Valentina Zappulli (female) born in Milano (MI), Italy, 11/04/1974. EDUCATION2009: Diplomate at the European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ECVP) - EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Pathology2000-2004: PhD in Public Health, Veterinary Hygiene and Animal Productions, University of Padova, Italy1998-2000: Master of Science in "Aquatic Veterinary Studies” (MVSc), Aquaculture Institute, University of Stirling, Scotland (UK)1993-1998: Dr. Med. Vet. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Torino, Italy.CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITION2018 - TD Full Professor of Veterinary Pathology - Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Italy2006-2018 Associate Professor of Veterinary Pathology - Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Italy.2001 – 2006 Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathology - Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Italy.MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT IN THE PAST 10 YEARS2018 - Italian Society of Extracellular Vesicles “EVIta” https://www.evitasociety.it/ – cofounder (Nov. 2018) and treasurer 2018-TD2017-2020 Initiatives of International Cooperation (University of Padua): Dept. of NeurologyMassachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MA, USA)2017-TD Coordination of the PhD Course in Veterinary Science, University of Padua, Italy.2017-19 ECVP - European College of Veterinary Pathology Councilor2015 - Fulbright research scholar at Dept. of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (MA, USA). “Methylation status of promoters in genomic DNA from human brain cells exposed to human primary glioblastoma extracellular vesicles”SCIENTIFIC TRACK- Researcher unique identifier(s): ORCID n. 0000-0001-6203-0190- 48 published journal articles (h-index 18), with more than 2500 citations - https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=8956762200- Author of a book and book chapters and curatorship of a book, regarding veterinary oncology- Editorial Board of Veterinary PathologySKILLS AND EXPERTISEDomestic animals post-mortem examination and histo/cytopathologyClassification of tumors in domestic animals, with particular regards to mammary tumorsComparative oncologyExtracellular vesicles isolation, characterization and functional studies