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CV of Prof. Dr. Flavio Donato
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0732-1654 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Positions: | |
| Since 2019 | Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. |
| 2013 – 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Research Advisors: Prof. Edvard I. Moser and Prof. May-Britt Moser. |
| 2007 – 2013 | Graduate Student, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland. Research Advisor: Prof. Pico Caroni. |
| 2005 – 2007 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Research Advisor: Prof. Giuseppe Macino. |
| 2004 | Undergraduate Research Assistant, Institute of Neurobiology and Molecular Medicine, National Research Council, Rome, Italy. Research Advisor: Dr. Luigi Aloe. |
| Education: | |
| 2007 – 2013 | Doctor phil. (Ph.D.) in Neurobiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland. Name of PhD Supervisor: Pico Caroni. Awarded Summa cum Laude. |
| 2004 – 2006 | Master (M.S.) in Genomic Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Rome, “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Awarded Summa cum Laude. |
| 2001 – 2004 | Bachelor (B.S.) in Biotechnology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome, “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Awarded Summa cum Laude. |
| Fellowships and Awards | |
| 2017 | Eppendorf & Science prize for neurobiology of 2017 (Grand Winner). Winning essay title: “Assembling the brain from deep within”. |
| 2013 – 2015 | EMBO Long-term fellowship (ALTF 246-2013). |
