• 1993 – 1995: works at the Laboratory of Ultrastrutture for the graduation thesis, National Institute of Health, Rome • 1996 – 1997: apprenticeship in Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy and Toxicology, Inst. Pharmacology, University La Sapienza, Rome, tutor Prof. B. Silvestrini. • 1998 – 2000: Telethon Foundation grant fellowship (Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, directed by Prof. Paolo Calabresi) titled “Mechanisms underlying cell-type specific vulnerability of striatal neurons: implications for Huntington’s disease”. • 2001 - 2004: PhD student at Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Fondazione Santa Lucia Rome, tutor Professor Calabresi. • 2002 - During PhD period spent a period of fellowship in the Laboratory of Neurobiology tutor by Prof. M. Angela Cenci, Wallenberg Centre, University of Lund, Sweden, aimed to the improving of behavioral tests in parkinsonian animal models. • 2Feb2005: Obtain the PhD in Neuroscience at Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. • From 2005 - 2018: Researcher - Laboratory of Neurophysiology, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy. • 16Mar2018: Associate Professor in Physiology, San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy. • From Jul 2018: Head of Laboratory of Experimental Neurophysiology, IRCCS San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy.

Neurodegenerative Disease and Behavioural Neurology