2014-2019 Director, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2008-present Head of Research Unit, Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2007-2012 Associate Telethon Scientist at Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2002-2007 Assistant Telethon Scientist at Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
1997-2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Nephrology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
1997 Fellow, San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET), Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
1994-1997 Trainee, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Bergamo, Italy, in leave of absence to Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy.
1993 Post-lauream trainee, laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Greenwhich, London, United Kingdom
1990-1992 Trainee, laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Pavia, Italy.

2022 The Lillian Jean Kaplan Award. International prize for advancement and understanding of Polycystic Kidney Disease. The International Society of Nephrology and the PKD Foundation.
2004 Marie Curie Excellence Team Leader. European Community
2002-2012 Telethon Career Award
2001 Alfred Blalock Young Investigator Award. The Johns Hopkins University in recognition of the outstanding work carried out as a postdoc in this Institution.
1999-2001 National Kidney Foundation of Maryland Young Investigator Award.
1998-2000 American Heart Association Post-Doctoral Fellowship.