Associate Professor of Advanced Medical and Surgical Technical Sciences at the University of Rome "Sapienza", Interdisciplinary Department of Well-being, Health and Environmental Sustainability (BESSA). Affiliated to the SSD MEDS-26/D (formerly MED/50).
President of the Degree Course in Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery – Sapienza, University of Rieti.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Obesity Society (SIO), Lazio Region Section.
Teaching activities in the degree courses in Medicine and Surgery (formerly Integrated Course Coordinator and Vice-Semester Coordinator, TPVES, School-Work Training) and Healthcare Professions (Biomedical Laboratory Technicians, Dietetics).
Departmental CTS component for the evaluation of PRIN 2022 and Prin 2022 PNRR as per Ministerial resolution.
Main research activity, both clinical and basic, related to the study of obesity as a chronic disease and the evaluation of biomolecules with epigenetic activity (Sirtuins), cellular deacetylase sensors that regulate energy homeostasis and adipose tissue metabolism.
H-index: 37; Publications: 105; Citations: 4,010.