Surname: Gargano
Name: Domenico
Birth date: 09/09/1975
Social security number: GRGDNC75P09H224L
Institution: University of Calabria
Department: Dep. of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences (DiBEST)
Tel.: (+39) 0984 493113
E-mail: domenico.gargano@unical.it
Academic curriculum
2021: Member of the national evaluation board for the VQR15-19 as expert in Systematic Botany.
2016: National Scientific Qualification as Full Professor in Botany.
2012: National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor in Botany.
2007: Permanent position as Researcher in Systematic Botany at University of Calabria.
2004: PhD. in Plant Biology at University of Calabria.
2000: Graduated cum laude in Natural Sciences at University of Calabria.
Teaching activities
2017: Invited guest speaker at ETHzürich. Subject of guest lecture: Revision of Dianthus species. Inviting professor: Prof. Alex Widmer.
2007 to present: Teacher at University of Calabria for the courses of Systematic Botany, Vegetation monitoring and Landscape analysis, Conservation of flora and vegetation, Plant demography and reproductive biology, Natural landscapes and urban forestry.
Doctoral courses
2017 to present: Member of the board of the PhD. course ‘Life Sciences’ at University of Calabria.
2017: Member of the evaluation committee of the PhD. course ‘Earth and Environment Sciences (NASSTEC international program) at University of Pavia.
2015: Member of the evaluation committee of the PhD. Course ‘Experimental Ecology and Geobotany’ at University of Pavia.
2014: Member of the evaluation committee of the PhD. course ‘Biological and Molecular Sciences’ at University of Pisa.
2012-2013: Member of the board of the PhD. course ‘Life Sciences’ at University of Calabria.
2012: Guest speaker for the Doctoral School ‘Biological and Molecular Sciences’ at University of Pisa. Subject of guest lecture: ‘Evolution or extinction? Reproductive biology and plant fate in human-altered ecosystems’.
2008-2010: Member of the board of the PhD. course ‘Plant Biology’ at University of Calabria.
2009: Guest speaker for the PhD. course ‘Biodiversity and Ecosystem Analysis’ at University of Roma TRE. Subject of guest lecture: ‘Rarity and extinction in vascular plants: integrating the principles of conservation biology in the IUCN risk assessment procedures’.
Coordination of scientific research programs
2017: Research program ‘Un laboratorio di campo permanente nel Parco del Pollino per il monitoraggio di comunità e specie erbacee rappresentative dei pascoli appenninici mediante tecniche tradizionali ed approcci metodologici innovativi’. Financial support: Pollino National Park.
2016: Research program: ‘Laboratorio permanente: contributo alla definizione di una rete di monitoraggio degli effetti del global change sulla biodiversità dei pascoli oromediterranei del Parco del Pollino’. Financial support: Pollino National Park.
2015: Research program ‘Laboratorio permanente: monitoraggio e caratterizzazione funzionale di specie vegetali per valutare gli effetti di cambiamenti climatici e pascolo su biodiversità e funzionalità ecosistemica in pascoli sud-appenninici a carattere oromediterraneo’. Financial support: Pollino National Park.
2014: Research program: ‘Costituzione della rete dei boschi vetusti dei Parchi Nazionali dell’Appennino meridionale’. Financial support: Pollino National Park.
2014: Research program: ‘Laboratorio permanente: dinamiche vegetazionali in fitocenosi erbacee montane ed alto-montane in regime sperimentale: valutazioni comparative a livello di comunità e singole specie, ed implicazioni per la conservazione e l’uso sostenibile’. Financial support: Pollino National Park.
Collaboration to international research programs
2011-2012: Title of the research program ‘Inter-genomic conflict in gynodioecy and its effects on molecular evolution of mitochondrial genomes’. Project head: Prof. Deborah Charlesworth (University of Edinburgh). Financial support: Natural Environment Research Council (UK).
2010: Title of the research program ‘European Red List of Vascular Plants’. Project head: International Union for Conservation of Nature. Financial support: European Union.
Collaboration to national research programs
2020-22: Title of the project 'Realizzazione del Sistema Carta Natura – POR FESR/FS 2014/2020 Rep. 6763 del 22/04/2020'. Project head: DiBEST-Unical. Financial support: Regione Calabria.
2020: Title of the research program 'Stesura della lista rossa degli ecosistemi d’Italia. Project head: Italian Botanical Society. Financial support: Italian Ministry of the Environment and of the Protection of Land and Sea.
2016: Title of the research program ‘Definizione, sperimentazione e pubblicazione delle Schede di Monitoraggio delle specie vegetali italiane di interesse comunitario (Direttiva 92/43/CE, allegati II, IV, V)’. Project head: Italian Botanical Society. Financial support: Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA).
2012-2016: Title of the research program ‘Valutazione nazionale della categoria di rischio di estinzione per specie vegetali di pregio e di interesse conservazionistico’. Project head: Italian Botanical Society. Financial support: Italian Ministry of the Environment and of the Protection of Land and Sea.
2010-2012: Title of the research program ‘Un laboratorio naturale permanente nel Parco Nazionale del Pollino’. Project head: Prof. Marco Borghetti (University of Basilicata). Financial support: Pollino National Park.
2007-2007: Title of the research program ‘Revisione del Sistema Regionale delle ZPS, Zone di Protezione Speciale (art. 4, Dir. 79/409/CEE “Uccelli”), in riferimento alle IBA, Important Bird Areas (LIPU-BirdLife International), identificate sul territorio regionale’. Project head: Prof. Toni Mingozzi (University of Calabria). Financial support: Calabria Region.
2005-2006: Teaching in Plant Biodiversity within the training course ‘Esperto gestione di musei naturalistici, aree di interesse naturale e centri di educazione ambientale (POR Calabria 2000/2006 di Istruzione e Formazione Tecnico Superiore’. Project head: Cooperativa Form service a.r.l. (Catanzaro) and Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico dell’Università della Calabria. Financial support: Calabria Region.
2005-2005: Title of the research program ‘VAS-SIST (MIUR 3334)’. Project head: Prof. Toni Mingozzi (University of Calabria). Financial support: Italian Ministry of University and Research.
2005-2005: Title of the research program “Realizzazione della linea ferroviaria “Lamezia Terme-Catanzaro Lido”, tratta “Settingiano-Catanzaro Lido”. Project head: C.R.E.N. Soc. Coop. r.l. (Rimini). Financial support: Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato.
2004-2004: Title of the research program ‘Proposta di riperimetrazione del SIC IT9310056 ‘Bosco di Mavigliano’. Project head: Prof. Giuliano Cesca (University of Calabria). Financial support: Comune di Montalto Uffugo.
2001-2004: Title of the research program “Studio di ambienti rari e specie vegetali ed animali critiche, rare ed a rischio d’estinzione”. Project head: Prof. Sandro Tripepi (University of Calabria). Financial support: Pollino National Park.
Collaborations with international institutions
-ETHZürich, Switzerland.
-International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Cambridge (UK) and Gland (Switzerland).
Publications
Author of 65 publications in international journals listed in Scopus (hi = 16), and of further 48 papers including articles in international and national journals and contributions to books, mainly focused on plant population biology, plant ecology and conservation.
Participation to national and international meetings
Attendance to many national and international conferences, as author of posters and oral presentations.
Organization of meeting and conferences
Settembre 2016: Co-organiser and chairman of the symposium ‘Filling gaps in systematics and conservation of the Mediterranean flora: recent outcomes and future challenges’ nell’ambito del ‘111° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana, III International Plant Science Conference (IPSC)’. Roma 21-23 settembre 2016.
Settembre 2016: Member of the scientific committee of the 111° Congresso della Società Botanica Italiana, III International Plant Science Conference (IPSC)’. Roma 21-23 settembre 2016.
Maggio 2013: Member of the local organising committee of the ‘5TH International Orchid Workshop, Orchid Population Dynamics’. Rende 17-19 Maggio 2013.
2013-2017: Organizer of various meetings and workshops of the Working group for nature conservation of the Italian Botanical Society.
Participation to editorial boards
- 2022: Member of the editorial board of Frontiers in Plant Science (section of Plant Systematics and Evolution).
-Sierra-Almeida A., Gargano D., Briceno Rodriguez V.F., Llambi L.D., Fenu G., Sanchez Pescador D., Rada F.J. (Editors), 2022. Consequences of Climate Change for plant biodiversity in high mountain ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88974-449-7.
- 2019 to present 2022: Member of the editorial board of Frontiers in Conservation Science.
- Rossi G., Montagnani C., Gargano D., Peruzzi L., Abeli T., Ravera S., Cogoni A., Fenu G., Magrini S., Gennai M., Foggi B., Wagensommer R.P., Venturella G., Blasi C., Raimondo F.M., Orsenigo S. (Eds.) 2013. Lista Rossa della Flora Italiana. 1. Policy species ed altre specie minacciate. Comitato Italiano IUCN e Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare. Roma.
- Rossi G., Gentili R., Abeli T., Gargano D., Foggi G., Raimondo F.M., Blasi C. (Eds.) 2008. Flora da conservare: Iniziativa per l’implementazione in Italia delle categorie e dei criteri IUCN (2001) per la redazione di nuove Liste Rosse. Informatore Botanico Italiano 40 (s1), 185 pp.
- Referee for various international journals, including Plant Biosystems, International Journal of Plant Research, Conservation Genetics, Plant Biology.
Fellowships and other scientific affiliations
2018: Member of REPRISE (list of expert scientific referees of MIUR) for the section ‘Base Research’.
2012-2017: Head of the Working group for nature conservation of the Italian Botanical Society.
2002-2011: Member of the National Committee of the Working group for nature conservation of the Italian Botanical Society.
2002-2018: Member of the Italian Botanical Society.
