Professional experience
November 2024 – present
Research Fellow (SSD BIOS-12/A Human Anatomy)
Signal Transduction Laboratory, Anatomy Centre, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences – DIBINEM, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Project: “Study of the tumor microenvironment: optimization and application of a method for secretome isolation in patients with glioma”.
January 2024 – August 2024
Visiting PhD Student
Arbeitsgruppe Enterisches Nervensystem, Hochschule Kaiserslautern – Standort Zweibrücken, Zweibrücken, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Scholarship awarded by the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology.
Project: “Effects of thymidine phosphorylase deficiency on the vascular and enteric nervous systems anatomy and function”.
November 2021 – November 2024
PhD Candidate in Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
Signal Transduction Laboratory, Anatomy Centre, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences – DIBINEM, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Academic discipline: BIOS-12/A – Human Anatomy.
Thesis: “Microenvironment As A Key Driver In Disorders Affecting The Central And Peripheral Nervous Systems”.
Evaluation: Excellence.
Academic appointments
February 2026 – present
Elected Representative of Research Fellows on the Council of the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences – DIBINEM
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Teaching appointments
A.Y. 2025/2026
Co-supervisor of a Master’s Degree thesis in Medicine and Surgery
Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Thesis by Alessandro Monteleone: “Functional Effects and Metabolomic Characterization of Glioblastoma Secretome: From Patient-derived Conditioned Medium to a Tissue-based Approach”.
Academic discipline: BIOS-12/A – Human Anatomy.
October 2025 – January 2026
Teaching Tutor
Human Anatomy course, Integrated Course in Anatomy Laboratory 2, Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
November 2025
Subject Expert in Human Anatomy.
October 2024 – January 2025
Teaching Tutor
Human Anatomy course, Integrated Course in Anatomy Laboratory 2, Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
A.Y. 2023/2024
Co-supervisor of a Master’s Degree thesis in Medicine and Surgery
International Medical School, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Thesis by Arianna Vignaroli: “Study of glioma microenvironment through innovative secretome analysis”.
Academic discipline: BIOS-12/A – Human Anatomy.
October 2023 – January 2024
Teaching Tutor
Human Anatomy course, Integrated Course in Anatomy Laboratory 2, Degree Programme in Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus.
April 2022 – July 2022
Teaching Tutor
Human Anatomy course, module B, Integrated Course in Organ and Cellular Morphology, Degree Programme in Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Education
November 2021 – November 2024
PhD in Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Thesis: “Microenvironment As A Key Driver In Disorders Affecting The Central And Peripheral Nervous Systems”.
Academic discipline: BIOS-12/A – Human Anatomy.
Evaluation: Excellence.
October 2018 – March 2021
Master’s Degree in Medical Biotechnology
Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna.
Thesis: “Autosomal Dominant Leukodystrophy: Dissecting Cellular Signaling Pathways”.
Grade: 110/110 cum laude.
Academic discipline: BIOS-12/A – Human Anatomy.
October 2015 – October 2018
Bachelor’s Degree in Biotechnology
University of Trieste.
Thesis: “Application of Next Generation Sequencing in the diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma for target therapy”.
September 2009 – June 2014
European Classical High School Diploma
Educandato Statale Collegio “L. Uccellis”, Udine.
