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Giuseppe PELLEGRINO - Professori Associati

Giuseppe PELLEGRINO

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Botanica generale (BIOS-01/A)

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Nel 2001 ha conseguito il titolo di Dottore di Ricerca in “Sistematica Molecolare” (XIII ciclo). Dal 1 giugno 2001 è ricercatore confermato presso il Dipartimento di Ecologia dell’Università della Calabria. Dal 2003 è componente della Giunta del Dipartimento di Ecologia. Dal 2008 è Consigliere del Gruppo di Lavoro di Biosistematica Vegetale della Società Botanica Italiana. Negli ultimi anni l'attività di ricerca si è incentrata sulle seguenti tematiche: fenomeni di ibridazione ed introgressione mediante analisi molecolari e biologia della riproduzione e dell’impollinazione di piante spontanee.
CURRICULUM VITAE Giuseppe Pellegrino PERSONAL DATA Name: Giuseppe Pellegrino Date of birth: 17 May 1968 Place of Birth: Monza (MB), Italy Gender: male Marital status: married Current Address Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences University of Calabria via Bucci 6/B, third floor phone:+39-0984492958 (room); +39-0984492955 (lab) fax: +39-0984492958 e-mail: giuseppe.pellegrino@unical.it ACADEMIC 2018 up now Associate Professor BIO/01 “Botanica generale”, University of Calabria, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences. 2001-2018 Researcher, University of Calabria, Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences. 1993-1997 Temporary Project Fellow (Assegno di Ricerca), University of Calabria, Department of Ecology EDUCATION 2016 Approved ASN for Full Professor in 05/A1 Botany 1997-2001 PhD in “Sistematica Molecolare” at the University “Federico II” of Naples, studies carried out at ETH Zürich-Geobotanical Insitute and University of Zürich-Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany. PhD Thesis: Processi di speciazione nelle orchidee del Mediterraneo: approccio molecolare allo studio degli eventi di ibridazione e vicarianza, (supervisors: Prof. Catello Polito, Prof. Aldo Musacchio) 1987-1992 MSc in Biological Sciences at the University of Calabria. 2-year thesis internship at the Department of Ecology. RESEARCH The genetic and ecological bases of plant adaptation and speciation: an evolutionary and conservation perspective of plant diversification. Understanding the processes that accompany or facilitate the origin and diversification of natural species has always been of great interest to evolutionary biologists since Darwin time. Recently, thanks to the molecular and computational advances now available, to address these long-standing questions has become a feasible research. We study the evolutionary genomics and ecological bases of species adaption and differentiation in several Mediterranean plant groups, with a special emphasis on very successful plant lineages as orchids. We are comparing the mechanisms and the genetic bases of pre/postzygotic reproductive isolation in different groups characterized by different level of pollinator specificity. Contrasting hypotheses for hybrid sterility as the role of genomic rearrangements and/or genic breakdown due to genic incompatibility are tested. A further motivation for our work also lies in the important conservation value of the plant species we study, especially as we are often dealing with rare or endangered species. In this regard, we are also combining phylogeographics and population genetics investigations for understanding the relative contribution of both historical and recent events on the maintaining of genetic diversity in endangered species. PARTICIPATION IN RELEVANT PROJECTS AND ROLE IN THE PROJECT 2017-2020 PRIN research grant “Mediterranean orchids as a model system to quantify intrinsic and extrinsic factors influencing distribution and conservation-oriented restoration”, Associate investigator 2008-2010 PRIN research grant “L’impollinazione nelle orchidee non nettarifere del genere mediterraneo Serapias. Segnali fiorali e barriere riproduttive interspecifiche.”, Associate investigator 2005-2007 PRIN research grant “Approcci molecolari per lo studio della speciazione nel genere Serapias, orchidee mediterranee non nettarifere.”, Associate investigator 2003-2005 PRIN research grant “Effetti dell'isolamento sulla struttura genetica spaziale di specie vegetali mediterranee”, Associate investigator 2001-2004 National Park of Pollino research grant “Studio di ambienti rari e specie vegetali ed animali critiche, rare ed a rischio d'estinzione”, Associate investigator TEACHING 2012 up now Botany (6 CFU). Bachelor in Biology, University of Calabria. 2016 up now Forensic biology, Bachelor in Biology, University of Calabria. 2010-12 Systematic Botany (6 CFU), Bachelor in Natural Sciences, University of Calabria. 2007-2012 Plant biodiversity (6 CFU), Bachelor in Natural Sciences, University of Calabria. 2005-2008 Plant Biology (6 CFU), Bachelor in Geo-Topo-Cartographic, Estimative, Territorial and Building, University of Calabria. 2005-2008 Plant reproductive biology (3CFU) Bachelor in Biological Sciences, University of Calabria. 2001-2009 Laboratory of plant biology (6CFU) Bachelor in Natural Sciences, University of Calabria. 2001-2003 Botany (6 CFU). Bachelor in Biological Sciences, University of Calabria. 2001-2003 Plant biodiversity (6 CTU). Bachelor in Biological Sciences, University of Calabria. 1994-2001 laboratory teaching assistant OTHER SCIENTIFIC SERVICES Invited talks at international conferences: 2016 III International Plant Science Conference (IPSC)-Roma (Italy) "Effects of population structure on pollen flow, clonality rates and reproductive success in fragmented Serapias lingua populations." 2011 4th International Orchid Conservation Congress -Hlubokà (Cech Republic)- "Differences in pollen viability in Mediterranean orchids." 2005 Congress “New Perspectives on the Systematics & Ecology of Orchids” Tolosa (France)- "Genetic population structure in the Mediterranean Serapias vomeracea, a nonrewarding orchid group. Interplay of pollination strategy and stochastic forces?" 2004 IX IOPB congress “Plant Evolution in Mediterranean Climate Zones” -Valencia (Spain)- "Reproductive versus floral isolation among closely related, sympatric Serapias L. species (Orchidaceae)." 2004 III Internation Orchid Workshop -Haapsalu (Estonia)-"Reproductive biology and pollinator limitation in a deceptive orchid, Serapias vomeracea (Burm.) Briq. (Orchidaceae)" Conference and Symposium organization: 2013 "31th New Phytologist Simposium"-Rende (Italy) 2013 "4th International Orchid Workshop" Rende (Italy) Associate Editor of PlosOne, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Journal of Plant Research Guest Editor of Plants Referee of proposals: VQR 2015-19-Valutazione Prodotti-, Ministro dell’Istruzione, dell’università e della ricerca (Italy); PRIN2020 Ministro dell’Istruzione, dell’università e della ricerca (Italy), Evaluation of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic) Society membership: the Italian Society of Botany (S.B.I.) and of Botanical Society of Japan (BSJ) Journal referee: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Oecologia, Plant Systematics and Evolution, Annales Botanici Fennici, Australian Journal of Botany, Functional Ecology, American Journal of Botany, Naturwissenschaften, Plant Biology, Annals of Botany, Evolution, Ecology, Biological Reviews, American Naturalist, BMC Biology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, New Phytologist, Trends in Plant Biology, Basic and Applied Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Arthopod-Plant Interactions, PLOS One, Ecology Letters, Plant Biosystems, Taxon. Collaborations with scientific institutions in United Kingdom (Kew Botanical Garden), Israel (Haifa University), Switzerland (ETH-Zurich), Australia (Camberra University), Czech Republic (University of Bohemia). 72 SCOPUS-indexed articles. H-index = 17, 780 citations (SCOPUS 28/02/2022). 40 International conference contributions. 2 book chapter.
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