Education and training.
01/01/2020: Recertification of the European College of Veterinary Clinical pathology (ECVCP).
10/2008: diplomate ECVCP (European college of veterinary clinical pathology)
04/2005 - 09/2008: eligible for ECVCP board examination (training period at department of Veterinary Pathology, Hygiene and Health, University of Milan)
11/2003 - 10/2006: PhD in Veterinary Hygiene and Animal Pathology, focused on clinical-pathological evaluation of hematopoietic tumors. PhD thesis: Clinical-pathological aspect of myelo-lymphoproliferative neoplasms of dog and cat, PhD supervisor, Dr. Stefano Comazzi, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Hygiene and Health, University of Milan
11/2002: Veterinary Licence
2002: degree in veterinary medicine. Thesis: classification of feline hematopoietic tumor and preliminary results on p53 mutation in lymphoid neoplasia. Thesis supervisor: Saverio Paltrinieri (110/110). Faculty of veterinary medicine, University of Milan.

Work experience
01/08/2018: Associated professor of Veterinary Pathology
4/04/2017: appointed to full professor
9/01/2014: appointed to associated professor
05/2012: Assistant professor, Responsible for the diagnostic service of cytopathology of the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Safety
11/2010–10/2012: research contract, Research project: biomolecular and flow cytometric markers in canine lymphoproliferative neoplasm
11/2006-10/2010: post doctoral contract. Research project: Markers of inflammation and non-specific immunity in dairy cows during and after dry period.

Research activities:
Clinical pathological characterization of hematological neoplasm in domestic animals: analysis of pathogenetic and prognostic features and evaluation of new flow cytometric procedures as diagnostic tools.
Flow cytometric evaluation of leukocytes subsets and protocols line up for the evaluation of aspecific immunity in mammals
Molecular aspects of aspecific immunity in domestic animals
Evaluation of diagnostic accuracy of cytological examination in neoplastic disease in companion animals
Evaluation of new inflammatory markers in marine mammals.