Associate Professor in Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, Univ. Turin
Teacher of Microbiology at Dept.Drug Science and Technology and Dept.Public Health and Pediatrics, Univ. Turin
Founding Member of It. Soc. Pharmaceutical Microbiology (SIMiF), It. Soc. Research on Essential Oils (SIROE).
Member of ASM, SIM, ESCMID, FIMUA, ECMM
1998-2009: Member of Global Antifungal Surveillance Group, Pfizer, USA, ARTEMIS DISK Int.Program Development of standard reference methods in the CLSI, on Voriconazole and Fluconazole In Vitro Activity Against Clinical Yeast Isolates; Member of ARTEMIS Collection project (yeast and molds) (Pfizer, USA)
2020: Guest editor for Molecules; Topic Editor for Microorganisms
N. Carlone, R. Pompei, V. Tullio Microbiologia Farmaceutica 3rd Ed. EDISES 2021, Napoli
REVIEWER for AAC, CMI, Future Microbiology, Mycoses, Molecules, JoF
Research:
a) antimicrobial agents and phytotherapics activity towards bacteria,yeasts,filamentous fungi
b) immunomodulatory activity of antibiotics and essential oils on phagocyte functions (phagocytosis, intracellular killing of bacteria and yeasts)
c) antimicrobial activity of drug oxygen delivery systems (nanodroplets, nanoparticles, nanobubbles)
Responsible for clinical bacteria and fungi collection (MIBAT), Microorganisms Collection section of Turin University (TUCC).
Author/coauthor of 425 publications and 30 book chapters, editor of 3 scientific books.
126 papers in Scopus, h-index=27; Cit 3516