UNIPhD Kick Off Meeting

Speakers for this event

• Andrea Berti

  Andrea Berti

  Head of the Research and Business Relations Area

  University of Padua

  Manager of the University of Padua since 2001, he is the Head of the Research and Business Relations Area. Expert in the protection and valorisation of public research results and business planning of innovative enterprises. Former member of the Board of Directors of Netval, Proton Europe and PNI Cube, and of ANVUR’s Third Mission Expert Commission. Previously, he directed the Human Resources and Finance areas of the University of Padua. Before that he worked in various banks and in the strategic consultancy company McKinsey Italy. He holds a degree in Economic Statistics and an MBA from Dartmouth College (USA).

  Head of the Research and Business Relations Area

• Carlo Pasqualetto

  Carlo Pasqualetto

  Consigliere

  Comune di Padova

  Consigliere

• Fabio Zwirner

  Fabio Zwirner

  Vice Rector for Research

  University of Padua

  Vice-Rector for Research and Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy since 2005. Ph.D. at SISSA in 1987, then at UC Berkeley, CERN, INFN-Padova, University of Rome Sapienza, Author of more than 100 scientific publications. Member (2015-2020) and then vice-president (2019-2020) of the European Research Council (ERC). Member of the Steering Committee of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics (2104-2022).

  Vice Rector for Research

• Francesca Mura

  Francesca Mura

  Head of the International Research Office

  University of Padua

  Francesca is Head of the International Research Office at the University of Padua. She coordinates the working groups (Individual Projects Unit, Collaborative Projects Unit and EU_Research_Hub@Unipd Unit) that assist researchers in accessing international funds and especially funding opportunities offered by the European Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The research support services which she manages are addressed to individual researchers as well as research teams and cover the pre-award / post-award phase, as well the proposal writing activity. She is responsible for the implementation of specific programmes promoted by the University of Padua, financing excellent individual research projects and training initiatives dedicated to PhD candidates, researchers and staff members. Prior to her current appointment she has worked in the field of academic planning, managing mobility programmes and joint degree courses. She acted as project manager for European funded projects concerning research (Horizon2020, 6th Framework Programme, Structural Funds) and Higher Education (Erasmus+).

  Head of the International Research Office

• Leonard Prins

  Leonard Prins

  Coordinatore

  Coordinatore della Consulta dei Coordinatori dei Corsi di Dottorato, Università di Padova

  Coordinatore

• Massimiliano Zattin

  Massimiliano Zattin

  Vice Rector for Postgraduate and Doctorate Programmes

  University of Padua

  Massimiliano Zattin is a Full Professor at the Department of Geosciences. Over the past ten years, he has been involved in governance roles such as director of the PhD School and member of the Academic Senate. Since 2021, he has been appointed as Vice Rector for Postgraduate and Doctorate Programmes. He is the author of over one hundred publications in international scientific journals. Main research interests are about quantification of geologic processes and, in particular, the relationships between tectonics, erosion, sedimentation and climate.

  Vice Rector for Postgraduate and Doctorate Programmes

• Santo Romano

  Santo Romano

  Direttore

  Area Politiche economiche, capitale umano e programmazione comunitaria, Regione del Veneto

  Direttore