2015- present Senior scientist, Institute of Neuroscience, CNR, Milan, Italy
2011- present Head of Unit, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2002-2010 Group leader, Stem Cell Institute (SCRI), IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2003 Guest scientist, UCSF San Francisco, Lab. Developmental Neurobiology. Host: Prof. J. Rubinstein
2001 Staff scientist, Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Milan, Italy
1998-2000 Postdoc fellow, Neurogenetics Dept., Helmholtz Centre, Munich, Germany
1994-1997 PhD student, Mentor: Prof. E. Boncinelli, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele

2014-2019 Advanced Grant European Research Council (ERC)
2013-2018 European Project DESIRE
2017-2018 Target Advancement Grant, Michael J. Fox Foundation (USA)
2017-2018 Annual Grant, Italian Dravet Association
2014-2017 Telethon Grant
2013-2016 Ordinary Grant, Health Ministry, Italy
2013-2016 Lombardia Regional Grant, Italy
2009-2013 Young Investigator Grant, Health Ministry, Italy
2011-2013 Cariplo Foundation, Italy

Recipient, Advanced European Research Council (ERC) Grant
Member, Armenise-Harvard Foundation’s Italian Scholarship Advisory Committee
Member of the evaluating committee for the Consolidator European Research Council (ERC) , panel LS7
Member, Reviewer Scientific Panel, California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) USA
Member, European Scientific Advisory Board, FP7-ERANET Neuron-II program
Member, external Scientific Advisory Board, University of Lund Excellence Centre in Parkinson and Huntington, Sweden
Young Investigator Award - Italian Ministry of Health
Human Frontier Science Program Short Term Fellowhip
EMBO, Short Term Fellowship

1997 Ph.D. in Genetic Science - University of Ferrara, Italy
1993 Master degree in Biological Sciences (highest grade) - University of Bologna, Italy.