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Post-doc fellow, Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Beer sheva, Israel)

I primarily work on
Biology

About Me
I am an historian and philosopher of science currently holding a post-doc fellowship at the Jacques Loeb Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Beer sheva, Israel). My training includes a bachelor degree in ancient Greek philosophy at Federico II University of Naples, a master degree in the philosophy of contemporary developmental biology and a PhD in the history of chemical embryology both defended at Sapienza University of Rome. During these years, I often took advantage of the Erasmus exchange program to spend some long-term research periods in France (Paris IV University and Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University). This was a great opportunity to become familiar with other methodological approaches to epistemology and history of science and one which later pushed me to combine different disciplinary perspectives to the objects of my research. My current project aims at retracing the historical co-evolution of tissue and organ culture techniques with embryological questions. Living now in Israel and thus having the possibility to access archival material from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, I chose to focus on the scientific contribution of the Israeli-American developmental biologist Aron Moscona (1922-2009).

1. From Entomological Research To Culturing Tissues: An Attempt To Retrace Aron Moscona’s Investigative Pathway

1. The Biology Of Sex And Development - 24 Jul, 2019