PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI

Corso triennale di Zoologia Sistematica e Anatomia Comparata (canale 1), modulo di Zoologia Sistematica. Per questo insegnamento le lezioni si svolgeranno in presenza presso l'Aula Magna dell'edificio CU009. Il materiale didattico sarà disponibile su Google Classroom (passcode: jc2h72fq).

Corso magistrale di Entomologia.  Per questo insegnamento le lezioni si svolgeranno in presenza presso l'Aula Entomologia dell'edificio RM099 (Piazzale Valerio Massimo 6). Il materiale didattico sarà disponibile su Google Classroom (passcode: 4hna5zsc).
 
Ricevimento studenti: Entomologia (Piazzale Valerio Massimo, 6), per appuntamento: pierfilippo.cerretti@uniroma1.it

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI
Address DIPARTIMENTO DI BIOLOGIA E BIOTECNOLOGIE ‘CHARLES DARWIN’, SAPIENZA UNIVERISTÀ DI ROMA, PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 5, ROMA – 00185
Telephone 0644702813 (currently disabled) Mobile 3473082521
online profiles:
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=22957064000
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=PQZ9nUoAAAAJ&hl=it

E-mail: pierfilippo.cerretti@uniroma1.it
Nationality: Italian

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from - to): June 2019 - today
• Name and address of the employer: Sapienza Università di Roma – Department of Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”
• Occupation or position held: Associate professor – Zoology (BIO/05)
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research, teaching

• Dates (from - to): October 2019 - today
• Name and address of the employer: Sapienza Università di Roma – Department of Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”
• Occupation or position held: Director of the Museum of Zoology
• Main activities and responsibilities: Management, Outreach, Team Coordinator

• Dates (from - to): June 2016 – May 2019
• Name and address of the employer: Sapienza Università di Roma – Department of Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”
• Occupation or position held: Researcher RTD-B – Zoology (BIO/05)
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research, teaching

• Dates (from - to): March 2014 – February 2016
• Name and address of the employer: University of Padova – Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment
• Occupation or position held: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research

• Dates (from - to): March 2012 – February 2014
• Name and address of the employer: Sapienza Università di Roma – Department of Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”
• Occupation or position held: Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research

• Dates (from - to): March 2009 – March 2012
• Name and address of the employer: Sapienza Università di Roma – Department of Biotechnology “Charles Darwin”
• Occupation or position held: Researcher RTD – Zoology (BIO/05)
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research, teaching

• Dates (from - to): January 2007 – December 2008
• Name and address of the employer: CRA-ISAFA Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura. Istituto Sperimentale per l’Assestamento Forestale e per l’Apicoltura. Sede Villazzano (Trento)
• Occupation or position held: Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Main activities and responsibilities: Basic and applied research

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from - to): 2002 – 2006
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Sapienza Università di Roma
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Mediterranean Tachinidae (Diptera) with a focus on the Italian fanuna
• Title of qualification awarded: Doctorate in Animal Biology

• Dates (from - to): 1994 – 2001
• Name and type of organisation providing education and training: Sapienza Università di Roma
• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered: Experimental degree thesis aimed at studying the species diversity and faunistics of the Diptera parasitoid family Tachinidae in Castelporziano Nature Reserve (Italy: Latium)
• Title of qualification awarded: Graduate in Natural Sciences

PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

MOTHER TONGUE ITALIAN
OTHER LANGUAGES ENGLISH

- Research interests (5 Key words): insect biodiversity, integrative systematics, insect phylogeney, DNA taxonomy, community ecology.
- Author of: 112 scientific papers (indexed in Scopus); 2 books; 30 book chapters (plus 3 in press). Editor of 7 books.
- Lecturer of the following academic courses or modules since 2016: Systematic Zoology, Environmental Zoology.
- Organization and Communication at national and international congresses (more than 30 communications).
- Supervisor of 105 university theses (bachelor’s and master's) since 2017; advisor and co-advisor of 7 PhD students.

RELEVANT ROLES AND COMPETENCES

Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets

- Director of the Museum of Zoology at Sapienza Università di Roma.
- Major collaborator or principal investigator of 10 research projects. Four important ones are:
-2012-2016: Phylogeny and Evolution of World Tachinidae (Diptera). Funding body: United States National Science Foundation – DEB-1146269. Role: Major collaborator.
-2019: Australian Bristleflies (Diptera: Tachinidae): Major Enemies of Crop Pests. McMaster Fellowships 2019, CSIRO, Australian National Insect Collection. [project put on hold and postponed to 2025, due to covid-19 pandemic].
-2023-present day: PRIN2022 “Identification of priority sites for the conservation of terrestrial animal and plant diversity to meet European and CBD 2030 targets” [Co-PI]. 90,000.00€
-2023-present day: PRIN PNRR 2022 “Improving FORest insect BIOsecurity in the era of globalization (FORBIO)” [Co-PI]. 34,000,00€
- Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (October 2020)
- Member of the National Biodiversity Future Center – Soke 4 – Activity 4

PUBLICATION INDEXES (SCOPUS)
- NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS: 112
- TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS: 2060 (10.04.2025)
- H-INDEX: 26

PUBLICATION INDEXES (GOOGLESCHOLAR)
- NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS: 112
- TOTAL NUMBER OF CITATIONS: 3565 (10.04.2025)
- H-INDEX: 34