Name

Raffaele Boni

Qualification

DVM, PhD

Position

Researcher

Date of birth

July 24, 1963

Place of birth

Napoli

Marital status

Bachelor

Address

Dept Animal Science

Campus Macchia Romana  85100 Potenza  Italy

Phone  +39 0971 205017   320.4371201

Fax   +39 0971 205099

University education

1982-1988

University of Napoli.

1986-1988

Attended to the Dept of Nutrition, Reproduction and Animal Breeding (now Dept Zootechnical Sciences).

 October 1988

Graduated cum lodae in Veterinary Science discussing an experimental thesis on "Comparison between ecographical examination and progesterone assay for pregnancy diagnosis in sheep" directed by Prof. Luigi Zicarelli. 

 Post graduated career

November 1988

Started a Specialization Course in "Animal Nutrition" winning a grant.

November 1989

Started a PhD on "Biotechnologies applied to veterinary and zootecnical sciences"

March 1990

Attended to a theretical-practical course on superovulation and embryo transfer directed by  Dr Ph Leymonie hold in Pavia, Italy

May 1990

Attended to a course on "New biotechnologies in animal reproduction" by Prof BG Brackett hold in Bari, Italy

June 1990

Attended to an apprendiceship period at Dr Fulvio Gandolfi and Prof Antonio Lauria's lab in Milan (Italy) working on in vitro embryo production in cattle.

Ottober 1990

Co-operated with Prof Mauro Mattioli and Prof Eraldo Seren on in vitro maturation and in vitro fertilization of buffalo oocytes.

Dicember 1990 - Upto now

Started a co-operation with Dr Brian Dale's team work at Stazione Zoologica (Naples) on in vitro maturation, in vitro fertilization and in vitro culture of buffalo oocyte/embryo.

October 1991-September 1992

Attended to Embrytec bv (Zeist) and the Dept Herd, Health and Reproduction (Utrecht, The Netherlands) for a research program on "Ovum Pick-Up and in vitro embryo production in cattle"

April 1993

Got a research position at University of Basilicata.  

June 1993

Defended his PhD' s thesis on "Ovum Pick-Up: an alternative way to superovulation for embryo production in cattle" and obtained the PhD' s title. 

October 1993

Got a master on "Animal Nutrition" with a thesis on "Interrelation between nutrition and reproduction in ruminants".

November 1993

Started to work to University of Basilicata as researcher.

May 1994

He was lecturer on the II International training course on "Biotechnology on reproduction of buffaloes" hold in Sao Paolo (Brasil), organized within the  IV World Buffalo Congress.

September 1995

He was lecturer on the 30th International Symposium in Zootechnical Science  "Reproduction and Animal Breeding:advances and strategy" in Milan.

December 1995 - December 2002

Joined the Editorial Board of Buffalo Journal, an international journal of buffalo science, edited by Prof. M. Kamonpatana (Bangkok, Thailand).

July-September 1996

Attended to the Institute of Reproduction and Development (Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia) under the direction of Prof. Allan Trounson  and worked on a project of delipiding and freezing bovine embryos.

May 1996

Attended to a workshop on "Micromanipulation in embryology" directed by dr Brian Dale and dr Jacques Cohen.

February 1997

Became professor with temporary appointment in "Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction of domestic animals" at the University of Basilicata.

October 1997

Joined the Board of the Italian Society of  Embryo Transfer (SIET)

October 5-16, 1998

Attended to a Course on Statistical analysis organized by the Italian Society of Animal Production (ASPA) in Perugia.

 1989-2003

 He is member of the following scientific societies:

- Society for the Study of Fertility (SSF)

- Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR) 

- Italian Society of Embryo Transfer (SIET)

1996-2003

He is reviewer of the following journals:

Biology of Reproduction 

Theriogenology 

Reproduction, Nutrition and Development 

Buffalo Journal.

1989-2003

He is co-author of  approx. 80 papers printed in National and International journals as well as in the proceedings of National and International Congresses .