1994 Degree in Biological Sciences, experimental thesis of Molecular Genetics on the mediterranean fruitfly Ceratitis capitata sex determination
1994-1995 Visiting student at Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, IMBB, Crete, Greece (Federico II fellowship) to work on genetic transformation of Ceratitis capitata
1995-1997 PhD University Federico II of Naples, on the Ceratitis capitata sexual differentiation gene doublesex
1997- EMBO short term fellowship at Dept. Zoology, UNiversity of Zurich, Switzerland ( 6 weeks)
1998- CNR-Italy one year fellowship,
2000-today permanent position at University Federico II of Naples as researcher in Genetics
2002-today Consultant of FAO-IAEA...