WORK EXPERIENCE

• Scientific Researcher, Dept. Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam (CCA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (part time: 2008-2011, full time: 2011-present)
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Division of Pharmacology, Dept. Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (2007-2011)
• Research Assistant, Division of Pharmacology, Dept. Medical Oncology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (2000-2006)

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

• Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Italian Ministry of University (2014)
• Board-certified Clinical Pharmacologist, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy (2004)
• MD, Licensed to practice Medicine in Italy/Europe (2000)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Internal Medicine and Pharmacology (2004-2007)
  University of Pisa – Pisa, Italy
• Visiting PhD Fellow (2006-2007)
  VUmc – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Postgraduate Master in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology  (2005)
  University of Pisa – Pisa, Italy
• Postgraduate School of Clinical Pharmacology, cum laude (2000-2004)
  University of Pisa – Pisa, Italy
• MD, School of Medicine, cum laude (1994-2000)
  University of Pisa – Pisa, Italy
• Teaching and Didactic Activity
  – Lecturer in Pharmacology, Master Oncology course (2009-present), and supervisor of more than 40 master students and 7 PhD students at VUmc, Amsterdam
  – Member of the Board of Professors for the PhD in “Experimental Oncology, Surgery and Biotechnology”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

PUBLICATIONS

• 156 articles in PubMed indexed Journals, Total IF=799.241 (average IF=5.964 in 134 articles with IF), 82 articles as first name, last name (34) or corresponding author; H-index (GoogleScholar)=34, i10-index=95, total number citations=4321
• 10 book chapters, and >190 abstracts in international meetings/seminars (including 26 invited lectures and 43 oral presentations selected by competition)

Member Editorial Board of BMC Cancer, Cancer Pharmacol and Chemother, Eur J Surg Oncol, Frontiers Pharmacology Anti-Cancer Drugs, JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, World J Clin Oncol, World J Pharmacol

OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

• Member Steering Committee of the EORTC-PAMM (European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer – Pharmacology and Molecular Mechanisms Group), since January 2012
• Member Abstract Selection Committee of the European Pancreatic Club
• PI of the “GEM Profile. Gene expression in NSCLC” project (PharmGKB)
• Member Steering Committee of the Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP) since October 2014
• Member Editorial Board of BMC Cancer, Eur J Surg Oncol, Frontiers in Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs, JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, World J Clinical Oncology, World J Pharmacol

GRANTS

Principal Investigator (PI) of AIRC-Start-Up 2014 [750.000€], Bennink Foundation grant [350.000€]; AIO-Alliantie grant 2014 [208.000 €], Mesothelioma Research Foundation Grant, US, 2014 [100.000$], CCA-Foundation grant 2012 [272.000€], MarieCurie grant 2011 [86.000€], NWO-Veni grant 2010 [250.000 €]

Co-PI/participant in grants from FAS-Salute, Regione Toscana 2015 [1.039.563 €], Clinical Research & Innovation grant – University of Pisa 2015 [20.000], CCA-2013 [290.000 €], ITT-2012 [210.000 €], EORTC-PAMM [5.000 €], PRIN-MIUR-2010 [83.000 €], FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013 [11.199.702€]

AWARDS