EDUCATION
Sept. 2010 – Sept. 2016
PhD in Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Freda Miller

Sept 2006 – May 2010
Honour Bachelor of Science Degree in Applied Bio-Molecular Science Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies, Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University, Canada.

CURRENT POSITION
22.12.23 – present
Ricercatore a tempo determinato in tenure-track (RTT), Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

01.06.22 – 21.12.23
Assegnista di Ricerca/Grant holder, Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

20.09.16 – 31.05.22
Post-doctoral Fellow in the Zernicka-Goetz laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Feb.2025 - June 2025
Lecturer in Histology, Embryology and Differentiation (4 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (undergraduate course)
Apr.2025 - May 2025
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (post graduate course)
Apr.2024 - May 2024
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (post graduate course)
19.12.2023
Guest Lecturer – Topic: Establishment of embryo models using stem cells, University of Padua, Italy.
21.7.2023- 11.08.2023
Course instructor at the QBio Summer Research Course Synthetic Morphogenesis University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Apr.2023 - May 2023
Lecturer in Molecular Biology of Development (1 CFU), Department of Biology, University of Padua, Italy
8.11.2022
Guest Lecturer – Topic: Establishment of embryo models using stem cells, University of Padua, Italy.

STUDENT AND POSTDOC SUPERVISION
March.2025 – July 2025
Supervision of predoctoral trainee Sara Canil, Molecular Biology of Development, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

March.2025 –present
Supervision of Master student Marta Egano, Molecular Biology of Development, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Filippo Pasquato, Industrial Biotechnologies Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Sara Balcon, Industrial Biotechnologies Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Nov.2024 – present
Supervision of Master student Chiara Mazzali, Molecular and Cell Biology Program, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Nov.2023 – present
Supervision of Master student Susana De Juambelz-Urías, Molecular Biology Program, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. She successfully passed her viva on March 21st, 2025 and is now continuing her work in my laboratory as a predoctoral trainee.

Mar.2023 - Sept.2024
Supervision of Master student Caterina Dalrio, Medical Biotechnologies Program, Universityof Padova, Padova, Italy. She successfully passed her viva on Sept.25th, 2024.

Feb. 2023 - Jan. 2025
Supervision of Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Shikha Chandel, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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