C.V. OF PROFESSOR MAURO TOGNON.

- Fellow of the National Research Council, at the School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 1977-1981.
- Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 1981-1987.
- Associate Professor of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. 1987-1990.
- Associate Professor of Experimental Biology (Biology and Genetics), School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 1990-2001.
- Full Professor of Experimental Biology (Biology and Genetics), School of Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. 2001-to date.
- Main topics in research are molecular and cellular biology, genetics and viral oncology.
- He published approx. 220 papers in peer reviewed international journals. H index, 41. Please see the publications in pubmed, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed, digit Tognon M.
- He has been classified among the 100 positions of the top Italian scientists, see:
http://www.via-academy.org/VIA/index.php?title=Top_Italian_Scientists (TIS)

Scientific experience abroad
- Researcher Associate, Dept. Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 1979-1980.
- Visiting scientist, Viral Oncology Laboratories, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. 1983 (3 months), 1987 (4 months), 1989 (2 months), 1990 (2 months).
- Visiting scientist, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology , School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA., U.S.A. 1993 (2 months).
- Visiting scientist, Dept. of Pathology/Cancer Center, Loyola Medical Center, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, U.S.A. 1997 (3 months) and 1999 (3 months).
- Visiting scientist, Dept. of Pathology/Cancer Center, University of Vermont, Burlington. VT, USA. (1 week) 2002.
- Visiting scientist, Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu. HI, USA. (2 week) 2006.

Fellowships, awards, patents, honors.
- Fellowships from National Research Council, Rome, Italy. 1977-1981.
- Fellowship from "Soretta and Henry Shapiro Research Fund", University of Chicago, Chicago,
IL, U.S.A., 1979.
- Fellowship from "James E. Davis Fund", University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A., 1980.
- Fellowships from Italian Association for Cancer Research, Milan, Italy, 1983 and 1986.
- Fellowship from General Insurances Foundation, Trieste, Italy, 1983.
- "Fulbright Awards", Roma-Washington, 1982 and 1987.
- "Award for Collaborative Research" from N.A.T.O., Brussels, Belgium, 1988-1991 and 1996-
98.
- "Cancer Research Award" from International Union Against Cancer, Geneva, Switzerland, 1987
and 1999.
- Award from AOSpine International, Dübendorf, Switzerland. 2011.
- NHI/FDA Invited speaker and panelist, Washington D.C., 1997.
- WHO/IARC Consultant, specialist and invited member, Monograph Working Group vol. 104,
Lyon, France, 2013.
- WHO participant of the multicenter study on the association between human tumors and
oncogenic polyomaviruses, 2015.
- WHO participant of the multicenter study on the association between human tumors and
oncogenic papillomaviruses, 2017.
- ESHRE member of the International Committee for the new Viral Infection/Disease Guideline, 2017-2021. To be published in Human Reproduction Open, 2021.
- Educational Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Ferrara (2013-2015).
- Prof. Mauro Tognon, as inventor, has 14 national and 2 international patents.