EDUCATION: •Associate Professor of Genetics and Applied Biology (2023); •Ph.D. in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Novara, Italy (2013); •Master degree in Biomolecular Sciences and Technologies, Dept. of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy (2008); •Bachelor degree in Molecular and Biological Sciences Dept. of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy (2006); PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: •Associate Professor of Genetics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, "Kore" University of Enna, Italy (September 2025-to date); •Lab technician of the BIOartificial organs, bio-hybrid systems and REgenerative Medicine Lab (BIOREM), The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy (2023-2025); •Postdoctoral Fellow at Unit of Genetics, Dept. of Biology, University of Pisa, Italy (2019-2023); •Postdoctoral Fellow at IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Neurogenetics and Molecular Medicine Lab, Calambrone, Italy (2015-2019); •Postdoctoral Fellow at Molecular Pathology Lab, University of Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”, Dept. of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Novara, Italy (2013-2014). INTERESTS: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration and Cancer; Autophagy; Mitophagy; Mitochondrial dysfunctions; Disease Biomarkers; Gene editing; Multi-Omics approaches to identify novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets; Next-Generation Sequencing strategies;Epigenetic control of autophagy by microRNAs