After earning a degree of Veterinary Medicine Degree in Perugia, Italy, I completed a PhD combined residency in anatomic veterinary pathology at the University of Georgia, Athens (USA). Thereafter, I obtained certification from the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (USDA-ARS) in Athens, Georgia. In 2014 I joined the faculty of the Pathobiology Department, where I developed a research program focused on infectious diseases of poultry and other avian species with particular emphasis on poultry and pet birds. My work spans from disease surveillance, development of new diagnostic methods for avian infectious diseases, and basic research involving avian viruses (such as Newcastle disease virus and aquatic bird bornavirus). My laboratory is funded by multiple agencies, including the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), and Pet Trust. My teaching and diagnostic expertise is comparative pathology, and at OVC I teach in the veterinary and graduate curriculum, including performing diagnostic activity (biopsy and postmortem) for the OVC Teaching Hospital and the Toronto zoo.