EDUCATION
2014. PhD: Human Genetics, University of Turin － Turin, Italy
2010 Child Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Bologna － Bologna
2005 MD: Medical Doctor Degree, University of Bologna － Bologna
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2014 － 2019 Postdoctoral Scientist -MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge －UK
2015 － 2019 Honorary Consultant Pediatric Neurology, Cambridge University Hospital －UK
2010 － 2014 Research Scientist, Columbia University － New York, US
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2019 － 2022 Rita Levi Montalcini Award- Rientro Cervelli (MED03/BIO12)
2019 － 2022 Charlie Gard Foundation Award Individual Fellowship on “Development of treatment strategies for mitochondrial dNTP unbalance-related disorders”(PI)
2021 － 2022 Bando Ricerca Traslazionale Carisbo
2020 － 2021 Bando Alta Tecnologia Carisbo
2016 － 2018 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship - Reintegration Panel -Proposal 705560-MITOBIOPATH
2015 - in-year Special Award Scheme (SAS) - Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge
2013 - Young Investigator at Neurolobiology and Disease in Children symposium: mitochondrial disease, US
2013 - Travel Grant at 18th International World Muscle Society Congress, Asilomar (US)
2010 － 2011 Fellowship AMMeC (Associazione Malattie Metaboliche e congenite ereditarie)
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2019 － present Supervisor for Postdoctorale Fellow (2), Master Students (5), Master Degree Fellow (1), Medical Doctor Student (2), Child Neurology Trainees (5), Medical Genetics Trainees (2), Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
2014 －2019 Supervisor for Master Students (2), PhD student (1)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2019 － present Professor in Medical Genetics, University of Bologna, Italy
2017 European School of Human Genetics, Faculty member (Bertinoro, Italy)
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
2021 － present Associate Editor in Genetics of Common and Rare Diseases
2018 Guest Editor for “Essay in Biochemistry: Mitochondrial diseases”
2019 Guest Editor for Frontiers in Genetics Special Issue“Mitochondrial Genetics and Epigenetics”
2014 － present Referee for Journal of Pediatric Neurology, Brain, Gene, Gene Review, Archive of Diseases in childhood, EMBO Molecular Medicine, Clinical Neurology and Neuroscience, Frontiers in Genetics, Annals of Human Genetics
2016 Referee for Italian Minister of Health (grant application - PRIN), Insubria university (Italy), Rita Levi Montalcini program (Italy), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Fellowship Scheme (UK)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2016 － present 1000 Genome Project: GeCIP committee for mitochondrial disorders
2016 － present Italian Society of Human Genetics (Società Italiana di Genetica Umana) (SIGU)
2013 － present Purine and Pyrimidine Society, “Purine and Pyrimidine disorders”
2013 － present World Muscle Society, “Muscle diseases”
2012 － present Italian Society of inherited metabolic diseases and newborn screening- (Società Italiana di malattie metaboliche ereditare e screening neonatale) (SIMMEsN )
