
- Curriculum Vitae
- Teaching
- Research
Date and place of birth:
28 May 1950 in Fidenza (Parma), Italy
Current Position:
Full Professor of Applied Biology, University of Parma-Italy.(since 1994)
Director of the Ethology and Psychobiology laboratory
Director of the PhD program in Biology of Behavior (
Director of the International School of Ethology "Dànilo Mainardi"("Ettore Majorana" Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture-Erice (from 2011)
Co-director of the International School of Environment, Conflicts and Migration ("Ettore Majorana" Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture-Erice (from 2017)
Address:
Unit of Functional and Evolutionary Biology , Department of Chemistry , Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA), University of Parma, Campus- Viale delle Scienze, 43100 Parma, Italy.
Degrees
Natural Sciences (University of Parma 1973-cum laude)
Qualification in Biological Research (University of Milano 1975 cum laude)
Biology (University of Parma 1978 –cum laude)
Psychological Sciences (University of Chieti-Pescara 2006-cum laude)
Qualification to the exercise of the psychologist profession (2007)
Academic and scientific activity
Teaching experience :
1)Biology and Genetic for the curriculum study in Medicine, University of Parma ; 2) General Biology -including Genetic -for the curriculum study in Sport science, Nursery, Laboratory Technician, University of Parma
Ethology and Psychobiology for cs in Psychobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Parma
Biology for cs in Psychology-University of Parma ( )
Ethology and Comparative Animal Psychology -University of Bologna (from 1994 to 1998)
Coordinator of the PhD in "Biology of Behaviour", University of Parma(2008-2012)
From 2013 member of lecturers of the PhD in Neuoscience, University of Parma.
Scientific activity (past and present)
A multidisciplinary approach applied to biomedical research (i.e. Behavioural Biology, Behavioral Endocrinology, Ethopharmacolgy, Psychobiology and recently Evolutionary Psychology) on animal models- in particular the House mouse , Mus musculus domesticus (A) and human(B)
A) animal model studies: Causations and functions of male and female mice social aggression; Neurochemical correlates of different forms of aggression: ethopharmacological analysis of maternal aggression, inter-male attack and infanticide; Effects of prenatal exposure to drug, man -made Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and social stress on neuro-endocrine development and socio-sexual behavior.
2) human studies : Relationship between personality traits, neuroendocrine responses and competition outcome in martial arts athletes; The role of social stress and individual vulnerability in the genesis of male psychogenic sexual disorders: a psychological and ethological analysis).
Awards
member of the council of ISRA (International Society for Research on Aggression-from 1996 to2004)
Invited to present the results of the studies on “Effects of pre and perinatal exposure to man -made endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) on neurobehavioral development in mice” by the Environmental Media Services of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and United States Environmental Protection Agency,(Washington ,1996) and by the German Environmental Protection Agency (Berlin, 1997).
Member of the Permanent Monitoring Panels (PMPs) of Pollution and Sustainable Development of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC-Erice, Sicily) dealing with Developmental Effects of pre and perinatal exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on reproduction, physiology, brain and behavior in animals and humans.
Organizer of 6 sessions and satellite workshops of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies at the EMFCSC (Erice, Sicily) devoted to the “Neurobehavioral Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals: sources, amount,ecological impact and effects on development, reproduction , brain and behavior in animals and humans “
Director(from 2011) of the International School of Ethology “Danilò Mainardi”(from 2011)and Co-director of the International School of Environment, Conflicts and Migration (from 2017) of the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC)
Organizer of 3 International Conferences 1) The European ISRA meeting in Parma, 1985 2)the World ISRA meeting in Siena,1992 devoted to “Multidisciplinary approach to Conflict and Appeasement in animals and man”and 3) NATO Advanced Study Institute "Ethoexperimental Analysis of Behavior"(1988)
Organizer and director of 20 workshops of the International School of Ethology e.g. House mouse Aggression (1987) ;Ethology and Psychobiology of fear and defense (1988) ; Protection and Abuse of Young in Animals and Man (1990); Environmental Endocrine disrupting Chemicals: neural, endocrine and behavioral effects (1995); Ethology & Biomedical Research (1998); Impact of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on Brain development and Behavior(2002) Individual Differences in Behavior and Physiology: Causes and Consequences (2003) Social stress: impact on Physiology and Behavior (2003) ; The obese species: Clinical and preclinical understanding of eating and energy balance disorders( 2011) The Evolution of Morality: the Biology and Philosophy of Human Conscience (2012); What made us Humans?: Biological and Cultural Evolution of Homo Sapiens (2014); Neuroeconomics: recent advances and Future Directions (2014);Adapted mind, adapted body: the Evolution of Human Behavior and its neuroendocrine regulation (2015) Animal and Human Emotions(2016) ; The Symbolic animal: Evolution and Neuroethology of Aesthetics (2016) Translational Neuroscience and Mental Disorders: bridging the gap between animal models and human condition (2016) ; Evolution and Future on Rituals, beliefs and religious minds (2018); Epigenetic in Cognition;an Evolutionary Approach (2018) that generated books and /or special issues of International Journals
Grants
Principal and/or co-investigator in grants from MIUR ( Ministry of University and Research), University of Parma fundings –FIL 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016, PRIN ( Projects of National Interest) and from Zealand Pharma.
International Scientific collaboration
1) University College of Swansea, Wales-UK (Prof. P.F. Brain); 2) University of Missouri -Columbia, USA (Prof. F.S.Vom Saal); 3) University of Leeds-UK (Dr. J. Rodgers) 4) University of Hawaii-USA (Prof. Robert and Caroline Blanchard);
Journal reviewer
Aggressive Behavior; Animal Behaviour; Behavioral Ecology; Behavioral Brain Research; Behavioral Processes; Ethology Ecology Evolution; Frontiers of Neuroscience; Genes Brain and Behaviour; Hormones and Behavior; Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews;Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior; Physiology and Behavior; Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Publications
no of papers: 163
Number of papers in peer-reviewed International Journals: 147
Number of communications (abstracts) to scientific meetings: 123
Book chapters: 9
Books (as editor): 6
Guest editor in special issues of International Journals :9
h-index= 44 ( Google Scholar- Total Citations no. = 8067); 41 from Research Gate
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2024/2025
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2024/2025
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2023/2024
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2023/2024
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2022/2023
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2022/2023
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2021/2022
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2021/2022
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2020/2021
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2020/2021
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2019/2020
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2019/2020
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2019/2020
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - MEDICINE AND SURGERY - A.Y.: 2019/2020
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2019/2020
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2018/2019
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2018/2019
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - SPORT SCIENCES, PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HUMAN HEALTH - A.Y.: 2018/2019
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2018/2019
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - MEDICINE AND SURGERY - A.Y.: 2018/2019
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2018/2019
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2017/2018
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Sport Sciences, Physical Exercise and Human Health - A.Y.: 2017/2018
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2017/2018
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2017/2018
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - MEDICINE AND SURGERY - A.Y.: 2017/2018
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2017/2018
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Sport Sciences, Physical Exercise and Human Health - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - Medicine and Surgery - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2016/2017
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2016/2017
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Sport Sciences, Physical Exercise and Human Health - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - NURSING - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - Medicine and Surgery - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2015/2016
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2015/2016
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Sport Sciences, Physical Exercise and Human Health - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Nursing - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - Medicine and Surgery - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2014/2015
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2014/2015
Anno accademico di erogazione: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Sport Sciences, Physical Exercise and Human Health - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Nursing - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - AUDIOPROTHESIC TECHNIQUES - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - Full cicle (6 years) - Medicine and Surgery - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - First cycle degree (DM 270) - Biomedical Laboratory techniques - A.Y.: 2013/2014
- Course year: 1 - Second cycle degree - PSYCHOBIOLOGY AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE - A.Y.: 2013/2014
Publications
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Year: 2022Author/s: Brune M., Palanza P., Parmigiani S., Troisi A.
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Year: 2022Author/s: Ponzi D., Dadomo H., Filonzi L., Palanza P., Pelosi A., Ceresini G., Parmigiani S., Nonnis Marzano F.
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Year: 2021Author/s: Paterlini Silvia, Panelli Riccardo, Gioiosa Laura, Parmigiani Stefano, Franceschini Paolo, Bertocchi Ilaria, Oberto Alessandra, Bartolomucci Alessandro, Eva Carola, Palanza Paola
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Year: 2021Author/s: Palanza P., Paterlini S., Brambilla M. M., Ramundo G., Caviola G., Gioiosa L., Parmigiani S., vom Saal F. S., Ponzi D.
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Year: 2020Author/s: Dadomo H., Ponzi D., Nicolini Y., Volpi R., Palanza P., Pelosi A., Bartolomucci A., Parmigiani S.