EDUCATION2003 Degree on Sciences of Human Nutrition (University Tor Vergata – Roma)1991 Degree on Biological Sciences (University La Sapienza - Rome)WORKING EXPERIENCESsince 2006 Dpt. Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health – Istituto Superiore di Sanità/ISSProject "Endocrine Disruptors in silico / in vitro Evaluation and Substitution for Industrial Applications" (LIFE-EDESIA, contract no. LIFE12 ENV/IT/000633), LIFE+ 2012 programme - Environment (2013-2016).Project: “Development of a novel approach in hazard and risk assessment or reproductive toxicity by a combination and application of in vitro, tissue and sensor technologies” - EU Integrated Project ReProTect”2001-2006 Human Nutrition Unit –National Institute for Research on Food and Nutrition/INRANProject: “Osteoporosis prevention via phytoestrogens: establishment of an ex vivo/ in vitro model of bone resorption by osteoclasts”1999-2000 Institute of Neurobiology –National Research Council/CNRProject: “Studies on the biological and molecular function of PC4, a gene induced by the nerve growth factor, as regulator of myogenic and neural differentiation”1995-1998 Dpt. of Genetics, Inst. Microbiology and Genetics – University of Vienna, Vienna BiocenterProject: “Nuclear genes involved in both vesicular transport and mitochondrial morphogenesis”1993-1994 Biotechnology Dpt. - Istituto di Ricerche Biologia Molecolare (IRBM) – P. AngelettiProject: “Biochemical characterization of peptides selected by display libraries based on the f1 bacteriophage”1992 Dpt of Cell Biology and Development – University La Sapienza RomeProject: “Genetic analysis of a group of unidentified reading frames in chromosome III of yeast”1990-1991 Dpt of Cell Biology and Development – University La Sapienza RomeProject: “Nucleo-mitochondrial interactions in interspecific hybrids between Saccharomyces douglasii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae: evolution, expression, and construction of novel genomes”