Training:
Graduated in Biological Sciences in 2003 at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, she obtained a doctorate in Molecular and Regenerative Medicine in 2009 and a specialization in Clinical Pathologist in 2010.
Academic career:
After a one-year experience at Boston University (USA) in 2004-2005, she was the beneficiary of several fellowships and research grant contracts with the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (2005-2017). Since 2017 he collaborates with Professor Dinelli at the Department of Agro-Food Sciences and Technologies, where he is responsible for the human cell culture laboratory.
Teaching activity
Since 2020 he has been teaching Tutor for the Soft Skills course "The scientific approach to problem solving" at the University of Bologna
Scientific activity
He has participated in several national and international research programs, such as the SPIN (Fast Call EIT FOOD 2020) and SPIN OFF (Fast Call EIT FOOD 2021) projects, funded by EIT FOOD, a project funded by the CARISBO Foundation (2018-2019) in collaboration with the Ramazzini Institute (Bologna) and the PSR BIOADAPT and APPENBIO projects. She was the beneficiary of fellowships funded by the Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the periods 2015-2017 and 2020-2022. Referee of international and Italian journals in the Biological Sciences sector
Membership in scientific and editorial committees
Guest editor for the Methods Collection of JovE, entitled “An Overview of Static and Dynamic Intestinal In Vitro Models [https://www.jove.com/methods-collections/1726]
Guest editor of the special issue “Human Health, Nutrition and Organic Food” per la rivista Nutrients https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/special_issues/Human_Nutrition_Organic
Guest editor of the special issue "Medical Plants and Polyphenols" per la rivista International Journal of Molecular Sciences https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/Medical_Plants_Polyphenols
Awards and acknowledgments
2009-2011: Principal Investigator of the project FARMMEL (Spinner 2013, “WOMEN, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION”)
2009: Posterprize for the 39th ESDR meeting
2008: Fellowship for the International Investigative Dermatology Meeting
2007: Fellowship for the 37th ESDR meeting
2006: Fellowship Albert Kligman SID Meeting
2005: LA ROCHE-POSAY, Laboratoire Pharmaceutique Foundation Award
