CV
Research Positions
-MIT
Postdoctoral training
Laboratory of Anders S. Hansen
Apr 2023 - Now: K99/NIH postdoctoral associate, NIGSM, K99-GM149815
Aug 2021 - March 2023: American-Italian Cancer Foundation postdoctoral fellow
Feb 2020 -Aug 2021: Postdoctoral associate
-European Institute of Oncology
PhD studies
Laboratory of Giuseppe Testa
Feb 2017- Jan 2020: 3 years AIRC fellowship
Feb 2014 - Jan 2017: Telethon fellowship
-Radboud University
Visiting scientist
Laboratory of Nael Nadif Kasri
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017: EMBO short-term fellowship
-University of Pisa
Master thesis
Oct 2012 - Jan 2014: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana (AOUP). Anatomia patologica e genetica molecolare (Pathology and molecular genetics). Lab of Adelaide Caligo, Generoso Bevilaqua
Bachelor thesis
Oct 2021 - Apr 2021: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Biophysics
Education
University of Milan, School of European Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Milan, Italy. 02/2014 - 01/2019
Ph.D. in system medicine, molecular oncology.
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 09/2011 - 10/2013
MS in Molecular and cellular biology, 110/110 cum laude.
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy. 09/2007 - 04/2011
BSc in Biological science, biotechnology curriculum, 110/110 cum laude.
Istitituto Tecnico Industriale Galileo Galiei Livorno, Italy. 09/2002 - 06/2007
Highschool diploma - experimental school – Chemistry specialization. 100/100.
Honors and Awards
2023 Awarded with NIGMS K99/R00, impact score 15
2022 Invited Speaker – Neurodevelopmental disorders - Cognitive Genetics Conference – University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
2022 Awarded with renewal of American-Italian Cancer Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
2022 Abstract selected for oral presentation - GRS - Gordon Research Seminar “Chromatin Structure and Function”, Barcellona, Spain
2022 Short Talk Award – FUSION - 3rd conference on Epigenetics, Cancun, Mexico
2022 Co-organizer for social activities at the Gordon Research Seminar “Chromatin Structure and Function”, Barcellona, Spain
2021 Awarded with American-Italian Cancer Foundation postdoctoral fellowship
2020 Fellowship Awarded without funding due to COVID emergency - Autism Science Foundation
2019 Invited Speaker – Donders discussion – Donders Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
2019 Winner of EMBO travel grant - EMBO WORKSHOP - Chromatin and Epigenetics, Heidelberg, Germany
2019 Abstract selected for oral presentation - EMBO WORKSHOP “Chromatin and Epigenetics”, Heidelberg, Germany
2019 Abstract selected for oral presentation - 14th Troina Meeting on Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Troina, Italy
2018 Winner of Keystone Symposia “Future of Science” Fund scholarship, Whistler, BC, Canada
2018 Abstract selected for oral presentation - Keystone Symposia “Gene Control in Development and Disease”, Whistler, BC, Canada
2018 Winner of Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds grant 2018 to attend “FENS Cajal course – Developmental Neurobiology and Pathologies”, Bordeaux Neurocampus, France.
2017 Discovery of “Gabriele-de Vries Syndrome” OMIM: # 617557
2017 Winner of EMBO short-term fellowship
2017-2019 Awarded with 3-years “AIRC for Italy” fellowship (Italian Association for Cancer Research)
2016 Abstract selected for oral presentation - 11th Troina Meeting on Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Troina, Italy
2015 Best poster defense prize - 11th Course on Epigenetics - Institute Curie, Paris, France
2014-2017 Recipient of Telethon scholarship, Milan, Italy
2013 Cherubino Medal for the distinction of studies during Master Degree (110/110 cum laude), University of Pisa, Italy
2011 Cherubino Medal for the distinction of studies during Bachelor Degree (110/110 cum laude), University of Pisa, Italy