Prof. Pierfausto Seneci
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| Surname(s) / First name(s) | Seneci, Pierfausto | |
| Address(es) | Piazza Einaudi 3, 25015 Desenzano del Garda (BS), ITALIA | |
| Telephone(s) | +39-02-50320914 | |
| Fax(es) | +39-02-503209 | |
| E-mail(s) | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it | |
| Nationality(ies) | italian | |
| Date of birth | March 9th, 1960 | |
| Birthplace | Brescia | |
| Gender | Male |
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Work Experience |
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2009-current |
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R&D Director, CISI scrl, |
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2003- current
1997- current |
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Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, Università degli Studi di Milano Scientific Advisor, ICS-UNIDO, |
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2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2008 2005-2008 |
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Consultant, Fondazione Dulbecco, Milan Consultant, Crystax, Barcellona, Spagna Consultant, Nerviano Medical Sciences, Nerviano (MI) Chief Business Officer, Nikem Research srl, Baranzate (MI) |
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2003-2005 |
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Chief Executive Officer, Sirenade Pharmaceuticals, |
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2000-2003 |
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Chief Scientific Officer, NAD AG, |
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1997-2000 1996-1997 1995 1992-1993 1987-1992, 1994-1995 1986 |
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Lab Head and Department Head, Lead Discovery Dept., Glaxo Wellcome, Lab Head, SmithKlineBeecham, Senior Scientist, Selectide Corporation, Visiting Scientist, Marion Merrell Dow, Junior Scientist and Scientist, Marion Merrell Dow, Gerenzano (VA) Junior Scientist, Pierrel,
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Education and Training |
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1984-1985 |
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Post-doc experience, Politecnico di Milano |
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1983 |
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Chemistry Doctorate, 110/110 magna cum laude, Università di Pavia |
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Personal Skills and Competencies |
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Mother tongue(s) |
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Italian |
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Other language(s) |
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Self-assessment |
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Understanding |
Speaking |
Writing |
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European level (*) |
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Listening |
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Spoken interaction |
Spoken production |
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English |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
German |
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Good |
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Good |
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Good |
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Good |
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Basic |
French |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Fluent |
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Good |
Spanish |
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Good |
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Good |
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Good |
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Good |
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Basic |
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(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level |
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Social Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills and Competencies |
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Communication and presentation skills, managing and directing others (up to ≈40 FTEs), acquired in a big pharma (5-year lab head-director experience) and in a biotech environment (8-year CEO, CSO or CBO experience). Consulting skills, consolidated in 10-year experience with small-medium size pharma companies.
Research and development activities in public and private laboratories for the discovery and development of new natural and synthetic drugs, aimed to anti-infectious, antiviral, oncology, central nervous system diseases. Professor, monographic courses (chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, biotechnology processes); lecturer in national and international meetings. Technical experience documented by more than 60 publications and reviews on peer-reviewed, International journals, by 10 patents, by one book and by more than 40 oral contributions at international conferences.
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Organizational Skills and Competencies
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Project management (international Teams-EU and US), coordination of multidisciplinary projects. Project responsibilities in chemical research and technologies, and in lead discovery, lead optimization and preclinical evaluation. Technology transfer assistance programs (chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, biology) for United Nations agencies to third world countries. Business development activities, including licensing (in-and out-) of candidate drugs, finding new customers for service companies, company presentation skills. Company management skills, including fundraising, VC/investor relationships, building and management of campaigns to finance biotech companies.
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Informatic Skills and Competencies |
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Basic knowledge of Windows operating system, expert knowledge of MS-office suite. Expert use of scientific (Medline, Scifinder, Beilstein) and business databases. Expert internet browsing. |