Massimo Pasqualetti

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name and surname: Massimo PASQUALETTI
Date and Place of birth: 3rd September 1967, Pontedera (Pisa, Italy)
Professor (Full) in Cell and Developmental Biology
Professional address: Unit of Cell and Developmental Biology, S.S. 12 n 4, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Telephone: +39 (0) 50 2211496
E-mail: massimo.pasqualetti@unipi.it

CURRENT POSITION
- Full Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
- Adjunct Senior Scientist, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Neuroscience and Cogntive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- 1999: PhD in “Biophysics and Molecular Biology of Cell and Development” University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (Mention: “brilliant”)
- 2001: Visiting fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Oslo (Norway).
- 1997-2002: Visiting Fellow/post doc, Université Louis Pasteur, IGBMC, Strasbourg (France)
- 1995: MSc (Laurea with honours, 110/110 cum laude) in Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2015-present: Full Professor, Sector Cytology & Comparative Anatomy (05/B2, BIO/06), Department of Biology, University of Pisa
- 2013-present: Adjunct Senior Scientist, Center for Neuroscience and Cogntive Systems, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto
- 2007-2015: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Pisa
- 2003-2007: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Pisa, Position funded under a competitive program from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR) under the program "Rientro dei Cervelli" (Brain gain), University of Pisa.

PERSONAL SKILLS
- Mother tongue: Italian
- Other language: English, French
- Job-related skills: Developmental neurobiology; animal models; molecular biotechnology

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Institutional Responsibilities
- 2012-2021: Coordinator of the PhD Course in Biology of the University of Pisa
- 2013-2019: President of the B.Sc. and M.Sc. Degree Courses in Molecular Biotechnology, University of Pisa.

Funding
- 2022 Tuscany Health Ecosystem -PNRR - Italian Ministry of Research. co-PI
- 2022 MISTI Global Seed Funds - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PI
- 2021 AFM-Téléthon – Research Grant. PI
- 2020 EU MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS, ITN 2020 - Horizon 2020. PI
- 2018 Progetti di Ricerca di Ateneo 2018 – Pisa Univ. PI
- 2016 Progetti ordinari di Ricerca Finalizzata 2013 – Italian Ministry of Health. PI
- 2016 Pilot Awards - Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative. co-PI
- 2011 Regional Health Research Program 2009 - Regione Toscana. PI
- 2010 Stem Cell Research Program - The Research Council of Norway: co-PI
- 2010 Prin – Italian Ministry of Research. PI
- 2008 Orphan-0108 - Toscana Life Sciences Foundation: PI
- 2007 Integrated Project - European Community: PI
- 2007 Italian Ministry of Health. PI
- 2006 Prin – Italian Ministry of Research. co-PI
- 2005 "programma Galileo" - Italian-French University and Italian Ministry of Research PI
- 2004 Prin – Italian Ministry of Research. co-PI
- 2002 Progr. “Rientro dei cervelli” (brain gain) – Italian Ministry of Research. PI

Activity as referee for funding agencies
-HUMAN FRONTIER SCIENCE PROGRAM
-FONDATION POUR LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE (FRM), EQUIPES FRM, France
-AGENCE NATIONALE DE LA RECHERCHE (ANR), PROJET DE RECHERCHE COLLABORATIVE, France
-FÉDÉRATION POUR LA RECHERCHE SUR LE CERVEAU (FRC), France
-FONDS DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (FNRS), ULYSSES MOBILITY, Belgium
-UNIVERSITÉ FRANCO-ITALIENNE (UFI), PROJETS GALILÉE, France/Italy

Tutor activity
21 MSc students
16 PhD students

BIBLIOMETRIC PARAMETERS
- 70 peer-reviewed full papers in international journals of Developmental Neurobiology and/or Neuroscience
- H-Index 31 (Scopus) 34 (Google Scholar)

-URL to a full list of publications:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/massimo.pasqualetti.1/bibliography/public/