IGB Seminar 22 Gennaio 2024 - Carrer
Curriculum Vitae of ALESSANDRO CARRER

MSc, Dr, PhD, Principal Investigator

Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM), via Orus, 2 – 35129  Padova (PD)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Padova

Email:  alessandro.carrrer@vimm.it

Education

2009         Ph.D. in Molecular Medicine: University of Trieste and International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy

Grade: no grade at defense. Title: Dottore di Ricerca in Medicina Molecolare

2004          MSc Biotechnology: University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Grade: 110 cum laudae

Work Experience

2022-present     Tenure-track Assistant Professor (RTDb), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

2020-2022         MSCA Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy

2019-present     Principal Investigator, Veneto Institute for Molecular Medicine (VIMM), Padua, Italy

2018-2019         Research Associate, Cancer Biology Department, University of Pennsylvania

2013-2017         Postdoctoral Fellow, Cancer Biology Department, UPenn. Mentor: Prof. Kathryn Wellen

2009-2012         Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Medicine Laboratory at ICGEB, Trieste, Italy. Mentor: Dr. Mauro Giacca

2005-2009         Ph.D. student, Molecular Medicine laboratory at ICGEB, Trieste, Italy. Mentor: Dr. Mauro Giacca

2004                   Intern at International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy Mentor: Dr. Serena Zacchigna

Professional Activities

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

2020 – present   Board of Directors, International Society of Cancer Metabolism (ISCaM)

2019 – present   External Review panel, ICGEB-CRP Research Grant Programme

2020 – present   Advisory Board Member, Translational Oncology (Elsevier; ISSN: 1936-5233)

2020 – present   External Reviewer, WorldWide Cancer Research Program

2021 – present   External Evaluator UNA4CAREER (EU COFUND, Univ Complutense de Madrid)

2022 – present   Expert UNCAN.eu

Publications

Bibliometric parameters:

Publications: 21 (7 first-author; 4 corresponding author; active IF: 97,215)

Citations (per WoS): 1630 (1597 without self citations); Papers with >100 citations: 5; Papers with >200 citations: 3; WoS – “Highly Cited Papers”: 2

H-index: 13