Academic education
2006 – 2011 Bachelor and Master in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Pavia (grade= 110/110, cum laude)
Scientific degrees
09/2015 M. Phil. And Ph.D. in Immunology, University of Zürich, Switzerland; “Dissection of the mechanisms that support tumor-specific immunity upon radiotherapy” (Supervisor: Prof. Maries van den Broek)
09/2011 Diploma in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of Pavia
Scientific career
since on 01/2023 Junior Group Leader, Max Eder Program, Deutsche Krebshilfe, University of Bonn, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Uniklinik Bonn, Germany
03/2022 – 12/202 Junior Group Leader, STEP program, University of Bonn, Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Uniklinik Bonn, Germany
2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Group of Prof. Dr. Christoph Wilhelm)
2016 – 2021 Postdoctoral research fellow, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (Group of Professor Dr. James Di Santo)
09/2015 – 01/2016 Intern at the Functional Genomic Center Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (Group of Dr. Endre Lazko) – Mass spectrometry internship
Honors / Awards / Memberships
2022 Max Eder Grant for young group leader – Deutsche Krebshilfe
2022 Travel award – “ILC2022 – The 4th International Conference on Innate Lymphoid Cells” – Hawaii. Selected short talk
2022 Invited speaker – ENII summer school on advanced immunology – Sardinia, Italy
2022 STEP Program – for Young PI, University of Bonn
2018 – 2020 Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship – Horizon Europe, European Research Executive Agency
Since 2018 Reviewer for Mucosal Immunology
2017 – 2020 Member, French Society of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, France
2017 Member of the Scientific and Organization Committees of the “Microbes, Immunity and Metabolism International Conference” at Institute Pasteur
2016 – 2018 Early Postdoc Fellowship – Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
2017 Short talk and travel awards – 7th International Conference on Complement Therapeutics – Greece.
2016 Nomination for Mercator Award – Graduate Campus Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis – University of Zurich, Switzerland
2013 Poster prize – 5th Cancer Network Retreat – Grindelwald
2012 Prize for best poster – “Outstanding poster award” – ENII Spring School on Advanced Immunology – Ralph Steinman Memorial
2009 EDISU special award for Master Thesis – University of Pavia, Italy
2007 – 2011 EDISU university scholarship – University of Pavia, Italy