University of Florence, Italy; PhD in Physiology; May 1997
University of Milan, Italy, BS/MS in Biochemistry, 1990-1992
2023-present |
Graduate Program Director (Cellular Physiology and Molecular Biophysics |
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine |
2022-present |
Co-director of Physiology discipline for MD students |
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine |
2019-present |
Professor |
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine |
2013-2019 |
Associate Professor (2015 tenured) |
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine |
2006-2013 |
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) |
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine |
2001-2006 |
Assistant Professor (research track) |
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University |
1998-2001 |
Postdoctoral Associate (Alfred L. George Jr.’s lab) |
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University |
1997-1998 |
Junior Researcher (Arthur M. Brown’s lab) |
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University |
Awards
Excellence in Curriculum Award, NextGen MD Curriculum, 2025.
The Neuroscience Graduate Program Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2020.
The Neuroscience Graduate Program Faculty mentor of the Year Award, 2023.
U-Choose SEEDS award, 2019
U-Choose SEEDS award, 2010
FASI Award, 2005
FASI Award, 2004