UNIPhD Welcome Day 2023

Speakers for this event

• Ana Paula Mendonça

  Ana Paula Mendonça

  Dr.

  Marie Curie Alumni Association

  Ana Paula Mendonça is a MSCA
  fellow and obtained her Ph.D. in 2019 in biochemistry at the Federal University
  of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), where she worked on mitochondrial metabolism in
  brain cells under redox, metabolic, and social stress. In the last year of PhD
  (2018-2019), she made one year of training at the Universität Bremen (Germany)
  as a guest researcher funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
  She has been awarded a H2020-MSCA-2020 Individual Fellowship, PHERADOA, which
  focuses on identifying a pharmacological therapy that curtails ADOA visual
  loss. This project will be carried out at the Department of Biology, University
  of Padua, under the supervision of Prof. Luca Scorrano. Ana Paula also
  completed the Elife Ambassador programme and developed RADI, a non-profit
  health initiative on rare diseases, is a member of the Editorial Board of the
  Marie Curie Alumni Association as part of the Communication Chapter.

  Dr.

• 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

• Elisabetta Di Venere

  Elisabetta Di Venere

  Dr.

  University Language Centre

  Elisabetta Di Venere works at the students office of the Language Centre and organises language courses, tests and other activities for Unipd students, Phd and lecturers. 

  Dr.

• 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

• Jonathan Paul Lambert

  Jonathan Paul Lambert

  Dr.

  Marie Curie Alumni Association

  Jonathan Lambert is a MSCA post-doctoral fellow
  and obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 in Biomedical Sciences from Temple University in
  Philadelphia (USA), where he investigated mitochondrial calcium exchange in
  heart disease. In 2019 he was awarded an EMBO long term fellowship to study the
  metabolic sensing capability of mitochondrial cristae. In 2020 he was awarded a
  H2020-MSCA-2020 Individual Fellowship for his project, MitoFORMsinHF, which
  investigates how mitochondrial cristae, form, function, and organization are
  dependent upon metabolic sources and how this is implicated in heart failure.
  Both projects are being conducted in the Department of Biology at University of
  Padua, under the supervision of Prof. Luca Scorrano. Jonathan also completed
  the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Junior Reviewer program and
  serves as a co-chair for the Padua chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni
  Association.

  Dr.

• 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

• Michelangelo Vianello

  Michelangelo Vianello

  Associate Professor

  University of Padua

  Michelangelo Vianello is Associate Professor of Work and Organizational Psychology at the University of Padua. He studies personnel psychology, work as a calling, and the replicability of scientific knowledge. He is a passionate fan of Open and ransparent Scientific Practicies. He authored more than 100 pubblications, some of which appeared in high-impact journals such as Science and PNAS. He serves as an editor or reviewer for many scientific outlets and for the European Research Council. Within the UNIPhD project, he serves as Trusted Intermediary with the goal of fostering a high-quality, effective, and meaningful relationship between PhD students and their Supervisors.

  Associate Professor

• Raffaella Cattarinussi

  Raffaella Cattarinussi

  University Library System

  University of Padua

  Raffaella Cattarinussi is librarian at the Agripolis Central Library (UNIPD). She deals with journals and e-journals management, information literacy, Open Access, and customer service. She is part of the Open Access Task Force of the University Library System

  University Library System

• Serena Costabile

  Serena Costabile

  Dr.

  University Language Centre

  Serena Costabile works at the students office of the Language Centre and organises language courses, tests and other activities for Unipd students, Phd and lecturers. 

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