After my PharmD (2007, University of Bologna) and PhD in Biomedical Sciences (2011, University of Bologna/Karolinska Institutet), I did two postdoctoral trainings (France) and visiting stays (Canada) to acquire multi-scale approaches to study the (mal)adaptive bases of integrative physiological functions.

In 2016, I was appointed Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience at the Université Paris Cité (UPCité), where I have been recently promoted (2022) to Full Professor. Currently, I study the integrative mechanisms involved in homeostatic and allostatic regulations of reward processes (see Research projects).

Recently appointed co-Director of studies of an interdisciplinary undergraduate program (UP/SciencesPo), I also co-direct the “History of Neurosciences” Club. I’m strongly involved in outreach activities and in curating Art/Sciences exhibits.