Alfonso Zecconi Curriculum vitae

Alfonso Zecconi
Curriculum vitae
Address
Department of Veterinary Sciences and Public Health (DiVet), University of Milan
via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano, Italy
Tel: +39-02-50318073
e-mail: [email protected]
Date and place of birth
September, 6th, 11958, Milano (MI), Italy
Education
1983
Degree in Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan (Italy)
Professional Specialties and licence to practice
1983
Licensed to practice in veterinary medicine
1991
National specialist title in “Health statistics”, University of Milan
2004
Diplomate of the European College of Bovine Health Management (ECBHM)
Professional activities
1985-1987 Technical assistant at NRC Mammary Pathology Centre
1987-1997 Researcher*
1998-2000 Associate Professor*
2001-today Full Professor*
* at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan
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Teaching activities: courses held at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Milan
1993-1994 Herd Hygiene (Corso di Diploma Universitario in Produzioni Animali)
1995-1998 Veterinary Epidemiology (Corso di Laurea in Medicina Veterinaria)
1998-2010 Molecular methodologies applied to Infectious Diseases (Corso di Laurea in
Biotecnologie - Medicina Veterinaria)
1999-2008 Veterinary Epidemiology (Corso di Laurea in Biotecnologie - Medicina
Veterinaria)
2005-2012 Infectious Diseases I I (Veterinary Epidemiology -Corso di Laurea in Medicina
Veterinaria)
2009-oggi Infectious Diseases II (Bovine diseases -Corso di Laurea in Medicina
Veterinaria)
2012-oggi Infectious Diseases II II (Veterinary Epidemiology -Corso di Laurea in
Medicina Veterinaria)
2009-oggi Veterinary Epidemiology (Corso di Laurea Specialistica in Biotecnologie
veterinarie)
Scientific and professional associations
1994-today Italian expert at Standing Committee Animal Health (FIL-IDF)
1995-today Member of National Mastitis Council
2001-2006 President Mastitis Council Italia
2007-today Secretary Mastitis Council Italia
Offices held
2010-today Director National Expert School in Milk Hygiene and Technology (University
of Milan)
2008-today Member of ERC advanced grant commission (Microbiology and Immunology)
Offices and services held within the DiVet
2013-today Coordinator Food Safety Lab
2013-today Responsible of DIVET communication
Publications
- 196 peer reviewed articles (indexed in Web of Science)
42 peer reviewed articles (indexed in PubMed)
- Author of 3 books on bovine production diseases and several chapter in technical
books
- > 200 articles in farmers and vet journals not indexed
- Index h15 (Scopus); h21 (Google Scholar) 43 (Google Scholar i10)
Research interests
- Mastitis
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases
- Infectious diseases diagnosis
- Molecular epidemiology
- Immunology of mammary gland
- Terapy
- Control and eradication programs development and application
- Vaccines and vaccination
- Food quality and hygiene
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Languages
- English
Milan, 30 January 2015
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