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The CUG-SZN, established in December 2011, was renewed in March 2024 for the four-year period 2024-2028. The Committee has an equal composition and is currently made up of eight members designated by the most representative trade union organizations and eight representatives of the Administration, appointed by the President based on electoral consultations, ensuring overall equal representation of both genders.Appointment of the Committee:

1) Decreto del Presidente n. 20/2024 del 08/03/2024 (In Italian)

Silvio Greco

Marine biologist, Research Director

Vice president of the Zoological Station Anton Dohrn, legal representative of the organisation

Professor of animal production, University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo

Professor of Marine Ecology, Pontifical University Antonianum Rome

Former member of the CNSA (National Scientific Commission for Antarctica)

Member of the National Council of WWF Italy

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic

He has carried out research campaigns in almost all the seas of the world, participating in 6 research campaigns in Antarctica.

Author of over 200 national and international scientific publications and author of five books "Guarda che mare" with Cinzia Scaffidi (2007) the "Pesce" illustrated by Sergio Staino (2015) published by Slow Food Editore, "Un Onda di Plastica" with Raffaella Bully, ed. Manifestolibri (2018), “Plastic on the Plate” Giunti Editore (2020). “The words of the Ecological Transition” AA.VV. Ed. Environment (2021)

Segreteria del Presidente

Giovanna Di Gennaro 
Tel.  +39 081 5833215

E-mail: presidenza(at)szn.it

Ing. Massimo Ferdinando Francesco Cavaliere
e-mail: direzione(at)szn.it 

Delibera di Nomina

Curriculum Vitae

Segreteria del Direttore

Italia Canettieri
Tel.: +39 081 5833253
E-mail: italia.canettieri(at)szn.it

Prof. Roberto Bassi

Roberto Bassi (1955) was born in Vicenza (I). He graduated in Biology in Padua (1977), after which, he worked as microbiologist and botanist in the same University till 1983, when he won an assistant professorship in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. He specialized in genetics in Copenhagen, Biophysics in Paris and Molecular Biology in Geneva. He has been teaching Plant Biochemistry, Physiology and synthetic biology in Padua, Urbino, Marseille, Lausanne and Verona.  His research focuses on the structure and function of the photosynthetic systems of plants and algae and the environmental stress physiology with the aim of optimizing the light to biomass conversion efficiency and devise biotechnological solutions for environmental sustainability, with special reference to the management of carbon cycle. He has published more than 300 articles in international journals with an HF of 102 and 28.000 citations. He is a member of the National Academy of Lincei, National Academy of Technology, the EMBO, the European Academy and others. He was awarded theBaccarini-Melandri prize, the Herlitzka prize, for Physiology, the von Humboldt Award, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Award and the Miller Research professorship in Berkeley. He is the P.I of the ERC advanced grant GrInSun (2022-2027). He has been serving as the chair of the scientific advisory board of  the Stazione Anton Dorhn in Naples of which he is now the President.

Segreteria del Presidente

Giovanna Di Gennaro 
Tel.  +39 081 5833215

E-mail: presidenza(at)szn.it

Appointment

Curriculum Vitae of Serena Fonda

Appointment

Curriculum Vitae of Mauro Magnani

Dott. Filippo Capodiferro, President

Dott. Stefano Incarnati, member

Dott. Stefano De Santis, member

Appointment Board of Auditors (in Italian)

Dott. Giuseppe Di Nardo – President

Dott. Emanuele Bertulli – Member

Dott. Francesco Tulimeri – Member

Appointment Board of Auditors - 2016 (in Italian)