Co-founded and currently lead a team of 12 for the organization of
 networking and outreach events targeted to boost collaboration and interaction among Italian
 investigators and communicate science to non-expert audience.AIRIcerca is an association of Italian researchers which forms a networking platform for thousands of Italians that study and hold research-related jobs from around the world.AIRIcerca promotes scientific collaborations, exchange of professional information, and cultivate the role of scientists in popular science.For more info:International association of Italian researchers (AIRIcerca): www.airicerca.orgFacebook page: www.facebook.com/italian.researchers.chicagoTwitter: twitter.com/ItaRC_Chicago

Comprehensive Transplant Center, Department of SurgeryInvestigate mechanisms behind Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) latency and reactivation as part of a multi disciplinary team effort to develop therapeutic strategies to block virus-mediated diseases in the contest of transplantation. Research mainly focuses on the function of epigenetics changes, inflammation, damage and, differentiation in HCMV infection.Use an integrated genome-wide multi-omics approach to investigate HCMV manipulation of host gene expression during lytic infection

Department of Microbiology- ImmunologyIdentification of targets and functions of microRNAs produced by Kaposi’s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV).Study of mechanisms behind KSHV-mediated endothelial cell deregulation.Lecturer and instructor for the “Graduate Virology” Course of the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Science at Northwestern University

Department of Internal MedicineRole of viral gene regulation in cellular transformation by Epstein- Barr virus and Kaposi's Sarcoma associated herpesvirus.

Department of Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyRole of viral gene regulation in cellular transformation by Epstein- Barr virus and Kaposi's Sarcoma associated herpesvirus.

Department of Molecular Genetics and MicrobiologyCharacterization of mechanisms behind Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) -mediated transformation of primary B lymphocytes into indefinitely proliferating lymphoblastoid cell lines (p53 pathway, DNA damage response, and change in host miRNAs expression.

Identification of targets and functions of a biomarker of metastatic progression, the phosphatase PRL-3, for the development of cancer therapeutics by using biochemical and phosphoproteomics approaches.

Identification and optimization of small molecular inhibitors of Hepatitis C (HCV) polymerase function to be used as antivirals.

Expression and purification of an immune stimulant proteins for the development of antiviral therapeutics.

Department of Organic and Biological ChemistryBiochemical characterization of DNA polymerase I from Sulfolobus solfataricus.