Giovanni Galizia

C. Giovanni Galizia (*10.04.1963 in Rome) is Director of the Zukunftskolleg - an interdisciplinary institution at the University of Konstanz, Germany, that aims for the promotion of young postdoctoral researchers from the humanities, natural and social sciences – as well as Professor for Neuroscience and Zoology at the Department of Biology at the University of Konstanz. Since 2022, he is a Permanent Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. 
==Life and career== 
Giovanni Galizia was Associate Professor for Entomology and Entomologist at the University of California, Riverside, USA, and independent research group leader at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, funded by the Volkswagenstiftung. 
From 2000 to 2005 he was a (founding) member of Die Junge Akademie, initiated by the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin, Germany, and the academy Leopoldina in Halle, Germany. He has published several books including the textbook Neurosciences, organized international symposia, and is editor of different journals, including the European Journal of Neuroscience, and the Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
==Research==
Giovanni Galizia’s research is about how odors are coded in the insect brain, using several species (mostly honeybees and fruit flies), and different techniques (mostly optical imaging and behaviour). 
==Curriculum vitae==
since 2022: Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
10/2012-9/2013: Guest Scientist, Department of Electronic Engineering, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy) 
2009-2017: Coordinator Priority Research Program "Integrative Analysis of Olfaction" funded by the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) 
since 2009: Director of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz
since 2005: Professor for Zoology and Neurobiology at the Universität Konstanz
2003-2005: Associate Professor for Entomology and Entomologist at the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside (USA) 
2002: Habilitation (Zoology) at the FU Berlin 
1999-2005: Research Group Leader (Nachwuchsgruppe Volkswagenstiftung) at the Freie Universität Berlin
1995-2002: Postdoc at the Freie Universität in Berlin (with Randolf Menzel) 
1993-1995: Postdoc at the Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (with Chr. Müller) in Tübingen (Germany)
1990-1993: Ph.D. in Zoology at the University of Cambridge (UK)
1986-1989: Undergraduate university studies (Mathematics and Biology) at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany)
Born in Rome (Italy), schools in Rome 
==Service, honours and/or memberships==
2022-2027: Permanent Fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin
2022-present: Member of the scientific council for the Institute for Advanced Studies of the Université de Luxembourg
2021-present: Nominated into the Kuratorium of the "Akademie Schloss Solitude", Stuttgart.
2021-present: Elected member of the UBIAS steering committee (University based Institutes for Advanced Study)
2020-present: Member in the Kuratorium of the "Manfred Ulmer Stiftung", Konstanz
2020-2021: Mentor of Thematic Focus "Mutations" at Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
2019-present: Beratergremium des "Hegau Bodensee Seminar", Konstanz
2009-present: Foreign Member of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letter, Norway
2009-present: Vertrauensdozent of the DFG at the University of Konstanz
2007: Visiting Professor Università di Cagliari, Italy
2005: Elected mentor of the year in the honors program of the University of California, Riverside
2000-2005: Founding member of "Die Junge Akademie", where he was in the executive committee, in the group "Wissenschaftspolitik", and particularly involved in the group "Heureka - Evidenzkriterien in der Wissenschaft"
1992-present: Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Memberships: Society for Neuroscience (SFN), Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (NWG), Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG), European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO), Deutscher Hochschulverband, Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND), Verein der Ehemaligen der Universität Konstanz (VEUK). Support Amnesty International
Editorial duties: European Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Comparative Physiology A, Neuroforum, Frontiers in Neuroscience
Category:1963 births
Category:People from Rome
Category:Professors