Current Position:
Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Cagliari, Dep. of Medical Science and Public Health.
Head of the Gastroenterology Unit at Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria (AOU) di Cagliari, Italy.
Academic Background:

2001 Undergraduate scholarship at the University of Kiel (Germany), Christian Albrecht, MUCOSA laboratories (Prof.Dr. Stefan Schreiber).

2002    Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy. Final mark 110/110 cum laude Dissertation on ”Expression of NOD2 in epithelial cell lines HT-29 and HeLa"

2003   Medical license: Ordine provinciale di Roma dei Medici Chirurghi e degli Odontoiatri (M52402)

Postgraduate positions:
2003-2005    Research fellow at the University of Mainz (Germany), Johannes Gutenberg, at the Laboratories of Mucosal Immunology (Prof. Dr. Markus F. Neurath).

2005    PhD in “Experimental physiopathology: Mucosal Immunology” at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology (Coordinator Prf. Francesco Pallone), Dissertation on "Role of TGF-beta in colitis and colitis-associated colorectal cancer".

2006-2009    Post-graduate school of Gastroenterology

2006-2009    PostDoc position at the University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy (Prof. Dr. Monteleone)
2009-2013    Professorship at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, research program “Rientro dei cervelli”.

2013-2014    Assistant Professor at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
2014-2019    Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
2019-2024    Associate Professor of Gastroenterology and head of the Inflammatory Bowel Unit at the University of Cagliari, Italy. 
2021-present    Head of the Gastroenterology Unit at Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria (AOU) di Cagliari, Italy.
2024-present    Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Cagliari, Italy.