Graduating magna cum laude in scientific
academic disciplines at the University of Pisa and Alma Mater
Studiorum- University of Bologna, he was awarded grants by LILT, IMA, AIRC, UNIBO-PhD and CNR, and worked at The Department of
Preventive Medicine and Community Health - The University of Texas
Medical Branch of Galveston, Texas (A.Y. 1991/92, fellowship CNR). Adjunt Professor (1986-90, Graduate School in Toxicology), Technical Assistant (1991), Associate Professor (1992-UNIBA, Chemisty and Pharmaceutical Technologies, 1997-UNIBO) and full Professor in
Pharmacology and Toxicology (2001-) at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum
– UNIBO, teaching in Biological Sciences (Bachelor Degree), Health Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology (Master's Degree). Chief in Health Biology (2001-
2012).
Head of Laboratories on Molecular Toxicology, participates in numerous national and international programs, his researches focus on xenobiotic biotransformation and on the damage mechanisms of biological systems.
He has developed 5 theories, 6 patents and published
more than 543 scientific articles (235 full papers and 66 short communications, in peer reviewed journals; 198 abstracts; 44 others, National journals; IF > 3,370; h-index 33, Scopus Elsevier).
