PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI

PRIMO SEMESTRE: Scienze Naturali. Corso di Zoologia Sistematica e Anatomia Comparata (canale 1), modulo di Zoologia Sistematica. Per questo insegnamento le lezioni si svolgeranno in presenza a partire dal 12 ottobre 2023 alle ore 11 in Aula 8 edificio di CU009. Il materiale didattico sarà disponibile su Google Classroom (Class code: ukq5xnk).

SECONDO SEMESTRE: Scienze Ambientali. Corso di Zoologia Ambientale. Il materiale didattico è disponibile su Google Classroom (https://classroom.google.com/c/NjI1NzY4Njc0NTFa?cjc=vzaievv). Le lezioni del corso iniziano il 25 febbraio 2025.

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