EDUCATION
2006 PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Development - Dept. of Biology, University of Padua, Italy.
2002 Master in Biological Sciences (110/110 cum laude), University of Padua, Italy
CURRENT POSITIONS
2019 - present Assistant Professor - Dept. of Biology and Veneto Institute of Molecular Medicine, Padova, Italy
2016 - present Assistant Professor - Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Netherlands (NL)

PERSONAL FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2016: FEBS Anniversary Prize for outstanding achievements in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• 2012: EU FP7 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development (IEF)
• 2010: Young Investigator Award, 8th Dutch-German Joint Meeting Molecular Cardiology Working Groups, NL
• 2005 & 2006: EMBO fellowships for participation to two EMBO Practical Courses

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2006 - 2019 6 Postdocs / 7 PhD / 5 Master Students - LUMC; Tech Uni Munich; Uni Padua

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2017 - present Advanced (annual) courses on “Derivation of hiPSC” and “Genetic engineering of mammalian stem cells”, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
2016 National University Teaching Qualification (BKO) Certificate - LUMC, The Netherlands
2011 - present Lecturer and Workgroup teacher at the LUMC (NL) and Padova (IT)

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2017 Poster jury member, 8th Rembrandt Symposium for Cardiovascular Science, NL
2015 - present Abstract selection committee International Society for Stem Cell Research ISSCR meeting

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2020 - present Member of PhD course in Biosciences committee, Padova University, IT
2016 - present Management team, Dept. Anatomy & Embryology, LUMC, NL
2015 - presen Member of 2 PhD thesis opposition committees, Leiden University, NL

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2019 - 2020 Managing Editor for ISSCR journal Stem Cell Reports (Cell press)
2019 - present Editorial Board Member of StemJournal (www.stemjnl.org)
2017 - 2018 Section Editor for ‘Crispr/Cas9 HR’ in Drug Discovery Today: Technologies
2016 - present Grant reviewer for Italian Scientific Evaluation committee; Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance, Australia; Medical Research Council UK, UK; Dutch Heart Foundation, NL; Israel Science Foundation, Israel; The Royal Society, UK; National Children’s Research Center, Ireland
2010 - present Peer Reviewer for scientific journals (selection): Circulation, Stem Cell Reports, Scientific Reports, Stem Cells, Stem Cells & Development, & others. Ad hoc co-reviewer for: Nature, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Medicine, Cell Stem Cell

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2020 - present International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
2016 - present Member, “Institute for human Organ and Disease Model technologies initiative (hDMT, www.hdmt.technologies)” and hDMT “Heart-on-Chip” Group
2014 - present Member, “European Society of Cardiology (ESC)” and “Women in ESC Initiative”

PUBLICATION METRICS
Total number of publications: 43
Total citations: 2321
h-index: 22

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