Full Professor, Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences – University of Bologna, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Bologna.
I graduated in Medicine and Surgery from University “La Sapienza”, Rome-Italy in 2003, and went on to complete my residency training in Internal Medicine at the same university in 2008. In 2012, I received PhD degree in Clinical Microbiology from University “Complutense”, Madrid-Spain.
From 2008 to 2012, I worked as clinical researcher and infectious diseases consultant at the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid-Spain.
Since 2013, I have been working as infectious diseases consultant and member of the antimicrobial stewardship team at the Hospital Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy. From 2015, I served first as senior researcher then as associate professor at the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna-Italy. Since 2025, I’m full professor of Infectious Diseases at the same university.
From 2016 to 2022, I was member of the executive committee of the European Study Group of Bloodstream infection Endocarditis and Sepsis (ESGBIES) of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), serving as Science Officer (2016-2020) and as Secretary (2020-2022). Since 2023, I’m the Chair of the European Study Group of Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts (ESGICH).
I’m associate editor of Transplant International, the official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) for the section on Infectious Diseases.
