Prof. Andrea Summer received his PhD in Animal Production, Veterinary Biotechnology, Food Quality and Safety from the University of Parma, 18th cycle. University Researcher (1999), Associate Professor (2006), Full Professor (2020) for the S.S.D. AGR/19 Animal Science, SC Animal Sciences and Technologies 07/G1, at the Department of Veterinary Science of the University of Parma.
Teaching Activity
His teaching activity, at the University of Parma, involved several courses of Livestock and Animal Production, held in different Departments and, previously, different Faculties, Specialization Schools and Masters.
He currently carries out his teaching activities in the study courses of the Department of Veterinary Science, in the Department of Food and Drug and in the Department of Economics and Management, as well as in the School of Specialization in Animal Health, Breeding and Animal Productions.
He is Member of the Commission of the PhD course in "Food Science" of the University of Parma, and is "Codirector de la Investigación" in the Doctorado en Ciencias Agrarias of the Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias of the Universidad de Caldas, Manizales (Colombia). In addition, he has been part of several teaching commissions of national and international PhD.
Participation In Scientific Societies
Member of the following Scientific societies:
- Associazione per la Scienza e le Produzioni Animali (ASPA)
- Mastitis Council Italia (MCI)
- Associazione Italiana Tecnici del Latte (AITeL) of which he has been a member of the board since 2004
- International Dairy Federation FIL-IDF.
Roles In Scientific Societies And Participation In Bodies
President since 2013 of the Associazione Italiana Tecnici del Latte, founded in 1960, and vice President since 2011.
President since 2015 of the Mastitis Council Italia, founded in 2002.
President of the Audit Office of the Accounts of the ASPA Associazione per la Scienza e le Produzioni Animali.
Scientific Responsible of the Animal Welfare Body (OPBA) of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences - Piacenza and Cremona.
Member of the Directive Board of the Italian Committee of the International Dairy Federation FIL-IDF.
Member of the Committee for Safeguarding the impartiality of the OCQPR Organismo Controllo Qualità Produzioni Controllate (including Parmigiano Reggiano) of Reggio Emilia.
Participation In Congresses, Seminarial Activity And Invited Speaker
He has been invited speaker to various national and international conferences and international seminars; as well as numerous national seminars and conferences. More recently at the XX Congresso Chileno de Medicina Veterinaria in 2018 in Chillàn (Chile), at the Minas Lactea 2017 31st Congresso Nacional de Laticínios, in Juiz de Fora (Brazil), at the Round Table Strategies for adapting to warm environment conditions in the dairy cow , in Perugia in 2017 as part of the 22nd ASPA Congress.
Activities As An Expert Valuator
Referee of the PRIN, PRIN2017, FIRB projects, Future Projects in Research 2013, SIR Projects Evaluation and for the Research Quality Assessment 2004-2010 and 2011-2014 (ANVUR).
Expert evaluator of the research, experimentation and demonstration project proposals in agriculture of the Lombardy, Tuscany and Piedmont regions.
He has been evaluator for the assignment of research grants and scholarships for the Universities of Padua, Foggia and Milan.
In addition, he was evaluator of research projects for JSC "National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation" of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Editorial Activity
Member of the Editorial Committee of the scientific journal Scienza e Tecnica Lattiero-Casearia.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the divulgation journal "Informatore Zootecnico".
He was Vice-director of the scientific journal Scienza e Tecnica Lattiero-Casearia from 2001 to 2019.
He was Editor of the Proceedings of the ASPA 15th Congress, Parma, June 18-20, 2003 (edited by Mariani P. Superchi P., Sabbioni A., Summer A.).
He is referee of several national and international scientific journals including:
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Journal of Dairy Science, Italian Journal of Animal Science, Animal, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria, Mljekarstvo, Scienza e Tecnica Lattiero-Casearia, Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, Journal of Dairy Research, Small Ruminant Research.
Awards
The following articles have been selected by the Journal of Dairy Science Editor as "Editor's Choice Articles":
Rodriguez-Amigo B., Delcanale, P., Rotger, G., Juarez-Jimenez J., Abbruzzetti S., Summer A., Agut M., Luque J., Nonell S., Viappiani C. (2015). The complex of hypericin with beta-lactoglobulin has antimicrobial activity with potential applications in dairy industry. J. Dairy Sci., 98, 89-94. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-8691
Amalfitano N, Cipolat-Gotet C., Cecchinato A., Malacarne M., Summer A., Bittante, G. (2019) Milk protein fractions strongly affect the patterns of coagulation, curd firming and syneresis. Journal of Dairy Science, 102(4), 2903-2917.
Stocco G., Summer A., Malacarne M., Cecchinato A., Bittante G. (2019). Detailed macro- and micromineral profile of milk: Effects of herd productivity, parity, and stage of lactation of cows of 6 dairy and dual-purpose breeds. J. Dairy Sci., 102, 9727-9739.
In addition, he received the award for the originality and scientific validity of the research presented in the poster session of the 1st Dairy Congress, organized by the Associazione Italiana Tecnici del Latte and the Emilia-Romagna Region, held in Bologna on 12 June 2008. , for a contribution entitled "The technological maturation of milk in Parmigiano-Reggiano cheesemaking" (in collaboration with Malacarne M, Formaggioni P, Franceschi P, Sandri S, Pecorari M, Vecchia P, Mariani P).
