Short Curriculum Vitae

Degrees and positions

2010: Master degree (M. Sci.) in Pharmacy at the University of Cagliari.

2013: Host PhD student at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Department of Neuropharmacology (Neurophar), Barcelona, Spain.

2014: PhD student in Toxicology, course of study Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy of drugs abuse, University of Cagliari.

2014: Doctor Europaeus, University of Cagliari.

2014-2015: Research Collaborator, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

2015: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

2015: Visiting researcher, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

2017-2019: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

2018: Visiting researcher, Department of Neurology, Developmental Neurobiology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.

2019-2020: Visiting researcher, Département de Biologie Médicale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada.

01/08/2019-05/01/2023: Assistant Professor (RTD, L. 240/10 art.24/a, Academic Discipline BIO/14 – Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

02/10/2023-present: Assistant Professor (RTD, L. 240/10 art.24/b, Academic Discipline BIO/14 – Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology), Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari.

Membership to scientific societies and Collaborations with scientific journals

Member of the scientific societies: FENS (Federation of European Neuroscience Societies); IBRO (International Brain Research Organization); ISN (International Society for Neurochemistry); Italian Purine Club; SIF (Società Italiana di Farmacologia); SINS (Società Italiana di Neuroscienze)

2015-present ad hoc Reviewer for the Journals: Progress in Neurobiology, Cerebral Cortex, Behavioural Pharmacology.

2017-present ad hoc Scientific Expert for the Agency: Elsevier’s Evidence-based Medicine Center.

2020-present Editorial Board Member (Review Editor) of the scientific journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Section Motivation and Reward and Learning and Memory) (ISSN: 1662-5153, IF 2.662).

2021-present Editorial Board Member (Associate Editor) for the Neuropharmacology section of Frontiers (Journals: Frontiers in Neuroscience, ISSN: 1662-453X , IF 4.3; Frontiers in Neurology, ISSN: 1664-2295, IF 3.4; Frontiers in Pharmacology, ISSN: 1663-9812, IF 5.6; Frontiers in Psychiatry, ISSN: 1664-0640, IF 4.7).

2021-present Editorial Board Member (Section Editor) for CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets (ISSN: 1871-5273, IF 4.388).

Publications

Author of 41 Journal articles, reviews and book chapters published in International Scientific Journals. H-index: 18.

2023/2024 teaching activity

Co-Professor for the course of “Pharmacotherapy 1 modulo” (1 CFU), within the Master Degree in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, University of Cagliari, Italy.

Co-Professor for the course of “Tossicologia degli alimenti” (3 CFU), within the Master Degree in Scienze degli Alimenti e della Nutrizione, Percorso: Curriculum Alimenti, Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, University of Cagliari, Italy.