Michele Maroli

michele.maroli@gmail.com

BIOGRAFIA

Già Dirigente di ricerca presso “Istituto Superiore di Sanità” (ISS), Roma.
Formazione
– Laura in Scienze biologiche, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italia.
– Stage sulla “Tassonomia dei flebotomi (Diptera: Psychodidae)”, presso il British Museum (N.H.), London, UK
– WHO Training stage in entomologia medica presso Imperial College, Ascot, UK
– Diploma, International Course in Malaria and other Tropical Parasite Diseases
Incarichi
– Direttore reparto, Biologia dei vettori, Laboratorio di Parassitologia, ISS.
– Coordinatore, progetto Vector/pathogens interaction
Principali progetti di ricerca
– Biologia e ruolo vettore dei flebotomi nella trasmissione di patogeni per l’uomo e gli animali
– Epidemiologia della leishmaniosi in Italia
– Prevenzione e controllo dei vettori
– Studi sui vettori di Leishmania in Italia, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Syria, Croazia e Albania
Premio della Royal Entomological Society
– per il lavoro su: Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern (authors M. Maroli et al.) pubblicato su Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2013, 123-147), e giudicato dall’Editorial Board della rivista, per la sua l’importanza scientifica e per la qualità della sua presentazione, come miglior articolo pubblicato sulla rivista durante il periodo degli ultimi due anni (2013-201).

Maroli M, Feliciangeli MD, Bichaud L, Charrel RN, Gradoni L (2013). Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 27: 123–147.
Maroli M, Gradoni L, Oliva G, Castagnaro M, Crotti A, Lubas G, Paltrinieri S, Roura X, Zini E, Zatelli A (2010). Guidelines for prevention of leishmaniasis in dogs. Journal American Veterinary Medical Association, 236 (11): 1200-1206.
Maroli M, Rossi L, Baldelli R, Capelli G, Ferroglio E, Genchi C, Gramiccia M, Mortarino M, Pietrobelli M, Gradoni L (2008). The northward spread of leishmaniasis in Italy: evidence from retrospective and ongoing studies on the canine reservoir and phlebotomine vectors. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 13: 256-264.
Alexander B, Maroli M (2003). Control of phlebotomine sand flies. Medical & Veterinay Entomoly, 17: 1-18.
Maroli M, Mizzoni V, Siragusa C, D’Orazi A, Gradoni L (2001). Evidence for an impact on the incidence of canine leishmaniasis by the mass use of deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars in southern Italy. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 15: 358-363.

Former Research Director at the “Istituto Superiore di Sanità” (ISS), Rome.
Education:
– PhD, Biological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy.
– Taxonomy stage on phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae), British Museum (N.H.), London, UK
– WHO Training stage in medical entomology, Imperial College, Ascot, UK
– Diploma of International Course in Malaria and other Tropical Parasite Diseases
Assignments
– Chief, Vector Biology Unit, Department of Parasitology, ISS.
– Scientific coordinator, Project on Vector/pathogens interaction
Main research projects
– Biology and vector competence of phlebotomine sandflies
– Epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Italy
– Vector prevention and control
– Studies on Leishmania vectors in Italy, Venezuela, Uzbekistan, Syria, Croatia and Albania
Award by the Royal Entomological Society
– for the paper: Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern (authors M. Maroli et al.) published in Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2013, 123-147), and judged by the Editorial Board of that journal, having regard to both the scientific importance of the work and quality of its presentation, to be the Best Paper published in the Journal during the two-year period 2013-2014.

Maroli M, Feliciangeli MD, Bichaud L, Charrel RN, Gradoni L (2013). Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 27: 123–147.
Maroli M, Gradoni L, Oliva G, Castagnaro M, Crotti A, Lubas G, Paltrinieri S, Roura X, Zini E, Zatelli A (2010). Guidelines for prevention of leishmaniasis in dogs. Journal American Veterinary Medical Association, 236 (11): 1200-1206.
Maroli M, Rossi L, Baldelli R, Capelli G, Ferroglio E, Genchi C, Gramiccia M, Mortarino M, Pietrobelli M, Gradoni L (2008). The northward spread of leishmaniasis in Italy: evidence from retrospective and ongoing studies on the canine reservoir and phlebotomine vectors. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 13: 256-264.
Alexander B, Maroli M (2003). Control of phlebotomine sand flies. Medical & Veterinay Entomoly, 17: 1-18.
Maroli M, Mizzoni V, Siragusa C, D’Orazi A, Gradoni L (2001). Evidence for an impact on the incidence of canine leishmaniasis by the mass use of deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars in southern Italy. Medical & Veterinary Entomology, 15: 358-363.