Call for application 38° cycle


Educational goals and objectives

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
PhD Programme in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology
In a modern scenario of integrated scientific approach, the 4 curricula of the PhD program in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology allow the development of taxonomy and systematic projects, comparative anatomy and physiology, morphology and morphometry, human anthropology and paleontology, molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, biochemistry and physiology, applied biology, ecology, ethology, conservation biology and ecological modeling, ecosystem services, environmental and agri-food sustainability and in the field of medicines of natural origin.
The research topics move within the common evolutionary frame of reference and are strongly interconnected, especially in the light of the complex system of structural and functional relationships between human beings, plants, animals, microorganisms and the abiotic environment.
In this vision of synthesis, the teaching and research experiences that are proposed include international collaborations and a training course of high professional qualification, suitable for multiple work activities in the environmental, evolutionary and agri-food context.
The PhD program aims to train highly qualified professionals capable to autonomously design and carry out basic and applied research in Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, also in view of the national and international guidelines and regulations.

Antropology
(Ref. prof. Giovanni Destro-Bisol)
The focus of this curriculum is the natural history of the human species, as far it concerns our origin and biological evolution, in relation to the variability of the order of primates and the interaction with human cultures and with the environment in becoming.

Animal Biology
(Ref. prof. Luigi Maiorano)
The curriculum develops themes concerning the main aspects of animal biology, relating to animal phylogeny, the theory and practice of biological systematics, micro- and macroevolution, descriptive aspects of the functional level and interpretative aspects in an adaptive key.

Botany
(Ref. prof. Massimo Reverberi)
The curriculum offers excellent training in various sectors of plant biology, developing research projects that range from biotechnological innovation to human health, plant pathology, biosystematics of current and fossil plants.

Ecological Sciences
(Ref. prof. Marcello Vitale)
The curriculum offers a scientific qualification in environmental complexity, with particular regard to the analysis, monitoring, representation and simulation of the structural characteristics, mechanisms and processes that underpin the functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Specifiche economiche

Tipologia 1: DM118
Transizione digitale Generiche Pubblica Amministrazione Patrimonio culturale

Tipologia 2: DM117 Tipologia 3: PE/PNC/CN/TP Tipologia 4:Enti terzi
PE/PNC CN/TP
0 0 2

Tipologia 5: Sapienza Senza borsa
5 2

Tematiche, curriculum e competenze specifiche
Themes, curriculum and specific competence

A - PNRR351 CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN2, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca Tecnologie dell’agricoltura (Agritech), Spoke 7 - Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN2, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca Tecnologie dell’agricoltura (Agritech), Spoke 7 - Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability
Required skills: no specific skill required

B - ATENEO CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN2, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca Tecnologie dell’agricoltura (Agritech), Spoke 7 - Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability
Ente finanziatore: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN2, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca Tecnologie dell’agricoltura (Agritech), Spoke 7 - Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability Integrated models for the development of marginal areas to promote multifunctional production systems enhancing agroecological and socio-economic sustainability
Founded by: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Required skills: no specific skill required

B - ATENEO CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Analisi e monitoraggio di comunità di invertebrati dei suoli in ambito urbano
Ente finanziatore: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Analisi e monitoraggio di comunità di invertebrati dei suoli in ambito urbano
Founded by: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Required skills: no specific skill required

B - ATENEO CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Caratterizzazione e cartografia delle potenzialità vegetazionali naturali in diverse tipologie di ecosistema urbano
Ente finanziatore: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Caratterizzazione e cartografia delle potenzialità vegetazionali naturali in diverse tipologie di ecosistema urbano
Founded by: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Required skills: no specific skill required

B - ATENEO CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Ruolo di funghi filamentosi nel micorimedio (mycoremediation) di suoli contaminati da inquinanti organici
Ente finanziatore: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Ruolo di funghi filamentosi nel micorimedio (mycoremediation) di suoli contaminati da inquinanti organici
Founded by: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Required skills: no specific skill required

B - ATENEO CN - non associata a curriculum

- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Effetti del micorimedio (mycoremediation) sulla mobilità di elementi in suoli contaminati
Ente finanziatore: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta
- CN5, Centro Nazionale di Ricerca per la Biodiversità, Spoke 5 - Biodiversità urbana Effetti del micorimedio (mycoremediation) sulla mobilità di elementi in suoli contaminati
Founded by: Sapienza Università degli Studi di Roma
Required skills: no specific skill required

E - INFRASTRUTTURE - non associata a curriculum

- Metrofood - Food Systems 
Ente finanziatore: Metrofood
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta

F - ENTI TERZI - non associata a curriculum

- Tematica: Micorimedio di suoli agricoli
Ente finanziatore: INAIL
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta

F - ENTI TERZI - sul curriculum: SCIENZE ECOLOGICHE

- Rischio da esposizione a nanomateriali sul luogo di lavoro: monitoraggio esposizione ed effetti
Ente finanziatore: INAIL
Competenze richieste: nessuna competenza specifica richiesta

Il candidato sceglierà una tematica in fase di presentazione della candidatura on line e dovrà obbligatoriamente allegare una lettera motivazionale per ciascuna tematica selezionata (il caricamento della lettera vincola la validità della candidatura)


Admission Procedure

Qualifications assessment Qualifications and research project will be
evaluated as follows

1. Qualifications (maximum 20 scores)
1.1 Graduation mark (Master degree, Italian grading system – max 14 scores)
Graduation mark Score
110 - 110 cum laude 14
109 - 105 12
104 - 100 8
< 100 1

The grid 1.1 is replaced by the following for students from Italian universities who will discuss their thesis after the PhD admission deadline but before October 31, 2022. Students from non-Italian Universities will be evaluated using the same grid, with current conversion rates for grading systems applied.
Average grade of examinations Score
29 - 30 12
28 – 28.99 10
27 - 27.99 8
26 - 26.99 6
25 - 25.99 4
<25 0

1.2 Publications (max 3 scores)
Description Score
ISI paper (first author) 3
ISI paper (co-author) 2
Congress proceedings 0.5

1.3 Research experience (max 3 scores)
Description Score
Research experience abroad (at least two months, including Erasmus exchanges), Research, Postgraduate training courses (scholarships, research grants, etc.) 3

2. Project (max 40 scores)
The evaluation of qualifications and research project will start on August 29, 2022 at the Department of Environmental Biology (Botany Building) - address: Piazzale Aldo Moro, n.5 - 00185 Rome.
This meeting is for the Commission alone (candidates must not be present).
By September 12, 2022, the ranking, which includes the evaluation of the qualifications and the project, will be published in the Department's public bulletin board as well as on the website: https://web.uniroma1.it/dip dba302/. Candidates will be admitted to the oral exam if they scored at least 45/60 in the overall evaluation of their qualifications and project.

Contact details: tel: 0649912571 email: catia.cerra@uniroma1.it

Research projects must be submitted at the same time as the application form and must be written in English in the following format:

a) Project title (max 300 characters)
b) National and international state of the art of the proposed research (max 5000 characters)
c) Description of the general and specific objectives of the project and methodological approach (max 10000 characters)
d) Innovation of the research, and the potential to achieve an advancement of knowledge with respect to the state of the art (max 5000 characters)
e) Description of the research activities within a three-year program of annual activities (max 5000 characters)
f) Estimated cost budget (e.g., consumables, equipment necessary for carrying out the research, stages abroad, participation in congresses, publications, etc.)
g) List of bibliographic references (max. 4000 characters)

The commission will especially consider:
i) clarity and completeness in the definition and description of research objectives, strategy used to achieve them and timetable of the three-year program.
ii) relevance of the project to the educational objectives of the doctorate, especially with respect to the research topics defined in the curricula.
iii) innovativeness of research and potential to achieve an advancement of knowledge with respect to the state of the art in the scientific sector.
iv) logistic and financial feasibility and sustainability of the project.

The proposal must be framed in one of the research themes defined for each of the 4 Curricula in which the members of the Academic Board have active research lines (see website of the Environmental Biology Department https://phd.uniroma1.it/web/BIOLOGIA- ENVIRONMENTAL-AND-EVOLUTIONARY_ND3488.aspx)

It should be noted that the research project submitted for the admission competition will also be evaluated in terms of consistency with the issues set out in the call and according to the feasibility plan. However, in case of admission, the final doctoral research project will be defined and approved by the Academic Board of the relevant doctorate before the start of doctoral activities.

Oral interview 3. Oral examination (maximum 60 scores)
The interview will be based on:

i. Presentation and "defense" of the project in front of the entire commission. The members of the commission will especially evaluate: i) the validity of the methodological framework and the candidate's ability to respond to objections; ii) the logistical and financial feasibility and sustainability of the project; iii) the innovation of the research and the potential to achieve an advancement of knowledge with respect to the state of the art in the scientific sector (max 30 scores).

ii. ii. Verification of the candidate's knowledge in relation to the chosen curriculum. The verification will start from the specific theme of the project being presented and will thereafter be expanded to include larger curriculum-related elements (max 30 scores).

The oral exam is passed with a minimum score of 45/60.
The minimum overall score for admission to the research doctorate is 90/120.

The oral exam will take place on September 15, 2022 (10:00 a.m.) at the Department of Environmental Biology (Botany Building) address: Piazzale Aldo Moro n.5 00185 Rome
Publication of the results in the in the Department's public bulletin board and on the website: https://web.uniroma1.it/dip_dba302/

Date of publication of the result: September 20, 2022.
Contact details: tel: 0649912571 email: catia.cerra@uniroma1.it
language ITALIANO


contacts and info Prof. Giorgio Manzi - Coordinatore: giorgio.manzi@uniroma1.it Dr.ssa Catia Cerra - Referente dottorato: catia.cerra@uniroma1.it

Curriculum studiorum

Graduation date and grade of the Master's degree
detailed list of exams including completion dates and scores of Masters's degree
Graduation date and grade of the Bachelor’s degree
History of Scholarships, Research Grants (or similar)
Certificates of Foreign Languages
Certificates of participation in post-graduate university courses
certificates of Participation in research groups
certificates of Participation in internships
Other University Awards/Degrees (e.g.: awards in competition, second degree)
Computer skills

Required documentation

§ degree thesis abstract
optional, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

§ research project
mandatory, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

§ List of publications
optional, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

§ description of previous research experience
optional, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

§ Motivation letter containing the indication of chosen curriculum (by the candidate )
optional, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

§ Curriculum Vitae et Studiorum
mandatory, the file must be uploaded within 25/08/2022

Language Skills

the candidate must know the following languages
ITALIANO
ENGLISH

Exam Schedule

Qualifications assessment
day29/08/2022
notesnone
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/BIOLOGIA-AMBIENTALE-ED-EVOLUZIONISTICA_nD3488_IT.aspx
date of publication12/09/2022
contactsDr.ssa Catia Cerra - catia.cerra@uniroma1.it - tel. 06.49912571

Oral interview
day15/09/2022
notesnone
time10:00
classroomAula V. Giacomini
addressDipartimento di Biologia Ambientale (Piano terra)- P.le Aldo Moro, 5 - Roma
publication on notice boardYes
publication on the web siteYes
web sitehttps://phd.uniroma1.it/web/BIOLOGIA-AMBIENTALE-ED-EVOLUZIONISTICA_nD3488_IT.aspx
date of publication20/09/2022
contactsDr.ssa Catia Cerra - catia.cerra@uniroma1.it - tel. 06.49912571

Evaluation scale

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