Alberto Signore

CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM - ALBERTO SIGNORE Last update 15th september 2012 PROF. ALBERTO SIGNORE, MD, PhD, Date of birth: 1 NOVEMBER 1959 AFFILIATION Medical-Surgical Department of Clinical Sciences, Technobiomedicine and Translational Medicine, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University “Sapienza”, Rome, Italy. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. EDUCATION 2007 PhD at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. 1991 Specialization in Nuclear Medicine, (full marks cum laude), University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy. 1987 Specialization in Endocrinology (full marks cum laude), University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy. 1984 University degree in Medicine & Surgery (full marks cum laude), University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy. PRESENT ACTIVITY Qualified Full Professor in Nuclear Medicine (MED-36), Italy Honorary Full Professor in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands. Associate Professor in Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy. Visiting Professor in Nuclear Medicine, University of Ghent, Belgium. Coordination committee of the Specialization School in Nuclear Medicine of University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy. Consultant in Nuclear Medicine at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. Consultant of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of United Nation Organization (UNO). Co-promoter of the International Research Consortium IMITT. Management Committee member of the COST-BM0607 action of EC “Targeted Radionuclide Therapy” Past-President of the International Society of Radiolabelled Blood Elements (ISORBE). Secretary and Past-President of the International Research Group in Immunoscintigraphy and Therapy (IRIST). Chair of the “Inflammation/Infection” Committee of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). Member of the Editorial Board of the QJNM&MI, NucMedCommun, EJNM&MI, Nucl Med Rev, and other journals. President of the international scientific association Nuclear Medicine Discovery (Nu.Me.D.). SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY Promoter of 11 PhD students. Author of over 200 scientific publications in national and international journals. Editor of 5 books. Author of more than 30 book chapters. Total papers in Scopus = 190; Total citations = 2926 (2351 excluding self-citations); Average citations per article = 15.4; H index = 27 (from 1996); Age corrected H-index = 1.5). Total papers in Google Scholar = 368 (including letters and book chapters); Total citations = 4679; Average citations per article = 12.7; H index = 36 (from 1983); Age corrected H-index = 1.16; i10-index = 118). LUNGUAGES Italian speaking mother tongue. Excellent spoken and written English. Good spoken French and Spanish. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2005-present Professor of "Molecular Diagnostics" at the Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Rome "Sapienza". 2005-present Professor of "Nuclear Medicine in Infection/Inflammation" at the Master in Radiopharmacy, University of Ferrara, Italy. 2000-present Professor of "Nuclear Medicine Therapy" at the School of Specialization in Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza". 2000-present Professor of "Theory of Tracers" at the School of Specialization in Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza". 2000-present Professor of Nuclear Medicine at the 2nd School of Specialization in Endocrinology, University of Rome "Sapienza". 2000-present Professor of "Diagnostic imaging" at the medical school of the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, University of Rome "Sapienza". 2000-present Appointed Aggregated Professor in the Nuclear Medicine (MED36) discipline per decree of the Rector of the University of Rome "Sapienza", Faculty of Medicine and Psychology. 2002-2005 Professor of "Diagnostic imaging in Neurology and Psychiatry" at the 2nd School of Specialization in Psychiatry, University of Rome "Sapienza". 1998-2000 Professorship of “Immuno-haematology”, at the University of Urbino, High School for Biomedical Laboratory Technicians, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biology. 1994-1998 Professorship of “Immunological Techniques”, at the University of Urbino, High School for Biomedical Laboratory Technicians, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biology. 1991-2000 Appointed Lecturer and Medical Assistant in Nuclear Medicine, University of Rome "Sapienza". 1987-1991 PhD course in immuno-haematology at Human Tumour Immunology Group (HTIG), University College London, UK, under the supervision of Prof. P.C.L. Beverly. 1984-1995 Research activity at Department of Endocrinology of University of Rome "Sapienza", Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, under the supervision of Prof. P. Pozzilli and Prof. D. Andreani; research activity at Department of Diabetes and Metabolism and Department of Nuclear Medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hopital, London, UK, under the supervision of Prof. A. Cudworth and Prof. K. Britton.