Elena Masselli, Assistant Professor, Dep. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy 2007: MD degree, University of Parma, Parma, Italy 2012: Hematology Board, University of Parma, Parma, Italy 2016: PhD degree, Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy 2010–2011: Post-doctoral fellow, Tish Cancer Institute, Div. Hematology–Oncology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA 2016–present: Assistant Professor, Dep. of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma Research fields: hematopoietic stem cells, hematopoietic stem cell differentiation signaling, protein kinase C, normal and malignant megakaryocytopoiesis, platelets, myeloproliferative neoplasms Professional Membership: Italian Society of Hematology, Italian Society of Experimental Hematology, European Hematology Association Awards: 2018: "Il Sorriso di Lella" Foundation Research Prize for under-40 investigators in Hematology/Oncology Research 2014: “Luca Buganza” Prize 2014 for outstanding contribution in leukemias 2013: ASH Abstract Achievement Award 2013 2013: Travel Grant Award, 7th Biennial International Congress on Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplasia, New York 2008: Best Thesis Award, University of Parma, Academic Year 2006/2007