EDUCATION AND TRAINING 1992: graduated with honors in Veterinary Medicine at the University of Parma, Italy. 1997-1998: Fellow, Italian National Institute for the Physics of Matter (INFM). 1998: Ph.D., Molecular Biology and Pathology, University of Modena, Italy. 1999-2000: Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Chemical Physics, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. 2000-2001: Research contract with the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Parma. POSITIONS 2001-2006: Assistant professor in Applied Physics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma. 2006 - present: Full Professor, Applied Physics, University of Parma. 2017-present: Coordinator of the Neurosciences Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma. 2015- present: Member of the PhD Program in Sciences for Drugs, Biomolecules and Bioactive Products, University of Parma. 2010-present: Member of SITEIA (Interdepartmental center for food safety technology innovation), University of Parma. 2011-present: Member of Biopharmanet-Tec laboratory (Interdepartmental center for the innovation of health products). 2016-present: Member and Management Committee Substitute of the COST Action CM1306 (Understanding Movement and Mechanism in Molecular Machines). 2016-present: Member of the COST Action BM1405 (NGP-net: Non-globular Proteins in Molecular Physiopathology). 2016-2018: Member of the National Committee for Scientific Habilitation (ASN), Applied Physics.