Teaching activities 2023/2024
Cycle XXXIX
Teaching activities of PhD students are planned and coordinated with Supervisors consistently with the Educational Offer of the PhD Course. The Courses must be listed in the Individual PhD Training program which is submitted to the PhD Council for approval three months before the start of the PhD program.
Courses other than those listed below can be included at the choice of the student/supervisor among the teaching activities shared by the PhD Courses of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova.
During the first year, the PhD students attend the teaching activities corresponding to the minimum ECTS requirements in “Disciplinary training activities”. During the second year, secondments abroad and presentation of preliminary results at national and international congresses are previewed. The third year is mainly addressed to the writing of scientific papers for indexes journals and writing the PhD thesis.
Click here to see the schedule of all PhD teaching activities at the Agripolis campus.
DISCIPLINARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[ ] Nutragenomics in livestock sector (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Diana Giannuzzi (DAFNAE)
[ ] Animal welfare assessment and risk management (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Flaviana Gottardo (MAPS)
[ ] Integrated assessment of sustainability in livestock system (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Berton, Francesco Bordignon, Marco Schiavon (DAFNAE)
[ ] Food Microbiota & Human microbiome (1 ETCS)
Teachers: Alessio Giacomini, Viviana Corich (DAFNAE)
[ ] Food technology (1 ETCS)
Teacher: Anna Lante (DAFNAE)
[ ] Animal-based vs Plant-based foods (1 ETCS)
Teachers: Massimo De Marchi, Giovanni Niero (DAFNAE)
[ ] Theoretical and Practical Bioinformatics Approaches in Animal and Food Science (4 ECTS)
Teachers: Piergiorgio Stevanato, Samathmika Ravi (DAFNAE)
[ ] Econometric models to inform environmental resources management and food policies (1 ECTS)
Teachers: M. Thiene, C. Franceschinis (TESAF)
[ ] Strategies and tools to reduce environmental impacts: the case of LCA methodology (3.5 ETCS)
Teachers: M. Masiero, M. Zanetti
[ ] Scientific Writing in English (4 ECTS)
Teacher: Mark E. Olson
[ ] Basic Statistics (3 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Borga and Giulia Zuecco (TESAF)
[ ] Applied Statistics with Applications in R (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Alessio Cecchinato, Sara Pegolo (DAFNAE)
[ ] Advances Statistics with R: Experimental Design in Lab and Field (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: Roberto Mantovani, Ilaria Piccoli (DAFNAE)
[ ] Advances Statistics with R: Mixed Models (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Cristina Sartori (DAFNAE)
[ ] The role of the Principal Investigator (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Giancarlo Renella (DAFNAE)
[ ] How to prepare and present a scientific paper (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: S. Segato, D. Pettenella (MAPS, TESAF)
CROSS-CURRICULAR TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND SOFT SKILLS
Linguistics
[ ] English language
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
[ ] Italian language for foreigners
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Informatics and Statistics
[ ] Spatial Statistics (2 ECTS)
Teacher: M. Borga, G.Zuecco (TESAF)
[ ] Introduction to GIS (1.5 ECTS)
Teacher: R. Rossi (TESAF)
[ ] Geomatics and Earth Surface Modelling (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: F. Pirotti (TESAF)
[ ] Introduction to programming in Python (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: M. Zaramella
[ ] Introduction to R for statistical analysis (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: G. Zuecco (TESAF)
Research Management, Knowledge of Research Systems and Financing Programs
[ ] Introduction to Mendeley (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: A. Leonardi
[ ] Data collection: from questionnaries to participatory approaches (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Elena Pisano, Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Catie Burlando, Rudi Cassini (TESAF, MAPS)
[ ] Spatial statistics in socio-economic research (2 ECTS)
Teachers: F.Pagliacci (TESAF)
[ ] Health and Safety at work (NO ETCS)
IPR and IPR Exploitation
[ ] Dissemination of science: contents and tools (1.5 ECTS)
Teacher: Massimo Polidoro
[ ] The evaluation of research output: the Italian assessment framework (1.0 ECTS)
Teacher: E. Defrancesco (TESAF)
Basic Principles of Ethics, Gender Equality and Integrity
[ ] Ethics in scientific research (2 ECTS)
Teacher: Ana Borovecki
[ ] Ethics in writing and reviewing (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: Marco Borga (TESAF)
[ ] Research integrity: pills of ethics before spritz break (4 events - 1.5 h)
Teachers: M. Giantin, A. Squartini (BCA, DAFNAE)
Seminars
The PhD Course frequently organizes seminaries with the collaboration of the Professors and the contribution of the PhD students of the Course. Seminars are held by experts, PhD students, visiting PhD, visiting professors and visiting researchers at the University of Padova (DAFNAE, BCA and MAPS). The offer of the seminars is always shared with the other PhD Courses in Agripolis and is regularly announced on the NEWS section of the Course web page, besides being reported in the calendar of the teaching activity shared in Agripolis.
Additionally, the following activities are offered:
[X] Welcome to research in Animal and Food Science and Crop Science PhD Courses
Teacher: Nicola Bertin
[ ] PhD educational week on transferable skills (organized by UNIPD)
[ ] Yearly WORKSHOP of the Italian Network of the PhD Courses in Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology (September 2023)
ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINARY COURSES OR CROSS-CURRICULAR TRAINING ACTIVITIES
Additional Courses or cross-curricular activities and soft skills (already included in the Educational Offer of the PhD Courses of Agripolis or selected elsewhere by the PhD student with his/her supervisor) can be selected and already specified at the time of the submission of the individual training course to the Council by the PhD students. These Courses do not contribute to satisfying the minimum requirements.
Please, note that Courses offered within any Bachelor and/or Master Courses cannot be included in the list.
Courses other than those listed below can be included at the choice of the student/supervisor among the teaching activities shared by the PhD Courses of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of the University of Padova.
During the first year, the PhD students attend the teaching activities corresponding to the minimum ECTS requirements in “Disciplinary training activities”. During the second year, secondments abroad and presentation of preliminary results at national and international congresses are previewed. The third year is mainly addressed to the writing of scientific papers for indexes journals and writing the PhD thesis.
Click here to see the schedule of all PhD teaching activities at the Agripolis campus.
DISCIPLINARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[ ] Nutragenomics in livestock sector (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Diana Giannuzzi (DAFNAE)
[ ] Animal welfare assessment and risk management (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Flaviana Gottardo (MAPS)
[ ] Integrated assessment of sustainability in livestock system (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Berton, Francesco Bordignon, Marco Schiavon (DAFNAE)
[ ] Food Microbiota & Human microbiome (1 ETCS)
Teachers: Alessio Giacomini, Viviana Corich (DAFNAE)
[ ] Food technology (1 ETCS)
Teacher: Anna Lante (DAFNAE)
[ ] Animal-based vs Plant-based foods (1 ETCS)
Teachers: Massimo De Marchi, Giovanni Niero (DAFNAE)
[ ] Theoretical and Practical Bioinformatics Approaches in Animal and Food Science (4 ECTS)
Teachers: Piergiorgio Stevanato, Samathmika Ravi (DAFNAE)
[ ] Econometric models to inform environmental resources management and food policies (1 ECTS)
Teachers: M. Thiene, C. Franceschinis (TESAF)
[ ] Strategies and tools to reduce environmental impacts: the case of LCA methodology (3.5 ETCS)
Teachers: M. Masiero, M. Zanetti
[ ] Scientific Writing in English (4 ECTS)
Teacher: Mark E. Olson
[ ] Basic Statistics (3 ECTS)
Teachers: Marco Borga and Giulia Zuecco (TESAF)
[ ] Applied Statistics with Applications in R (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Alessio Cecchinato, Sara Pegolo (DAFNAE)
[ ] Advances Statistics with R: Experimental Design in Lab and Field (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: Roberto Mantovani, Ilaria Piccoli (DAFNAE)
[ ] Advances Statistics with R: Mixed Models (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Cristina Sartori (DAFNAE)
[ ] The role of the Principal Investigator (1 ECTS)
Teacher: Giancarlo Renella (DAFNAE)
[ ] How to prepare and present a scientific paper (1.5 ECTS)
Teachers: S. Segato, D. Pettenella (MAPS, TESAF)
CROSS-CURRICULAR TRAINING ACTIVITIES AND SOFT SKILLS
Linguistics
[ ] English language
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
[ ] Italian language for foreigners
Teacher: Centro Linguistico di Ateneo (CLA)
Informatics and Statistics
[ ] Spatial Statistics (2 ECTS)
Teacher: M. Borga, G.Zuecco (TESAF)
[ ] Introduction to GIS (1.5 ECTS)
Teacher: R. Rossi (TESAF)
[ ] Geomatics and Earth Surface Modelling (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: F. Pirotti (TESAF)
[ ] Introduction to programming in Python (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: M. Zaramella
[ ] Introduction to R for statistical analysis (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: G. Zuecco (TESAF)
Research Management, Knowledge of Research Systems and Financing Programs
[ ] Introduction to Mendeley (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: A. Leonardi
[ ] Data collection: from questionnaries to participatory approaches (2 ECTS)
Teachers: Elena Pisano, Laura Secco, Riccardo Da Re, Catie Burlando, Rudi Cassini (TESAF, MAPS)
[ ] Spatial statistics in socio-economic research (2 ECTS)
Teachers: F.Pagliacci (TESAF)
[ ] Health and Safety at work (NO ETCS)
IPR and IPR Exploitation
[ ] Dissemination of science: contents and tools (1.5 ECTS)
Teacher: Massimo Polidoro
[ ] The evaluation of research output: the Italian assessment framework (1.0 ECTS)
Teacher: E. Defrancesco (TESAF)
Basic Principles of Ethics, Gender Equality and Integrity
[ ] Ethics in scientific research (2 ECTS)
Teacher: Ana Borovecki
[ ] Ethics in writing and reviewing (0.5 ECTS)
Teacher: Marco Borga (TESAF)
[ ] Research integrity: pills of ethics before spritz break (4 events - 1.5 h)
Teachers: M. Giantin, A. Squartini (BCA, DAFNAE)
Seminars
The PhD Course frequently organizes seminaries with the collaboration of the Professors and the contribution of the PhD students of the Course. Seminars are held by experts, PhD students, visiting PhD, visiting professors and visiting researchers at the University of Padova (DAFNAE, BCA and MAPS). The offer of the seminars is always shared with the other PhD Courses in Agripolis and is regularly announced on the NEWS section of the Course web page, besides being reported in the calendar of the teaching activity shared in Agripolis.
Additionally, the following activities are offered:
[X] Welcome to research in Animal and Food Science and Crop Science PhD Courses
Teacher: Nicola Bertin
[ ] PhD educational week on transferable skills (organized by UNIPD)
[ ] Yearly WORKSHOP of the Italian Network of the PhD Courses in Food Science, Technology and Biotechnology (September 2023)
ADDITIONAL DISCIPLINARY COURSES OR CROSS-CURRICULAR TRAINING ACTIVITIES
Additional Courses or cross-curricular activities and soft skills (already included in the Educational Offer of the PhD Courses of Agripolis or selected elsewhere by the PhD student with his/her supervisor) can be selected and already specified at the time of the submission of the individual training course to the Council by the PhD students. These Courses do not contribute to satisfying the minimum requirements.
Please, note that Courses offered within any Bachelor and/or Master Courses cannot be included in the list.