Paolo Trevisi is since 2014 Associate Professor in animal husbandry at the Department of Agricultural and Food Science (University of Bologna, Italy). His research focused on studying the mechanisms involved in the maturation of the gut during suckling and weaning phases to increase the robustness of pigs against infections, as well as nutritional and dietary interventions alternative to ZnO and antibiotics to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea. Paolo Trevisi chaired the COST Action FA1401 on the factors affecting the gut microbiota on pigs and he is partner of the ongoing EU Horizon2020 projects ROADMAP and CIRCLES, as well as partner of the MSC Action MonoGutHealth. Since 2017 he is member of the Study Commission on Pig of the EAAP (European Federation of Animal Science) and is an Associate Editor for monogastrics for the Italian Journal of Animal Science and member of the editorial board of the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. He is appointed as National expert for livestock animals to define the concept paper “Italian microbiome initiative for improved human health and agri-food production”. Until today he is author of more than 100 peer reviewed articles and lead the “LABORATORY OF ANIMAL NUTRITION AND FEEDING FOR LIVESTOCK SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIANCE
