Biography

Andrea NOVELLETTO: C.V.

Born july 29, 1957

EDUCATION :
1980 Degree in Biological Sciences,
University of Rome.
1983 Ph.D. (cum laude), Medical Genetics,
University of Rome

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING :
1981 Research fellow, Public Health Institute
(biostatistics)
1982 Military service
1983-84 Research fellow, Inst. Cell Biology of the
National Research Council (molecular genetics)
1986-93 Visiting researcher, Genetics Unit, Mansoura University (Egypt). Field research on the
hemoglobinopathies.
1989-90 Visiting researcher, Al Wasl Pediatric Hosp.,
Dubai, U.A.E.. Field research on the
hemoglobinopathies.
1987-96 Visiting researcher, Massachusetts General
Hosp., Boston, U.S.A.. Molecular genetics of
neurodegenerative disorders.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS :
1984-98 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, 2nd
University of Rome.
1998-01 Associate Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology,
University of Calabria, Italy.
2001-05 Professor of Genetics, Dept. of Cell Biology,
University of Calabria, Italy.
2005 Professor of Genetics, Dept. of Biology,
University "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.

GRANTS AWARDED (2000-2009) :
2000-2001 Italian National Coordinator, CNR programme -Agenzia 2000
1999-2001 NATO country Coordinator, Collaborative Linkage Grant NATO LST.CLG975057 "A population genetic survey in Southern Caucasus"
2002-2004 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2002
2003-2005 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2003
2002-2004 Participant, Italian-Russian Inter-governmental technology agreement "A DNA bank representative of human genetic biodiversity in the Russian population"
2004-2005 NATO country Coordinator, Linkage Grant NATO PDD(CP)(LST.CLG 980469) "Changes in the nutritional pattern in populations of Eastern Siberia"
2005-2007 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2005
2007-2009 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2007
2009-2011 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2009
2012-2016 Local coordinator, MURST-PRIN Programme 2012
2008 Dissemination grant on “Disseminating conservation biology: a scientific account for the public on the monitoring, genetics and conservation of marine turtles”. Ital. Ministry of Public Education
2009 Dissemination grant on “Reduction of biodiversity: consequences for food resources, the environment and the human species”. Ital. Ministry of Public Education

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIP:
Annals of Human Biology

REVIEWER:
American Journal of Human Genetics
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Animal
Annals of Human Biology
Annals of Human Genetics
DNA and Cell Biology
European Journal of Human Genetics
FEBS letters
Forensic Sci. Intl.
Journal of Neurology
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA
Theoretical Population Biology


SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP:
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
Italian Soc. foe Evolutionary Biology (SIBE)

PhD. BOARD MEMBERSHIP:
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University "Tor Vergata".
http://dottoratobee.uniroma2.it/collegio-docenti/novelletto-andrea/

PhD. FINAL EVALUATOR:
D.Ph, University of Oxford, U.K., 2002
Ph. D. in Neurosciences, U.C.S.C., Rome, 2004.
Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology, "La Sapienza" University of Rome, 2013

ENGLISH-TO-ITALIAN TRANSLATIONS:
Luria, Gould, Singer: A view of life. Zanichelli ed., Bologna
Hartl: Human genetics. Zanichelli ed., Bologna
Weatherall: The new genetics and clinical practice. Zanichelli ed., Bologna
Eisenck, Kamin: Intelligence: a battle for the mind. Laterza ed., Bari
Frankham, Ballou, Briscoe: A primer of conservation genetics. Cambridge University press

SCIENCE DISSEMINATION:
1998-2005: Promoter and curator, UNICAL OPENLAB.

2007-2010: Director, Master in Science Dissemination,
University "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy