CURRICULUM VITAE DATE: March 15, 2019 NAME: Davide Comoletti, DVM, Ph.D. PRESENT TITLE: Note that Dr. Comoletti has a dual faculty appointment Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Adjunct Professor Departments of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Dept. of Pediatrics Child Health Institute of New Jersey Rutgers - Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School HOME ADDRESS: 11 Malda Grove Khandallah, Wellington, 6035 New Zealand OFFICE ADDRESS: School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington 6140, NZ Alan MacDiarmid (AMD) Building and Child Health Institute of New Jersey 89 French Street New Brunswick, NJ, 08901 Floor 3 Room 3275 TELEPHONE NUMBER/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Office: +64-04-463-6029 Fax: Web: http://rwjms1.umdnj.edu/comoletti_lab/ CITIZENSHIP: Italian, American (2016) EDUCATION: A. Undergraduate and Professional Agricultural Technician. Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale “Italo Calvino” 07/1984 Noverasco di Opera, Milan, Italy B. Graduate and Professional Doctor Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary School University of Milan, Milan, Italy 03/1995 Graduate Student, Ph.D, degree 07/1998 “Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research Laboratory of Receptor Pharmacology (P.I.: Dr. Tiziana Mennini) Milan, Italy POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: A. Postdoctoral Appointments Page 1 of 9 Department of Pharmacology University of California, San Diego (School of Medicine) Postgraduate Researcher 08/1998-05/2004 MILITARY: Mandatory service for the Italian Army, 5/1992-4/1993 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: 2018 – Present: Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington 2011 – 2018: Assistant Professor, Tenure track Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology and Pediatrics Child Health Institute of New Jersey Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 01/2007-08/2011: Assistant Research Scientist University of California, San Diego (School of Pharmacy) Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 06/2004-12/2006: Assistant Project Scientist Department of Pharmacology University of California, San Diego (School of Medicine) MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: 2003-2005 Protein Society 2005 – Present Society for Neuroscience 2017 – Present Senior member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) HONORS AND AWARDS: 1998-1999 Graduate fellowship, “Mario Negri” Institute for Pharmacological Research SERVICE ON NATIONAL GRANT REVIEW PANELS, STUDY SECTIONS, COMMITTEES: 2018: reviewer for the Multiple Sclerosis Italian Foundation (FISM). 05/2017: Reviewer for The Leverhulme Trust (UK) grant proposal 02/2016 – Member of the NIH Biophysics of Neural Systems Study Section [BPNS] 09/2015 – Reviewer for National Science Foundation, Division of Integrative Organismal Systems Core Programs 01/2014 – Present: Reviewer for the Italian Ministry of Health, General Direction for Scientific Research and Health Innovation. 04/2014 – Reviewer for Medical Research Council UK. 03/2014 – Reviewer for Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen, FWO) 05/2012 - Reviewer for Neurological Foundation of New Zealand 2006 - 2012: Reviewer for Autism Speaks Foundation SERVICE ON MAJOR COMMITTEES: A. International Organizer (Chair) of the “The Neuronal Surfaceome in Circuit Formation: From Structure to Function” meeting (July 10-11, 2017) in Anzola D’Ossola, Italy. B. National Member of the Scientific Committee for the organization of the 20th International Analytical Ultracentrifugation Conference 2012 (http://auc2012.uthscsa.edu/index.php) C. Medical School/University N/A D. Hospital N/A E. Department 2012: Organizer of the Faculty Science Talks among resident faculties of CHINJ 2012 - Present: Co-founder with Drs. Zhiping Pang of NeuroConnections Club (NCC), a lecture series for graduate students and postdocs to showcase their work in progress within the Neuroscience Program. 2012 - 2013: co-organizer with Drs. Pang, Mladen-Roko Rasin, and Huaye Zhang of the extramural speaker talks. 2012 – Present: member of the selection committee of the Neuroscience program for prospective graduate students. Page 2 of 9 2012 – Present: member of the selection committee for Faculty recruitment within the Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences 2017: Search Committee member for the Herbert C. and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Endowed Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurodegeneration. 2017: Summer Fellowship Review Committee, M1&M2 students, RWJMS. Director: Celine Gelinas, Associate Dean for Research F. Editorial Boards 07/2016 – Present: Editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) 09/2015 – Present: Review Editor in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience G. AdHoc Reviewer for the following Scientific Publications: 2010 - Present: Scientific publications: Journal of Neuroscience Methods; Human Molecular Genetics; Neurobiology of Disease; Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research; Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Science Signaling, Journal of Neuroscience, Biophysical Journal, PeerJ, Nature Communications SERVICE ON GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEES: 2013 - Member of the MBS qualifying exam committee (Chair, Dr. Kiran Madura) 2014 - Member of the MBS qualifying exam committee (Chair, Dr. William G. Wadsworth) 2017 – PhD Committee member of Emily Kelly-Castro (P.I: Huaye Zhang) 2017 – PhD Committee member of Laura Trobiani (P.I: Antonella De Jaco, Rome, Italy) SERVICE ON UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL COMMITTEES: 2012 – 2013: Aresty Program Mentor for Irene Pakos 2012 – 2013: Aresty Program Mentor for Zinal Chhangawala 2015 – 2016: Aresty Program Mentor for Sumie Kakehi 2016 – 2017: Aresty Program Mentor for Khush Patel 2015 - 2018: Member of the Aresty Faculty Review Board SPONSORSHIP OF CANDIDATES FOR POSTGRADUATE DEGREE: 2017 – Present: Liam Turk 2014 – 2017: Vincent Mirabella 2012 –2016: Eva N. Rubio-Marrero SPONSORSHIP OF POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS: 2012 - 2013: Dr. Hyuck Kim 2013 – 2018: Dr. Fanomezana, Ranaivoson 2014 – 2018: Dr. Sinem Ozgul TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES: A. Lectures or Course Directorships Discussion leader: February 2009: University of California, San Diego, Department of Pharmacology, Discussion leader in “Integration of Signaling Pathways”, Two-hour class, two classes taught. October 2011: Discussion leader in “Molecular Medicine” course. The Cancer Institute of New Jersey 2011. The class is coordinated by Dr. Sunita Chaudhary. September 2012 – April 2013 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each. October 10th, 2012: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences September 2013 – January 2014 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each. September 2014 – January 2015 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each. March 26th 2014: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences April 15th 2015: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences September 2015 – January 2016 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each. March 30, 2016: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences February 9th, 2016 - Biological, Biomedical and Social Aspects of Aging. Course Director, Dr. Federico Sesti. Rutgers 16:761:610 spring 2016 Page 3 of 9 March-April 2016 - Neuroscience Program, Advanced studies, 16:710:606:01, spring 2016 Three 2-hr class, Program Director, Dr. John Pintar. September 2016 – January 2017 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each January 31st, 2017 – Lecture: Aging and caloric restriction. Course: Biological, Biomedical and Social Aspects of Aging. Course Director, Dr. Federico Sesti. Rutgers 16:761:610 spring 2017 March 2, 2017: lecture: Brain Adhesion Molecules in Plasticity and Disease. Course: Neural Injury And Repair 16:963:632 March 29, 2017: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences September 2017 – January 2018 – M1 Histology laboratories, nine labs, 2hrs each January 23, 2018 – Lecture: Aging and caloric restriction. Course: Biological, Biomedical and Social Aspects of Aging. Course Director, Dr. Federico Sesti. Rutgers 16:761:610 spring 2018 March 2018 - Neuroscience Program, Advanced studies, 16:710:606:01, spring 2018, Three 2-hr class, Program Director, Dr. John Pintar. March 28, 2018: Topics: Mol Cell Biol "Survival skills”. Protein Structure Analysis/Comparison Tools class. Coordinators: Nancy Walworth and Rick Padgett, Co-Directors, Joint Graduate Programs in Molecular Biosciences March 30, 2018 - Topics in Advanced Biotechnology, Biotechnology graduate program. Title of the talk: Molecular aspects of synaptic connectivity”. September 2018 – M1 Histology laboratories, three labs, 2hrs each July – October 2019 – BIOL243 Human physiology course, School of Biological Sciences, VUW B. Research Training 2007- UCSD Member, Proposition Exam Committee;