Date
and place of birth: July I, 1950 - Nicosia (Italy) Degree: Biological Sciences University of Catania. Position: Professor of
Physiology at the Department of Bio-Mediacal Sciences
- Section of Physiology - University of Catania.
Institutionalappointments and pastactivities
-1971/1973 - Fellow at the Institute of Human
Physiology (University of Catania);
-1974 (as from June to October) - Assistant Professor;
-1974 (as from November to January 1976) - Army service
(Lieutenant);
-1976/1979 - Fellow (University of Catania
- Institute of Human Physiology);
-1980/1992 - Researcher (University of Catania
- Institute of Human Physiology, after called Department of
Physiological Sciences);
-1984 (summer) - Researcher at the "Laboratoire
de PhysiologieGenerale"
Department of "Physiologie et Biochimie" of the University of
Strasbourg(France);
-1989 (as from July to May 1990) - Visiting Researcher at the
Laboratory of the Neurophysiology of the Department of Cell
Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
NC, (U.S.A.);
-1992 (as from November to September 2002) - Associate Professor
of General Physiology at the Faculty of mathematical, physical and
natural Scences - University of Catania,
-1998/2004 - Vice Dean of the Faculty of mathematical, physical
and natural Sciences - University of Catania;
-2000 (February) - Visiting Professor at the Faculté
of "Sciences et Techniques de Saint-Jerome of the University of
Marseille (France);
-2002 (as from October) - Full Professor of Physiology, Faculty of
mathematical, physical and natural Sciences - University of Catania;
-2002 (as from November) - Head of the Department of Physiological
Sciences of the University of Catania.
-2005 (november)
- Head of the Department of Physiological Sciences of the University of Catania (riconfirmation);
-2007 (june) - Vice Dean of the
Faculty of mathematical, physical and natural Sciences - University of Catania;
-2007 (september) - Tutor at the High
Scool of the University of Catania.
-2007 - Member of the Advisory Board of the INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT. -2007/2009 - Member of the Referees of the
Italian Minister of the Education, University and Research for
the evaluation of Research Proposals.
-2009 - Member of the Advisory Board of the INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (IATED). -2009 (november) - 2011(october) – Elected Dean of
the Faculty of mathematical, physical and natural Sciences of the
University
of Catania.
