Degree in Biological Sciences (1990), PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics ( 1994). Post-Doc at the Max Perutz Laboratories (Vienna, Austria) in the Department of Microbiology and Genetics (1994-98). Assistant Professor (Vertragassistent) of the Vienna University in 1997-98. As fellow of Telethon Italy I have been involved for years (1998-2003) in strategic projects aimed to discovery and functional characterization of genes specifically expressed in skeletal muscle. In particular, I had been following construction of the Mouse MuscleArray, a novel non-redundant collection of cDNA probes for microarray studies (GEO Accession Number: GPL1523). My expertise in systematic sequencing of muscle EST, led me to expression profiling of human and mouse skeletal muscle affected by muscular dystrophies and other disorders. From 2006 until today: Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) at the Department of Biology, University of Padua. My current scientific interest is in the field of functional genomics, with particular focus on molecular mechanisms regulating muscle plasticity. I am also involved in the european project Resamont2, aimed at the clinical, instrumental and genetic evaluation of high altitude diseases. Teaching activity: Courses of Genetic Engineering (since 2002), Genomics (2006-2009), Transcriptomics (2009-2010). Laboratory instructor for several courses, both in Vienna and in Padua. Since 2012 mentor for biology in the italian team participating at the European Union Science Olympiad (EUSO). Responsible at the University of Padua for the MIUR project "Piano Nazionale Lauree Scientifiche", Biology and Biotechnology in the years 2015 – 2018. Member of the European Society for Muscle Research (ESMR); author of 15 in extenso papers with average IF 5.16

My current scientific interest is in the field of functional genomics, with particular focus on molecular mechanisms regulating muscle plasticity. I am also involved in the european project Resamont2, aimed at the clinical, instrumental and genetic evaluation of high altitude diseases.

Human response to hypobaric hypoxia: genetic factors. The research is part of a larger study (european project Resamont2), aimed at the clinical, instrumental and genetic evaluation of high altitude diseases. TECHNIQUES: microarray expression profiling, bioinformatics analyses, real-time qRT-PCR focused on HIF (Hypoxia Inducible Factors) target genes.