Research and professional experience:
2025-present Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
2019-present Attending Physician, Section of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Endocrine-Metabolic and Transplant Surgery and Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy
2022-2025 Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine (RTD-B), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
2019-2022 Research Fellow in Internal Medicine (RTD-A), Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
2019-2022 Visiting Researcher, Department of Diabetes, King’s College of London, UK
2016-2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Endocrinology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2013 Visiting Researcher, Endocrine and Metabolic Unit, University of Adelaide, Australia
2009 Visiting Student, Weill Cornell University, New York, NY
Education:
2020 Ph.D. in Translational Medicine, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy
2018 Board Certification in Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
2012 M.D. degree, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Awards and honors:
2023 “EFSD and Lilly European Diabetes Research Programme” from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
2022 FDR Grant from the Italian Society of Diabetology (SID)
2022“EGIR-EASD Best Abstract Award” from the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR) affiliated with the European Society for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
2021 ESPEN Research Fellowship from the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN)
2021 “Paul Dudley White International Scholar Award” from the American Heart Association (AHA) to recognize the authors with the highest ranked abstract from Italy at Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2021
2021 “Fondazione Giovanni Spitali” Award from the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies for the best Ph.D. thesis in Experimental Sciences presented in 2020.
2020 “Early Investigators Award” from the Endocrine Society in recognition of research accomplishments in areas of general endocrinology
2020 “Vernon Young International Award for Amino Acid Research” from the American Society for Nutrition for an outstanding series of papers in a related area of amino acid metabolism
2019 “EFSD/Novo Nordisk Rising Star Fellowship” and “EASD Rising Star Symposium” from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes for promising and innovative young researchers in the field of diabetes
2018 “EFSD/AstraZeneca Future Leaders Mentorship Programme for Clinical Diabetologists” from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes
2018 “Galeno Award” for young researchers from the Italian Society of Diabetology
2017 “Helmsley Charitable Trust Abstract Award in Type 1 Diabetes” from the Endocrine Society.
2016 “Umberto Di Mario” Award from the Italian Society of Diabetology (SID)
2016 “Russell Berrie Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diabetes Research” at the Yale University School of Medicine (New Haven, CT)