2006 PhD in Human Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
1995 State examination
1994 Graduation in Biology, major Molecular and Cellular Biology, Universita’degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.

Nov 2010-now Group leader at INSpE, Division of Neuroscience, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2005-2010 Group Leader at the Neurological Institute Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy. Brain Gain program financed by the Ministry for Health
2001-2005 Research assistant at the Department of Neuroimmunology at the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Munich
1998- 2001 Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroimmunology, directed by Hartmut Wekerle, at the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology and in collaboration with the Institute for Clinical Neuroimmunology directed by Reinhard Hohlfeld, Munich
1994-1997 Research Fellow at the National Institute of Cancer Research, Milan
1992-1994 Thesis at the National Institute of Cancer Research in Milan

2013 National Habilitation as Associate Professor for 06/A2 General and Clinical Pathology, 05/H2 Histology, 05/F1 Applied Biology.
2012 International Trotula Award, Centro Studi Civitas Hippocratica, Salerno.
2008 PhD Award among all Faculties, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich.
2005 Best Young Investigator for Multiple Sclerosis Research (1st prize), European Charcot Foundation.