EDUCATION
1992 Diploma di maturita’ classica, Liceo Ginnasio C Marchesi, Padova, Italy
1997 Laurea in Scienze Biologiche obtained with best marks and honours (110/110 cum laude), University of Padova, Italy, discussing a thesis: “A new in vitro model of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) persistent infection: interactions between HSV-1 and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)”.
1998 Member of the college of Biologists of Italy after passing the National board examination
2002 Ph.D. in Microbiological Science, University of Genova, Italy.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS
1994-1997 Research fellow, University of Padova, Italy
1997-2001 Ph.D. student, University of Padova, Italy
1999-2000 Visiting researcher, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2001-2004 Postdoctoral fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2004-2005 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Histology Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Italy
01/01/2005-31/08/2015 Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology (SSD MED/07), Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Italy
03/2012- 12/2013 Seconded National Expert for HIV-1/AIDS and chronic diseases at the General Directorate SANCO, Unit C4 ("Health determinants"), at the European Commission, Luxembourg
01/09/2015- Associate Professor of Microbiology (SSD BIO/19), Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Italy

AWARDS AND HONORS
1996 Winner of a Scolarship for spending a period of time at a foreign laboratory ("C.A. Iannella Scholarship Foundation", Boston, MA).
2000 Winner of a fellowship for AIDS research (Borsa AIDS, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy)
2001 Winner of the “3M Pharmaceuticals HSV Research Travel Scholarship”, in association with the International Herpes Management Forum.
2001 Winner of a fellowship for AIDS research (Borsa AIDS Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy)
2003 Winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Elion Award for Young Investigator, in association with the International Herpes Management Forum.
2011 Winner of the Italian Society for Virology special prize: "Virology in the 21st Century". Awarder by Prof. Adriano Aguzzi Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital of Zurich; Prof. Pier Luigi Gambetti, Institute of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, USA; Prof. Volker ter Meulen, Institut für Virologie und Immunobiologie Universität Wuerzburg, Germany; Prof. Sir John James Skehel National Institute for Medical Research Mill Hill, London

MAIN RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS
Arianna Calistri is author of 63 publications in peer reviewed journals with an H-index of 20(Scopus June 2019).

AFFILIATIONS
Member of the Società Italiana di Microbiologia Generale e Biotecnologie Microbiche (SIMGBM) since 2004, Member of the Società Italiana di Virologia (SIV) (2001-2016) – Vicepresident of the SIV (2012-2016). Member of the European Society for Virology since 2009, Member of the Advisory Board (April 2019-today). Founding Member and Member of the Advisory Council of the Società Italiana di Virologia – Italian Society for Virology (SIV-ISV) since October 2016.

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