Presentation Topic
Bio
Career in Research Institutions
Fellow of the National Group for Mathematical Computer Sciences (GNIM) of Italian Research National Council (CNR), since 1976 (working until 1980).
Fellow of the National Group of Personal Dosimetry for Ionizing Radiation of the Italian Nuclear Energy National Committee (CNEN, working until 1982), since 1976.
Researcher at the Personal Dosimetry Lab of ENPI (Institute of Italian Labor Ministry), whose film dosimetry and TLD procedures were employed to monitor over 40.000 IR exposed workers in Italy, from Apr 18th 1975 until Nov 30th 1982.
Responsible of Informative System of ENPI at Italian Treasure Ministry from Dec 1st 1982 until March 31st 1985.
Researcher at ISPESL (Higher Institute for Prevention and Safety at Work of Italian Health Ministry) from April 1st 1982 until July 22nd 1987.
Senior researcher at ISPESL since July 23rd 1987 until July 7th 1998.
Main professional interests have been protection of people and workers from ionizing and non-ionizing radiations, electric fields, magnetic fields.
Since 1988 up to 2002, on behalf of ISPESL he was in charge of monitoring radiofrequency antennas and co-location facilities as well as high voltage power lines in all the Italian Territory.
Director of researches at ISPESL since July 8th 1998. He was appointed to such position at the Italian Ministry of Health, where such qualification implied the title of full professor, according to the Italian Law 1973/519 and related Decrees (DPR 1980/619 art. 16, DM 2/6/1988 art. 36). The position was recognized starting from March 26th 1993.
Since then, he had the following positions:
– Chief of research programs of the Italian Health Ministry (“finalized researches”) and of ISPESL since 1998
– Chief of the Environmental Radiation and Ultrasounds Research Laboratory of ISPESL form July 8th 1998 up to Aug 31st 2014 (when the Laboratory was no more operative due to the incorporation of ISPESL in INAIL)
– Chief of East Veneto Deputy of ISPESL (in Venice), since Feb 14th 2000 until Dec. 31st 2008
– Chief of East Tuscany Deputy of ISPESL (in Florence), since Jan 1st 2009 until Aug 31st 2015.
– Chief of South Tirol Deputies of ISPESL (in Bozen), since May 24th 2004 until Nov. 10th 2014
In June 1st 2010 ISPESL was incorporated by INAIL (National Institute for Workers Insurances), all such positions were confirmed until to the planned expiring date.
Activity in National and International Bodies and in Courts
As a member of the Italian Working Group for Electromagnetic Field (Decree June 2nd 1997 of the Ministry of Environment) he contributed to the adoption of the Italian Guidelines for N.I.R. Exposures (Decree 1998/381) and of the Italian Law 2001/36 “Framework of restrictions about electromagnetic people exposures”. He provided the scientific rationale for these acts as editor (together with prof. Giovanni Zapponi) of the position paper of the Italian Ministry of Health: “Joint ISPESL-ISS Document about exposures of People and Workers to Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields between 0Hz and 300 GHz”. He was the author of the “Addendum of ISPESL” to such Document. In the Addendum, exposure limits for Italian people were provided and they were adopted in the Italian Law (both documents were published in Fogli di Informazione ISPESL, 1997, IV Suppl.). Both documents were formally approved by the Italian Parliament, unanimously by the Chamber of Representatives with Mozione 1-00360/1999 and by the Senatus in the Commission for Environment. He was appointed (with Dr. Crescimanno) from the Italian Health Ministry to write, the position document of Italy introduced at the EU Council of Ministries, on October 1998, for emending the EU Commission Recommendation Proposal COM1998/268, draft of the Recommendation 1999/519/CE. The Italian position document was written according to the May 5, 1994 and March 10, 1999 EU Parliament Resolutions. The precautionary principle was also proposed as the basis for the EU EMF protection framework.
He was member of EU Council Group of Experts appointed of amending the draft of the EU Rec 1999/519/CE.
He served on the World Health Organization’s Precautionary Principle Working Group (February 2003) and was co-chair at many international meetings.
He is a Co-founder of the International Commission For Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) where he has served as spokesman since this organization was founded in 2003 (ICEMS has been quoted as a scientific body of “top scientists” in the Resolution of the Council of Europe 1999/1815 – Annexed Doc 12608, § 44)
He is Member of the Scientific Panel of the European Cancer Research Institute (ECERI) in Brussels (since 2012).
He was Member of the Scientific Panel of the Regional Environment Protection Agency (ARPA) of Emilia Romagna (1999-2001).
He was Member of the Commission for Antenna Siting or Consultant of:
– Land of Lazio (2000)
– Land of Umbria (2002)
– City of Florence (2000)
– City of Rome (1998-2000,2017)
– City of Venice (1999,2006)
– City of Pescara (1999)
– City of Chieti (2000)
– City of Teramo (2000)
– City of Benevento (2004-6)
– City of Monza (2004-5).
Technical Advisor of Italian Ordinary Courts (Tribunale of Lucca, Siena, Catania, Caltagirone), of the Administrative Courts (TAR Lazio, Abruzzo, Campania) and of the Council of the State (Ordinance Oct 20th 2000).
Technical Advisor of the Public Prosecutor of Rome, Belluno, Bolzano, Salerno, Napoli, Viterbo, Vasto.
Academic Activity
After the former activity at University Sapienza of Rome in 1974/5 (see above), he was:
External Lecturer of Bioelectromagnetics at the Higher School of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry at University of Camerino (1999-2010)
Lecturer of Mathematics at the Department of Ecology and Biology of the University of Tuscia (2012-2014).
Visiting Professor at the Gazi University, Department of Biophysics, Ankara, hosted by Prof. Nesrin Seyhan, Chief of the Department (2008)
Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Denmark, Department of Nano- and Micro-Technologies, Kr. Lymby, granted by the Otto Monsted Foundation of Copenhagen (Dic 2014/Jan /5)
Responsible of Biophysical Laboratory of Course of Physiotherapy at School of Medicine of University of Abruzzo, Chieti Scalo, since 2016
Research activity
He led a large EMF research program with reference to both fundamental and phenomenological issues of the interaction between EMF and biological systems, with the participation of scientific institutions, including:
– Italian National Council of Researches (CNR, Bologna and Rome Labs),
– Italian Nuclear Energy Committee (ENEA, Frascati, Rome),
– National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, Milano University Section),
– Cancer Researches Centre “C. Maltoni” of the B. Ramazzini Institute (Bologna)
– University of Florence
– University of Abruzzo (Aquila-Chieti)
– University of Tuscia (Viterbo-Civitavecchia)
– University of Insubria (Varese-Busto Arsizio)
– University Roma 3 (Rome)
– University Sapienza (Rome)
– Humanitas IRCCS (Rozzano, Milan)
– UNESCO World Foundation for Research and Prevention of AIDS (Freiburg)
– Foundation Luc Montagnier (Genève)
He was the Principal Investigator of three Finalized Researches of the Italian Plans of the Health Ministry 1998 and 1999.
He is the Principal Investigator of the Finalized Research of the Italian Plan of the Health Ministry 2009 “ELF induced cardiac stem cells differentiation and maturation and their implant for treatment of heart attacks: a preclinical study”, starting on October 2018.
He participated in several international and national scientific meetings and published several articles on peer reviewed journals, international proceedings books and monographies.