BS in Medicinal Chemistry (1993). Lecturer in Pharmacology and
Toxicology (1993-1998), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Bologna.
Visiting Scientist (1996, 1997, 2000, 2002) at the GSF-National
Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich, Germany. Ph.D.
in Toxicology (1997) from the University of Bologna. She is
currently Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy of the
University of Bologna (since 1998).
FUNDING FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
• Italian Ministry of the University and Scientific and
Technological Research (1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009).
• University of Bologna, funds for basic research
(2004-2007).
• Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna.
MEMBERSHIPS
Italian Society of Toxicology (SITOX)
Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF)
European Cell Death Organization (ECDO)
Association of Researchers in Animal Nutrition (ARNA)
HONORS AND AWARDS
• Top Ten Cited Authors in 2009 & 2010 for an article of
mine.
• European Science Foundation, Scholarship in Toxicology,
1996.
• Italian Society of Pharmacology, Scholarship in Toxicology,
1996.
• One of her publication was selected by the Sheffield Academic
Press among papers from over 2500 journals and quoted in “Current
Awareness in Biomedicine on-line: apoptosis publication",
1999.
• Recipient of the Italian Society of Toxicology Award for the
best paper oublished in 1999, 2000.
• Recipient of the Italian Society of Pharmacology Award for the
best paper published in the journal “Pharmacological Researchâ€
in 2000, 2001.
• Included in Who's Who for Medicine and Healthcare,
2002-2003.
• Plenary Lecture at the 10th Congress of the Italian Society of
Pharmacognosy, 2002.
SERVICES
• Referee for several international journals (Carcinogenesis,
Apoptosis, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Pharmacological
Research, Journal of Nutrition, Current Topics in Nutraceutical
Research, Leukemia and Lymphoma, Chemico-Biological Interactions,
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, Journal of Pharmacy and
Pharmacology, etc).
• Referee for grant proposals for some international grant
agencies (Czech Science Foundation, New Zealand Cancer Society,
etc.).
• Member of the Medical Science Monitor International Reviewers
Panel.
• Professional advice to industries.
SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION
Original papers: 79
Book chapters: 12
Short communications: 2
Congress abstracts: 77.
