Current employment

Reseacher at Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Anthropology, “Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Addiction ”, University of Cagliari.

Accademy Experience

Teaching course in Neuropsychobiology “Laboratory of Cellular Neurobiology II” (6 CFU). Supervisor of undergraduated and graduated students of Neuropsychobiology as well as Ph.D students in Neuroscence.

Educational and Training

Postdoctoral Fellowship conducting research at Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center di Washington (2007-2009). Attività di ricerca post-dottorato presso il Dipartimento di Biologia Sperimentale, Sezione Neuroscienze e Centro di Eccellenza per la Neurobiologia delle Dipendenze, Università di Cagliari (2004-2007). II Level Master Degree in Experimental Neuropsychopharmacology (2004). Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Department of Experimenatal Biology, Section of Neuroscienze and “Center of Excellence for the Neurobiology of Addiction” Uniersity of Cagliari (2000-2003). Degree in Biological Sciences (2000). Student undergraduate: Learning the techniques of molecular biology, measurement of mRNAs encoding subunits of the GABAA receptor by the use of cultured neurons to study the effects of drugs abuse in the CNS (1999-2000).

Previous position

Supplementary activities in teaching exercises: Tutor in the Laboratory of Biomolecular Technologies (III year). Tutor in theoretical and practice lessons in Neuropsychobiology “Laboratory of Farmacological methods” and “Experimental Biolgy II”. Tutor in the “Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Technologies”. Tutor in the “Laboratory of Introduction to Functional Mechanisms of the Cell II”. Tutor in the “Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular technologies”.

Memberships

Italian Society of Pharmacology (SIF)

Italian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology (SINPF)