Francesco Tiezzi è originario di Torrita di Siena (SI). SI è laureato presso l'Università degli Studi di Firenze con un laurea triennale in Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie e una specialistica in Agrozootecnica Sostenibile. Ha poi conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in Scienze Animali presso l'Università di Padova, con una tesi sul miglioramento genetico.Ha vissuto e lavorato per 9 anni presso la North Carolina State University e vive a Raleigh, nello stato del North Carolina negli USA. Si è occupato principalmente di miglioramento genetico di suini e bovini.Adesso lavora presso il DAGRI - UNIFI, dove continua l'attività di ricerca e insegnamento nel miglioramento genetico degli animali.
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Francesco Tiezzi grew up in a small rural town in Tuscany, nearby Montepulciano.He graduated with first and second level degrees in Agricultural Science at the University of Florence, in 2007 and 2008 respectively. He then moved to the University of Padua for a Doctorate in Animal Science under the supervision of Prof. Giovanni Bittante. He obtained the Doctoral Degree in 2012 with a thesis on genetic improvement in dairy cattle. While working on his doctorate, he spent a 6-months visiting period at North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, USA) under the supervision of Dr. Christian Maltecca, which is where he returned for a Post-Doc after completing his Doctorate.In 2017, Dr. Tiezzi joined the Animal Science Department's Faculty at North Carolina State University as Research Assistant Professor. Dr. Tiezzi established his own lab in Quantitative Genomics and Animal Breeding, working both on publicly-funded projects and in collaboration with the US agricultural industry.In 2021, Dr. Tiezzi moved back to the University of Florence as Senior Researcher (RTD-b) at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI).Dr. Tiezzi continues his research in Quantitative Genomics and Animal Breeding, working on different fields of quantitative genetics and animal breeding. As for today, he is author or co-author of 80 peer-review manuscripts and two book chapters.
Personal information
Current and previous positions
- 2021-current: Researcher (RTD-B, AGR-17), Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (DAGRI) - UNIFI
- 2017-2021: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, USA.
- 2017-2019: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, USA.
- 2012-2012: Postdoctoral Fellow (AGR/17), DAFNAE UNIPD, Italy.
Visiting academic positions
- 2021-current: Visiting Scholar, Center for Human Genetics – Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, USA.
- 2010: Visiting Scholar, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, USA.
- 2021/2022: Instructor for “Fondamenti di Zootecnica”, course in “Scienze Agrarie” at UNIFI (Italy).
- 2021/2022: Instructor for “Valorizzazione delle risorse genetiche animali”, course in “Scienze e tecnologie agrarie” at UNIFI (Italy).
- 2017: Instructor for the Summer School of the Italian Association for Animal Production (ASPA), held in Calvello (Italy).
- 2014/2015: Instructor in Selection of Domestic Animals (ANS440-540), B.Sc./M.Sc. in Animal Science, NCSU, USA.
- 2014/2015: Instructor in Genetics of Animal Improvement (ANS708), M.Sc./Ph.D. in Animal Science,NCSU, USA.
- Former Supervisor of 1 Ph.D. student and 2 M.Sc. students at North Carolina State University.
- Current supervisor for 1 Doctorate student at UNIFI.
- Member of the scientific committee of the Italian Holstein and Jersey associations.
- Secretary of the Genetics study commission, European Association for Animal Production (EAAP).
- Hosting, planning and leading of short courses in data analysis, farm tours for the general public, study abroad tours for undergraduate students.
Design and evaluation of livestock breeding schemes. Design of experiments and analysis of experimental data. Microbiome data analysis.
