Giampaolo Rossetti (ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8136-6965)
Associate Professor at the University of Parma
Evaluated positively for the role of Full professor (ASN 2012)
Statistics from SCOPUS (09 March 2018)
Publications = 69; 2008-2018 = 40
Number of publications as first, last, or corresponding author, 2008-2018 = 21
Citations = 1096; 2008-2018: 422
H-index= 19
Education & Training - Master degree in Biology (1990, University of Parma, Italy). Doctoral degree in Ecology (1994, University of Parma, Italy). Postdoctoral fellow (1994-1996, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium).
Teaching and Research – 1997-2014 Researcher at the University of Parma, Italy. Since October 2014 Associated Professor of Ecology at the University of Parma, Italy. Courses presently taught at the University of parma: "Ecology of Inland Waters" (6 credits) and “Management and conservation of inland water ecosystems” (3 credits) in the Master’s Degree course in Sciences and Technology for Environment and Resources and “Analysis of ecological systems” (6 credits) in the Bachelor Degree course in Natural and Environmental Sciences. Member of the board of the Doctorate in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (Universities of Parma. Florence and Ferrara). President of the Master’s Degree course in Sciences and Technology for Environment and Resources.
Student tutoring - Supervisor or co-supervisor of 89 bachelor and master thesis projects and 11 PhD theses.
PhD committees – 3 abroad: 2004: Á. Chicote Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; 2009: S. Savatenalinton, University of Gent, Belgium; 2010: M.J. Fernandes Martins, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Memberships and services - Member of scientific Societies: Societas Internationalis Limnologiae (S.I.L.); Società Italiana di Ecologia (S.It.E.); Società Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia (A.I.O.L.). Reference person for the site "Mountain lakes" within the Italian Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER-Italy) from 2007 to 2014 and member of the Coordinating Board of LTER Italy from February 2010 to April 2012. Member of the General Assembly of the LifeWatch Italia Joint Research Unit (2014-present). Convenor of the 17th International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO17), Rome 23-26 July 2013.
Editorial duties - Member of the Editorial Board (2012-present) and associate editor of the Journal of Limnology (2014-present). Guest editor of “Fifty years after the Homage to Santa Rosalia: Old and new paradigms on biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems”, Hydrobiologia (2010) 653:1-243. Handling editor of the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Ostracoda (ISO17), International Review of Hydrobiology (2014) 99(6):395-449. Reviewer for 21 journals.
Relevant research grants and projects
2003: scientist in charge of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Parma in the Project “Hydrobiological and ecological bases for conservation and management of the aquatic ecosystems of the Cento Laghi Regional Park” funded by the Regional Park of the Valleys of Cedra and Parma.
2004-2008: sub-coordinator and principal investigator in the EU Marie Curie Research Training Network “Sex to asex: a case study on transitions and coexistence between sexual and asexual reproduction” (SexAsex) (MRTN-CT-2004-512492).
2005-2007: scientist in charge of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Parma in the Project “CRENODAT: Biodiversity Assessment and Integrity Evaluation of Springs of Trentino and long-term ecological research” coordinated by the Tridentine Museum of Natural Sciences, Trento.
2007-2009: scientist in charge of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Parma in the Project “AAA: Ambienti acquatici dell’Appennino” funded by the Parma Province Administration.
2010-2013: External assistance in the Life+ Project “EnvEurope: Environmental quality and pressures assessment across Europe: the LTER network as an integrated and shared system for ecosystem monitoring” (LIFE08 ENV/IT/000399).
2012: scientist in charge of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Parma in the Project “EBERs (Exploring Biodiversity of the Emilia-Romagna springs)” in cooperation with the Geological Survey of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Trento Science Museum.
2012-13: scientist in charge of the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Parma in the Project LifeWatch (E-Science European Infrastructure for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research) for the participation to the show case “Patterns of ecosystem fragility to alien and invasive species in Europe”.
2014-present: scientist in charge of the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Encironmental Sustanaibility at the University of Parma in the Project "Harmonisation and standards for existing and newly collected Data and MetaData on LTER sites in Italian Mountain ecosystems" in the frame of the Project of Interest “NextData” coordinated by the National Research Council (CNR).
