Professor of Hygiene at the Department of Biology.
In the University of Pisa, he holds courses in the bachelors degree in Biological Sciences, in masters degree in Biology Applied to Biomedicine, in the Double Degree in Marine Biology with Zhejiang Ocean University and in the master's degree in Biotechnologies And Applied Artificial Intelligence for Health. He is the holder of the Environmental Hygiene II course for the Specialization School Hygiene and Preventive Medicine of the Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery and of courses in the first level post master's course of the same university in Industrial Hygiene, Prevention and Safety. He belongs to the Aggregate Council of Biological Sciences, to the Council of the Doctorate in Biology and to the Council of the Specialization School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine. Furthermore, he took part to the Council of the first level post master's degree Course in Industrial Hygiene, Prevention and Safety. He is part of the Biology Doctorate Board where he is a member of the Teaching Commission.
From 2001 he worked in Public Health field with national and international financing programs (PRIN, PON, PNRR, EU Framework Programme, Specific Targeted Research Project; COST; LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance programme). His scientific activities are addressed to the research of biological agents, in particular human pathogenic viruses, in the environment. He developed and applied methods for viral detection in different environmental matrices: sediments, water, mussels, sewage sludge from urban treatment process, bioaerosols and surfaces, using cultural and molecular techniques. He is also involved in the use of microbiological monitoring to improve Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment model for occupational biological risk and food pollution evaluation. Moreover, he was involved in surveys of different population groups aiming to assess the lifestyles and risk behaviours relating to environmental and social changes. The research activity is documented on Scopus (Author ID: 56334874300) and WOS (Researcher ID: B-5786-2016).