2010-present Project Leader at the Urological Research Institute of IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
2006-2010 Project Leader at Department of Urology of the Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
2008 Research fellow at the Cancer Research Institute of Bratislava, Slovakia
2003-2005 Postdoctor at the the Department of Urology of the Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria) in collaboration with and supported by the Company Centocor Inc. (JOHNSON&JOHNSON), Radnor, PA (USA)

2000-2003 PhD Student at the Institute of Endocrinology, University of Milan, Italy (PhD in Endocrinologic and Metabolic Sciences)
1998-2000 Postgraduate Trainee at the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (USA)
1995-1998 Postgraduate Student at the Institute of Endocrinology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. School of Specialization in Experimental Endocrinology.