Stroke neurologist, actually working at Cerebrovascular Unit Fondazione Istituto Neutologico Carlo Besta. Research focuses: stroke, genetics of stroke, monogenic disorders associated with stroke, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, moyamoya. Coordinator and Principal Investigator of a number of national and international multicenter reserach programs. Authors of 127 peer reviewed scientific publications, H-index: 28. Referee of a lot of scientific journals.