From 2001 Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan. 2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan. 1998-2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Nutrition Foundation of Italy. 1996-1998 Postdoctoral fellowship of the Institute of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan 1995 Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine: Atherosclerosis at the University of Siena 1992–1995 Visiting scientist, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF San Francisco 1989 Ph.D. in Experimental Pharmacology at the University of Milan 1988–1991 Researcher of the National Program for Drug Research 1988 Postgraduate School of Experimental Pharmacology, University of Milan 1987–1988 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Nutrition Foundation of Italy 1987 Doctor in Drug Chemistry and Technology, University of Milan

GRANTS 2015-2019 Contract European Joint Doctorate (ITN), Call H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, EC 2010-2013 Contract by British American Tobacco (Southampton, UK) 2006-2009 Contract "Specific Targeted Research Project", VI FP of EC 2002-2006 Contract "Research Training Networks" from the Commission of EC 1999-2004 Contracts from the M.U.R.S.T. (Italian Government) 1998-2002 Contract from the Commission of EC, Fifth Framework Program of EC – Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources.

Author of 104 publications (62 peer-reviewed scientific papers and 42 non-peer-reviewed publications (meeting proceedings and editorials)).
Total impact factor = 286; average IF = 4.6; total number of citations = 8522; H index = 35 (Google scholar).
Author of more than 180 presentations to national and international congresses.