Alessandro Corti

Associate Professor of General Pathology (SSD MEDS-02/A) – Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa. 

Education/Training: 2002 - Master Degree in Biological Sciences (cum laude), University of Pisa; 

2005 - Research stage: Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, University of Leicester (UK);

2006 - Ph.D. degree in “Normal and Pathological Morphology and Function of Cells and Tissues” (SSD MEDS-02/A) round XVIII, University of Pisa; 

2006-2010 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Pisa;

2010-2017 - Researcher in General Pathology, University of Pisa; Nov. 2017 - Associate Professor of General Pathology at the University of Pisa.

Research activities: Prof. Alessandro Corti has a long background in the study of mechanisms involved in the oxidative modifications of proteins, cellular redox signaling, antioxidant defense, signal transduction and cellular responses associated with inflammatory diseases and cancer. Prof. A. Corti is member of the Italian Society of Pathology and Translational Medicine (SIPMeT) and board member of the Research Center “E.Piaggio”, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa. Prof. A. Corti is author of 76 original papers published in international peer-reviewed scientific Journals (https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=36914658000) and more than 80 presentations at national and international congresses. He is also co-Editor of three Research Topics for “Frontiers in Experimental Pharmacology and Drug Discovery” (http://www.frontiersin.org/Pharmacology/researchtopics) and “Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences” (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/molecular-biosciences/research-topics). Prof. Corti is member of the Scientific Reports Editorial Board and the Advances in Redox Research Editorial Board.

Teaching activities: courses of General Pathology and General Pathophysiology - Master Degree in Medicine and Surgery; Master Degree in Biology applied to Bio-medical Sciences; Bachelor Degrees in Nursing, Speech and language therapy, Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Childhood neuro and psychomotricity, Psychiatric rehabilitation techniques at the University of Pisa; Specialty School in “Allergology and Clinical Immunology”, University of Pisa. Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD students.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3851-6638