Institution:
UniCamillus – Rome
Position(s):
- 2021 – now: Full Professor of General Pathology at Unicamillus
- 2021-2022 Rector’s Delegate for Research Unicamillus
- 2017-2020 Rector’s delegate to the founding committee of “Campus Medicus”, University Stafan Vichinsky, Warsaw – Poland
- 2016-2017: President of the Committee for BSC course in Health Biotechnology UCSC
- 2015-2021: Director of Master courses in Psycho-oncology and PNEI (Psicho-neuro-endocrino- immunology) held at UCSC and parallel courses in Siracusa and Treviso.
- 2010-2018: AP representative at the University Council, and Senate UCSC2006 – 2021: Faculty Coordinator for International exchange programs UCSC
- 2000: – 2021: Associate Professor of General Pathology, Catholic University School of Medicine Roma Italy
- 1986 Assistant Professor of General Pathology,Catholic University School of Medicine Roma Italy
Education:
University training:
- 1985-86: Post doctoral fellow at Michigan State University, Dept of Biochemistry, Lansing MI, USA
- 1982-83: Post doctoral fellow at University of Pennsylvania, Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 1981: PhD in Pathology
- 1977: BSC in Biology Università di Roma la Sapienza 110/110 with honors
Advanced academic qualifications:
- 1980: Specialization in General Pathology Catholic University
Awards:
- Institutional grants on “Diet determinants of healthy ageing”(PI), “Role of microbiota and diet on the mechanisms of age-associated sarcopenia”
- Annual research grants by the University and MIUR the Italian Ministry of Education and Research. Tavola Valdese 8PM research grant PI of the 3 years national grant PRIN “New advanced strategies for detecting cell magnesium”
- NATO collaborative grant with France and Poland Galileo project with INRA Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Several national projects by MIUR the Italian Ministry of Education and Research on “Biology of Ageing in a caloric restriction animal model” (local PI).
Membership:
- 2016-2022 President and Scientific Committee of the XIV, XV and XVI International Magnesium Symposium, held in Rome-Italy, NIH Bethesda-MD-USA and Glasgow-UK, respectively
- 2013 Honorary President of the XIII International Magnesium Symposium, Merida Mexico
- 2011 President and Scientific committee of the Euromag Bologna, Italy
- 2008 Vice-chairman of the Gordon Research Conference on “Magnesium in Biology and Medicine”, Ventura CA, USA