2014-present 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.

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.