Since 2011 Lecturer Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
Since 2010 Group leader, Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2006-2010 Postdoctoral fellow at Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, in the laboratory of Peter Walter, U.S.A. (Lasker Award laureate 2014)
2003-2005 Junior scientist, Utrecht University, in the laboratory of Ineke Braakman, The Netherlands

2000-2003 Ph.D. Program in Cell Biology, in the laboratory of Ineke Braakman, Utrecht University, Holland
1997-2000 Ph.D. Program in Cell Biology, under supervision of Ineke Braakman in the laboratory of Henk Tabak, University of Amsterdam, Holland
1990-1997 M.Sc. Degree in Medical Biology, Utrecht University, Holland
1989-1990 Diplôme d’études Françaises, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier, France
1983-1989 Christelijk Gymnasium, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2014-2020 Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale Biologia Molecolare 05/E2 – II Fascia
2010-2015 Armenise-Harvard Career Development Award
2003-2004 Biennial Award "Zilveren Zandloper" for the best PhD thesis in biotechnology, Netherlands Society for Biotechnology (NBV)
2003 Best PhD Publication Award, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Holland