University researcher at the Department of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Parma. 2010 and 2011: Invited Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University (Lyon, France) to give lessons to 4th year Pharmacy students and to participate, as a member of the commission, in the final exam for the award of the Master's degree. Member for Italy of the Management Committee of the COST Action "MP1404 - Simulation and pharmaceutical technologies for advanced patient-tailored inhaled medicines (SimInhale)" (http://www.siminhale-cost.eu) and Leader of the Working Group 1 " Particle engineering/processing of inhaled medicines for local/systemic action". Research areas: Drug polymorphism; Drug-excipient interaction study; Hydrophilic matrices for the controlled release of drugs; Agglomerates of pharmaceutical powders; Powders for nasal and pulmonary administration; Characterization of nano and microparticle systems. Member of the following societies: CRS (Controlled Release Society); AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists); ADRITELF (Association of Teachers and Researchers of Pharmaceutical Techniques and Legislation); SCI (Italian Chemical Society); AFI (Pharmaceutical Industry Association)