July 2004 degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 2008 European PhD in
Biochemistry, title “Biochemistry in Healthy and Neoplastic Human
Tissues: metabolic alteration revealed by HR-MAS Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy” (University of Bologna). Feb-Jun 2008:
Post-Doctoral fellow at the “Instituto de Investigationes
Biomédicas Alberto Sols” Madrid, supervisor Prof. S. Cerdan.
Jul 2008-Dec 2009: Post-Doctoral fellow at the Department of
Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
(Boston, USA), supervisor Prof. AA Tzika. May 2009 L'Oreal and
Unesco Award for Women in Science. International Society of
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine member and reviewer. Research
activity: identification of biochemical markers in human neoplasms
using MRS HR-MAS, in vivo MRI study of different type of
animal models: cancer, stem cells and burns. Author of 30
publications on international and national journal and
communications and posters in many national and international
conferences.