2007: Graduated in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Bologna with a final mark of 110/110 cum laude. 2013: Postgraduate in Internal Medicine at the University of Bologna with a final mark of 70/70 cum laude. 2008–2013: Fellow at the Division of Internal Medicine, University of Bologna. Participation in research activities about autoimmune disorders. June 2014–June 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna. Actively involved in the Emilia-Romagna Region Strategic Program “Innovative approaches to the diagnosis and pharmacogenetic-based therapies of primary hepatic tumors. From February 2017: Principal Investigator of the project “Toxicant associated fatty liver disease and toxicant associated steatohepatitis: a bench to bedside approach with identification of hepatotoxic agents in a large series of rat models and prospective validation in a human cohort of patients diagnosed as non fatty liver disease" (Italian Ministry of Health Grant – Project Young Researchers; Total Grant: EUR 288,000). Diagnosis of celiac disease and other autoimmune diseases through the use of immunoassay (ELISA), indirect immunofluorescence (antiendomysium, non-organ-specific antibodies, anti-nuclear Hep2 cells, anti-neuronal antibodies, antienterocyte antibodies, antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies) and histochemical techniques. Editorial board participation: Livers – MDPI