CURRENT POSITION: full professor, Veterinary Anatomy

ACADEMIC TRAINING
• Graduate (1975) Vittorio Veneto Scientific Lyceum
• Dr. Med. Vet., with honors, (1980) School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan
• State Board Certified, Veterinary Medicine, Milan (1980)
• Neurochemistry, Advanced course (1991), Foundation for the Advanced Education in the Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
• PhD (1993) Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Anatomy, Department B, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

POSITIONS HELD AND DATES
• Natural History Museum, Milan, Section of Zoology of Vertebrates, Scientific Collaborator (1978 to present)
• C.N.R. (National Research Council), Veterinary Biology Traineeship (1982-1983)
• University of Milan, Research Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anatomy (1983-1986)
• Dept. of Cellular and Structural Biology, UTHSC at San Antonio, Texas, USA (1985, Postdoctoral Fellow)
• University of Milan, Senior Assistant Research Professor of Veterinary Anatomy (1986-1997)
• Institute of Medical Anatomy, Department B, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (1987-1989, Postdoctoral Fellow)
• Department of Anatomy, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (1991, Visiting Scientist)
• University of Chieti-Teramo, (temporary) Professor of Veterinary Topographical Anatomy (1991/92, 1992/93)
• Université de Tours (France) Enseignant invité (Comparative Physiology, 1995)
• University of Padova, (temporary) Professor of Systemic and Comparative Veterinary Anatomy (1993/94 – 1997/98)
• University of Padova, Associate Professor of Veterinary Anatomy (1998/99)
• University of Padova, Full Professor of Veterinary Anatomy (1999 to present)
• University of Insubria, (temporary) Professor of (Human) Neuroanatomy and Neural Development (2016/17)
• University of Padova, Head, Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science (2019/2023)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
His scientific production is focused mainly on comparative neuroendocrinology and neuroanatomy of large domestic herbivores, marine mammals, and man. He published papers on the organization and neurochemical properties of the hypothalamus and cerebral cortex of mammals and other vertebrates.
He studied the functional anatomy of marine mammals. In 2002 he founded the Mediterranean marine mammal tissue Bank (www.marinemammals.eu).
He published several scientific papers, >100 of which are currently listed in PubMed. He wrote university textbooks of anatomy and related disciplines for national and international publishers.

MEMBERSHIPS TO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Dr. Cozzi is member of the American Association of Anatomists, the European Association of veterinary Anatomists, and the Society for Neurosciences (U.S.A.).

GRANTS RECEIVED
Dr. Cozzi has received several Grants from Italian agencies such as the Italian Ministry for University and Scientific and Technological Research (MURST/MIUR - PRIN PI: 2001, 2006, 2016. PRIN Resp. Res.Unit: 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004); the Italian Ministry for the Environment (PI: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012/13; Resp. Res. Unit: 2009); the Italian National Research Council (C.N.R.: 1982/83, 1985, 1989); the Italian Society for Veterinary Sciences (S.I.S.Vet.: 1987); the Universities of Milan (1983 - 1998) and Padova (1998 onwards). He has received also Grants from the Jackson Foundation or the Advancement of Military Medicine (Washington, USA, 1991).

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