Degree in Biological Sciences October 23, 2002, with practise at the University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy working on a sperimental thesis in Genetic.
Ph.D. in Molecular Cytodifferentiation at the University of Bologna, Italy, June 13, 2006, studying the genetic profiling of tongue tumor progression using cDNA microarray technique.
U.L.ss. 6 of Vicenza fellowship, January 2006 – June 2006. Training in basic techniques of Molecular Genetics applied to human genetic diseases.
Telethon Foundation fellowship, January 2007-October 2007 with a project on the molecular bases of cleft lip with or without cleft palate
University of Bologna fellowship, March 2008- October 2009, with a project on the microRNA expression in the oral squamous cell carcinoma
University of Ferrara fellowship, January 2010 – August 2012, with a project on the biological effects of a new titanium-molibdenum alloy
University of Bologna fellowship, September 2012 – June 2016, with a project on the cancer stem cells in head and neck tumours.
University of Bologna fellowship, September 2016 –August 2018, with a project on the molecular bases of cleft palate.
Assistant Professor at the Department. of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology (now DIMES) at the University of Bologna, September 1, 2018 - present.
