Antonio Baldini#
Membership Number: | 4926 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 2019 |
Main Country of Residence: | ITALY |
Homepage(s): | https://www.docenti.unina.it/Antonio.Baldini |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-5330-0256 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 Full Professor (Professore Ordinario, tenured) of Molecular Biology, Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
- 2008 - 2013 Director, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
- 2006 - 2010 Research Scientist, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Univ. HSC, Houston, TX, USA
- 2003 - 2006 Full Professor (tenured), Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, and Dept. of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- 1999 - 2003 Associate Professor (tenured), Dept. of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, and Dept. of Mol. and Hum. Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
- 1992 - 1999 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Fields of Scholarship
- Pathogenetic mechanisms in 22q11.2DS/DiGeorge syndrome
- Cardiovascular and pharyngeal development
- Genetic and drug-based rescue of the mutant phenotype in DiGeorge syndrome mouse models
- Biology of cardiomyocyte progenitors
Honours and Awards
- 2017 - to date: Scientific Advisory Board of the "DiGeorge Syndrome Program", Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- 2015 - to date: Elected Member and Treasurer, European Society of Cardiology, Development and Pathology Nucleus
- 2013 Evaluation Committee, Cardiovascular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2012 - 204 Visiting Professorship Shanghai Children’s Medical Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
- 2003 - to date: "Chiara Fama professorship" Chair from the Italian Ministry of Research and University for academics who distinguished themselves abroad