Education / Positions

1980-1992 Primary and secondary education in Como, Italy

1992-1997 M.S. Biology, University of Milano, Italy

1997-2000 Ph.D. in Genetics, University of Milano, Dept. of Genetics and Microbiology, Milano, Italy

Research Experience / Interest

2000-2002     Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. M. Foiani’s lab, IFOM (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology), Milano, Italy

2002-2005     Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. J. Sogo’s lab, Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

2005-2007     Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. J. Jiricny’s lab, Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2007- 2013     SNF Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2013- 2015     Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2015-      Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2015-      Coordinator of Master in Cancer Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2017-     Member of the Board of Directors, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2019-2021    Chair of the Board of Directors, Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Fellowships / Awards

2001 AGI (Associazione Genetica Italiana) Award

2002 Long Term Fellowship from Human Frontier Science Program Organization

2002 SIBBM (Societa Italiana di Biofisica e Biologia Molecolare) Award

2002 Premio Cecilia Cioffrese 2002, Fondazione Carlo Erba (Cancer Research)

2003 Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Young Investigator Award (Cancer Research)

2005 Roche Research Foundation postdoctoral fellowship

2006 Ernst Th. Jucker Award (Cancer Research)

2007 SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) professorship

2012 EMBO Young Investigator Award

2013 Götz Prize

2013 ERC - Consolidator Grant

2017 WBW (Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop) Young investigator award