Professional Activities

Professional Positions

1. 1977-1984 - Fellowships aimed to work in microbiology fields, at the Institute of Microbiology and Plant Physiology, University of Pavia.
2. 1979 - EMBO Short-Term fellowship, University of Liverpool.
3. 1984-1998 - Researcher at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia.
4. 1999-2002 - Associate Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Experimental, Environmental and Applied Biology, University of Genoa.
5. From October 2002 - Full Professor of Microbiology, at the Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia.
6. From January 2010 to December 2012 - President of the SIMGBM (Italian Society of General Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnologies).
7. From August 2011 - Member of the European Academy of Microbiology.

Teaching Experiences

Courses taught: Microbiology and Molecular Microbiology for the degrees in Biotechnology, Biology, and Molecular Biology and Genetics, respectively.

2004	In quality of President, she coordinates the ministerial commission for the qualification of biologists.
2005	She collaborates to The Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS) of the University of Pavia.
From 2005	She is member staff of PhD School in Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, IUSS Pavia.
2003-06	She is involved in SOCRATES program for students' and staff exchanges.
2006-07	In quality of President, she coordinates the entrance examination for Biotechnology degree.
2007-08	Supervisor of a “Leonardo da Vinci” Programme.
2014	Supervisor of a “TEMPO” Project.