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PhDay DECEMBER 18-19, 2025

Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (Dept. of Biology)

Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (Dept. of Biology)

PhDay DECEMBER 18-19

Location: Florence - Morgagni Teaching Center - V.LE Morgagni N. 40 - Room 004

Schedule for the 2 days:

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM = Registration (first day only)

9:00 AM - 6:30 PM = Speakers

-Program: ProgrammaPhDay__2025

-Book of Abstracts: BookOfAbstractPhDay__25 ,
-Poster: PhDay poster

The PhD Program in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology aims to study biological diversity and its evolution, as well as the behavior and relationships of living beings, including humans, with each other and their environment.

Evolutionary biology and ecology represent an integrated research area, which in many prestigious institutions is housed within a single Department of Ecology and Evolution.

PhD Program Presentation (https://www.dottoratobee.unifi.it/p1.html)

-The PhDay will be broadcast online via Meet.

MEET Dec 19: link PhD Day 19
Friday, Dec 19 • 09:00 AM – 6:00 PM
-For information: dottoratobee@unifi.it

In addition to PhD students, guest speakers will include faculty from various Italian and international universities:

-Opening remarks: Duccio Cavalieri (UNIFI) Full Professor, and Stefano Cannicci (UNIFI) Full Professor, Rector's Delegate for Doctoral Studies

-Andrea Quagliariello (UNIFI) Researcher (RTT)

-Paola Bonfante (UNITO) Professor Emeritus, Member of the Accademia dei Lincei

-Elena Pilli (UNIFI) Associate Professor - FIS3 Winner

-Teresa Rinaldi (Sapienza University of Rome) Associate Professor

-Fiorenza Micheli (Stanford University) Professor of Marine Sciences, Chair of the Oceans Department, Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment Hopkins Marine Station

-David Caramelli (UNIFI) Full Professor - Closing remarks and final greeting

PhD DAY 1/14/2025

PhD Day PhD in EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE - UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA - UNIVERSITY OF PARMA

WHEN: January 14 – 15, 2025

WHERE: University of Parma – Campus delle Scienze, Centro Congressi Santa Elisabetta, Parco Area delle Scienze 95 – 43124 Parma

The meeting will be held in Italian or English (at the discretion of the speaker) on the basis of a program divided into the following scientific sessions

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

ECOLOGY AND ETHOLOGY

PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

PhD STUDENTS INVOLVED

38th and 39th Cycle

Oral presentation (in person) lasting 20 minutes on the progress of their research

40th Cycle

Short oral presentation, lasting 2 minutes (2 slides), of personal introduction of the PhD student and the thesis project

Online connection, on the Teams platform, available only for presentations of PhD students engaged in activities abroad.

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ORGANIZATIONAL SECRETARIAT

Prof. Francesco Nonnis Marzano – Department of Chemical, Life and Environmental Sustainability Sciences – University of Parma (Tel. 0521-905643)