Viviana Trezza graduated from the ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome in 2003. At the same University, she obtained her PhD in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 2007. From 2005 to 2010, she worked as a Researcher at the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands. In 2010, she was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, where she set up her own laboratory. In 2018, Viviana Trezza was appointed Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the Department of Science of Roma Tre University, where she is currently Head of Pharmacology Laboratory. Her research focuses on the following main themes: 1. investigating the brain mechanisms underlying functional and dysfunctional social behavior; 2. identifying new pharmacological targets for developmental psychiatric disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder and fragile X syndrome; 3. investigating the role of the endocannabinoid system in emotions and cognition through development.