Full Professor of Pharmacology, University of Milan, where he currently also holds the role of Deputy Rector and Vice-Rector of Research and Innovation.
Head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology of Purinergic Transmission, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences.
Vice President of the Unimi Foundation, whose aim is to translate the results of laboratory research into useful applications for the health of humans, animals and the environment.
Her research is focused on the development of innovative therapies for neurodegenerative diseases. Author/co-author of over 200 scientific publications retrievable in international scientific databases, she has received several awards for scientific merit.
In 2014, she was appointed Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.