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Science Communication and Education
- 2003-2010, Secretary of the Scientific Board (after 2013 member of): Genoa Science Festival (www.festivalscienza.it)
- 2006-2011, Scientific co-Director: Rome Festival of Sciences (Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome)
- 2013-today, member of the Scientific Board: BergamoScienza (Bergamo).
- 2014-today, member of the International Scientific Board: MUSE – Museum of Sciences, Trento.
- 2005-today, Editor in chief: web scientific journal “Pikaia”, the Italian web magazine dedicated to evolution (www.pikaia.eu )
- 2009-today, Programme Committee: World Conferences “The Future of Science” (Venice, September), by Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the Progress of Science.
- 2011-today, Programme Committee: World Conferences “Science for Peace” (Milan), by Umberto Veronesi Foundation
- 2004-2012, Programme Committee: Darwin Day, Milan, Museum of Natural History
- Co-editor (with N. Eldredge): Encyclopaedia “Eco-sphere” (UTET, Turin, 2010)
- Co-curator (with Niles Eldredge and Ian Tattersall): International Exhibition “Darwin 1809-2009” (Rome, Milan, Bari, 2009-2010) (www.darwin2009.it)
- Co-curator (with Luigi Luca Cavalli Sforza): International Exhibition “Homo sapiens. The Great History of Human Diversity” (Rome-Trento-Novara, 2011-2013) (www.homosapiens.net)
- Curator of the permanent exhibition “Plants and humans”, in the Garden of Biodiversity, Historical Botanical Garden, University of Padua
- 2006, member of the Scientific Board of the exhibition: “La Scimmia Nuda” – The Naked Ape (Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento).
- 2015, scientific supervisor of the exhibition “Facce. I molti volti della storia umana” (Historical Botanical Garden, University of Padua)