Stefano Allesina

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Stefano Allesina
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Michigan, 2019 Natural Sciences Building,
Ann Arbor, MI 48105 - USA

(home) (734) 995-3602
(work) (734) 615-9805
stealle@umich.edu
http://www.dsa.unipr.it/netanalysis
http://www.umich.edu/stealle

Personal Data
Date of Birth: June 8, 1976
Place of Birth: Carpi - Italy
Citizenship: Italian
Civil Status: Married

Professional Experiences
University of Michigan
PostDoc (Oct 2005 - )
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mercedes Pascual

Michigan State University
Research Associate (Oct 2004 - Sept 2005)
Department of Fisheries & Wildlife
Mentor: Dr. Scott Peacor

University of Michigan
Visiting Scholar (Oct 2004 - Sept 2005)
Dr. Mercedes Pascual's Lab.
CSCS - Center for the Study of Complex Systems

NOAA Great Lakes Envrionmental Research Lab.
Visiting Scholar (Oct 2004 - Sept 2005)

University of Maryland System - Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Visiting Scholar (Feb 2004 - May 2004)
Mentor: Dr. Robert E. Ulanowicz

Academic Training
University of Parma - Ph.D. in Ecology
2001 - 2004
Dissertation: Ecological Flow Networks: Topological and Functional Features
Major Advisor: Dr. Antonio Bodini
Committee: Dr. Luis G. Abarca-Arenas, Prof. Giulio De Leo, Dr. Stefano Leonardi.

University of Parma - Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences (5 years)
1996 - 2001
Dissertation: Sviluppo di un modello di simulazione abbinato a un algoritmo qualitativo
per lo studio dei sistemi ambientali complessi
- Extension of Loop Analysis via computer simulations, in Italian -
Advisors: Dr. Antonio Bodini, Dr. Alessandro Zaccagnini

Manuscripts in Preparation
Allesina, S., Pascual, M.
Quasi Sign-Stability in Large Food Webs
submitted

Allesina, S.
Cycling and Cycling indices
For: S.E. Jorgensen (Editor), Encyclopedia of Ecology - Elsevier.
in review

Allesina, S., Bodini, A.
Ascendency
For: S.E. Jorgensen (Editor), Encyclopedia of Ecology - Elsevier.
in review

Peacor, S.D., Allesina, S., Riolo, R.L., Hunter, T.
A computational system, DOVE (Digital Organisms in a Virtual Ecosystem), to study
phenotypic plasticity in ecosystems
in review

Allesina, S., Bodini, A., Dunne, J.A.
Patterns of indirect connectance in food webs
in preparation

Scotti, M., Allesina, S., Bodini, A., Bondavalli, C.
Effective trophic positions in simple networks
Ecological Modelling, in review

Peacor, S.D., Allesina, S., Pascual, M., Riolo, R.L.
Phenotypic plasticity increases species coexistence by altering fitness surface
PLoS Biology, in review

Clerici, N., Allesina, S.
Landscapes as graphs: evaluating the importance of connections between habitat patches
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, in review

Publications


Conferences and Talks


Service
Reviewer for:
Ecological Complexity
Ecological Modelling
Environmental Modelling & Assessment
Environmental Modelling & Software
Fisheries Research
Physics Letters A

Scholarship
Italian Ministry of University - PhD Scholarship (3 years)
International Society for Ecological Modeling young researcher bursary

Membership
Ecological Society of America (2005-)

Teaching
June 2005
A gentle introduction to food web modelling
Ecosystem Modelling - Summer School
University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sept 2002 - Jan 2004
IFOA (www.ifoa.it)
IT Teacher (Access, Excel, Visual Basic)

Oct 2001 - Jan 2004
Cata1 s.r.l. (www.cata1.net)
IT Teacher (Access, Excel, Visual Basic, Word, Windows)

Computer Expertise

Operating Systems
Windows (all versions)
Linux (RedHat 9 - Fedora)
MS DOS

Programming Languages
C/C++ (gcc, MS Visual C++)
ObjectiveC
MS Visual Basic
Delphi and Pascal
SQL
SWARM agent based models
ASP - PHP

Database

SQL Server
Oracle
Access

Other
MS Offce Suite
Corel Draw/Photopaint
R Statistical Software (Programming)
Macromedia Fireworks, Dreamweaver
LATEX

Languages
Italian (fluent, native speaker)
English (proficient)

Other Positions
Sept 2001 - Oct 2004
Freelance Software Developer

Dec 2000 - Aug 2001
FSI srl, Digitel Telephone Company (www.digitel.com)
Software Developer, Analyst, SQL Server Administrator