Education and work experience:
Dates: 2021 onwards.
Occupation or position held: Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering.
Name of organization: Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Dates: 2018 - 2021.
Occupation or position held: Research Assistant as recipient of Rita Levi Montalcini for young researchers program (2015 call).
Name of organization: Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Dates: 2016 - 2018.
Occupation or position held: Staff Scientist.
Principal Investigator of:
1. Effects of Diet Changes on Metabolism, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00523627.
2. Food Intake Response to Short-Term Modifications of Metabolism in Humans, ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02939404.
Name of organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Dates: 2012 2016.
Occupation or position held: Visiting research fellow.
Name of organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Dates: 2012 2012.
Occupation or position held: Postdoctorate researcher, participating in the research project Building a state of the art whole room indirect calorimeter, a tool to accurately investigate the role of energy expenditure and substrate oxidation in endocrine and metabolic disorders, Ricerca Finalizzata 2010, Project Code: RF-2010-2310538, funded by Ministero della Salute (Ministry of Health, Italy).
Name of organization: Obesity Research Center, Endocrinology Unit, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Dates: 2011 2012.
Occupation or position held: Visiting research fellow.
Name of organization: National Institutes of Health (NIH),
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).
Dates: 2009 2012.
Title of qualification awarded: Ph.D. in Automation, Robotics and Bioengineering.
Name and type of organization providing education and training: Department of Energy and Systems Engineering (DESE), University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Dates: 2007 2008.
Title of qualification awarded: Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering (110/110 cum laude).
Qualified to the profession of Information Engineering since January 2010.
Name and type of organization providing education and training: University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Dates: 2003 2006.
Title of qualification awarded: Bachelors Degree in Biomedical Engineering (110/110 cum laude).
Name and type of organization providing education and training: University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Member of Editorial Board and Reviewer for peer-reviewed journals:
Editorial Board Member of: Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, International Journal of Diabetes and Clinical Research, Jacobs Journal of Obesity.
Reviewer for JAMA, Diabetes, International Journal of Obesity, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, International Journal of Neural System, Obesity, Plos One, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal Of Endocrinology, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Medical Engineering & Physics, SciTechnol, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Archives Italiennes de Biologie, Cognitive Computation, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
Awards and Honors:
The Obesity Society fellowship, May 2018 (https://www.obesity.org/fellow-membership/).
Fellows Award for Research Excellence (FARE) 2016 (https://www.training.nih.gov/felcom/fare).
The Obesity Society (TOS) Basic Science Section poster competition winner, New Orleans (LA), November 2 2016 (https://obesityweek.com/session/tos-basic-science-section-meeting/).
