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Fulvio Esposito
Born the 6th July 1951, full professor of Parasitology at Camerino University since 1987, Fulvio Esposito developed his scientific background in the University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore, where he obtained his MSc and PhD in Biology.
Starting from the study of cell-to-cell interaction and recognition process in free-living ciliate protozoa with the late Prof. Renzo Nobili in 1972, he approached human immunology at the Cancer Institute in Genoa (1982-83), then at the New York University (1985, 1986), with Prof. Ruth Nussenzweig, and Stockholm University (1988, 1992), with Prof. Peter Perlman.
Since 1984, he has been dealing with various aspects of malaria, particularly immunology and immunotechniques, epidemiology and control, parasitology and entomology. Research on these subjects has been conducted through repeated periods of study spent in endemic countries in Africa, mainly in Burkina Faso, where he has been permanent resident in 1985-86 and 1993-97 and has contributed to establish outstanding research facilities at the Centre National de Recherche et Formation sur le Paludisme. His research projects have been funded by national and (mainly) international sources, including the World Health Organisation, the IAEA and the European Commission.
He has served as consultant expert in the FIELDMAL Steering Committee of WHO in the early nineties and has performed several missions/site visits as WHO temporary adviser. He has been reviewer for the European Commission INCO-DC Programme and member of the European Malaria Vaccine Initiative and African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network Boards.
He considers as the major successful endeavour of his research & training activity the handover of the Centre National de Recherche et Formation sur le Paludisme from Italian expatriates to an entirely Burkinabe research team.
In 1998, he has been elected Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Camerino (around 150 academics, 1800 students, 50 staff; 2002 budget 10 MEuro), which includes MSc and PhD courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Wildlife Conservation. After a first 4-year mandate, he has been re-elected in 2002. He regularly teaches Parasitology and Medical Entomology to undergraduate and graduate students. Starting in 2002, he has promoted the introduction of the Total Quality System (ISO 9001, 2000 version) in the Faculty, which has been certified (from 2003 on) by the French Agency Groupe AFAQ.
Since 2003, he has been co-opted as a member of the Research Strengthening Group of the Special Programme for Research and Training on Tropical Diseases (TDR) sponsored by WHO, UNDP, World Bank and UNICEF. In July 2004, he has been elected Rector of the University of Camerino (budget 50 MEuro, 10,000 students, 300 academics, 300 staff).
He promoted the adoption of the European Charter for Researchers and a Code of Conduct for their Recruitment by the Italian Universities (signature took place in Camerino, July 7th 2005) and is member of a Working Group on this subject at the European Commission, Bruxelles.
Recently, he has been appointed by the Commission as rapporteur of the Expert Group on the European Research Area Green Paper.