Donato Giovannelli
Full Professor at Giovannelli Lab
Naples, Campania, Italy
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Top SchoolDonato Giovannelli is a microbial ecologist and Full Professor whose decade-spanning career bridges field microbiology, comparative genomics, and planetary-scale biogeochemistry. He leads the Giovannelli Lab at the University of Naples Federico II while holding joint research fellowships at ELSI (Tokyo) and Rutgers, and has served as a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His research reconstructs the emergence and evolution of metabolism by combining cultivation, environmental surveys, phylogenomics and computational approaches to reveal how microbes shape Earth’s geochemical cycles. A committed advocate of Open Science, he helps promote open research practices within Italy’s National Research Council and co-founded both a nanotechnology company and a biotech startup, blending academic insight with entrepreneurship. Less obvious is his sustained Antarctic and hydrothermal field experience—spanning isolation of novel extremophiles to metatranscriptomics—which grounds his theoretical work in hard-earned samples. Outside the lab he sails, plays rugby and contributes to interdisciplinary projects probing the origins and nature of awareness.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Biology, curr. Ecology and Microbiology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Biology, curr. Ecology and Microbiology at Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Federico II'High School, Science, High School, Science at Liceo ScientificoBachelor’s Degree, Biology, 110/110, Bachelor’s Degree, Biology, 110/110 at Università Politecnica delle MarcheBachelor’s Degree, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Honours, Bachelor’s Degree, Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Honours at University of Plymouth
Italian, English, spanish - basic, french - basic
Github Skills (80)
microbiology10
netflix9
genomics8
refined8
microbiome8
bioconductor8
genomes8
ecology8
atom-plugin8
bioinformatics8
netlify8
gist7
wordpress7
rna-seq7
r-package7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dgiovannelli/coevolve_website
Aug 2021 - Jan 2025
Contributions:111 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 5 months
giovannellilab/Field_3D-printed_peristaltic_pump
Jul 2022 - Jul 2024
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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