Professore Ordinario

EDUCATION, ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING 1998 Degree in Veterinary Medicine – Università degli Studi di Milano (UNIMI) and License to practice veterinary medicine, UNIMI 2000 Member of the examination board in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (VET/07), UNIMI 2001 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Veterinary Pathology, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Therapy 2003 "EAVPT/ECVPT Pharmacokinetic Pharmacodynamic workshop” Penicuik, Scotland and "EAVPT/ECVPT Pharmacokinetics workshop” Lisbon, Portugal 2005 "EAVPT/ECVPT workshop on Anti-infectives in Veterinary Medicine”, London, UK 2013 ECVPT Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology workshop”, Hannover, Germany 2017 Conference and workshop “Antimicrobial susceptibility testing with VETCAST, Toulouse, France 2018 Workshop on “Population Pharmacokinetics”, Toulouse, France 2014 National Scientific Habilitation, Associate Professor (07/H4) 2017 National Scientific Habilitation, Full Professor (07/H4) WORK EXPERINCES 1998-2001 PhD student in Veterinary Pathology, Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Therapy, UNIMI 2002 Laboratory Analyst, Centro Antidoping U.N.I.R.E. Settimo Milanese (MI) 2002 – 2006 Post Doctoral Position, Dept. of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, UNIMI 2007- 2016 Researcher and Assistant Professor in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, UNIMI 2016- 2023 Associate Professor in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dept. of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, then Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, UNIMI 2023- now Full Professor in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, UNIMI 2011-2023 PhD Tutor Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences for Animal Health and Food Safety, UNIM Scientific organisations Member of the “Società Italiana delle Scienze Veterinarie” and of the “European Association for Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology” Member of the “Società Italiana di Farmacologia e Tossicologia Veterinaria – SIFTVet” and of its Executive Committee Vice -President of the “Società Italiana di Farmacologia e Tossicologia Veterinaria – SIFTVet” Chairperson of the “Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Thirtheenth International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine (AAVM)” Rome 2018, Virtual meeting, November 2020, Madrid 2022, Athens 2024 2018 member of VetCAST Steering Committee, EUCAST Veterinary Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing RESEARCH Research Topics • Pharmacokinetics, tissue distribution and residual depletion of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs used in veterinary medicine for the optimisation of drug dosages. • Pharmacokinetics correlated to clinical efficacy of analgesic drugs (tramadol, butorphanol and ketorolac) used in the peri-operative period during surgery of companion animals as dogs, cats and horses. • Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) modeling of antimicrobials to obtain the most specific breakpoints for the determination of the correct therapy and for the limitation of the widespread of antibiotic resistance. • The environmental impact of antimicrobials use in farm animals on public health and the spread of resistance and toxicity on non-target organisms TEACHING • Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Biotechnology, UNIMI: “Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology”, • Bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry and Welfare, UNIMI, “Toxicology for domestic animals" • Master of Science in Veterinary Medicine, UNIMI, "Veterinary Toxicology" FUNDING RECEIVED 1999 Young Researchers Project funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research for the project: “Blood and tissue kinetics and residual depletion of doxicycline in rabbit” 2009 Scientific Research Programs Of Relevant National Interest funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research for the project: “Prudent use of fluoroquinolones in turkey: pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin, difloxacin and flumequine for PK/PD modelling”. Research Unit of the National Project entitled: “Prudent use of fluoroquinolones in turkey: PK/PD evaluation and antibiotics resistance in E. Coli, Campylobacter and Salmonella”. 2016 - Head of research unit, Scientific Research Programs Of Relevant National Interest funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research for the project: “Use of antimicrobials in farm animals and its impact on public health and the environment: spread of resistance and toxicity on non-target organisms”. 2019, Leader of Working Group 3 (Clinical Breakpoints definition) in COST 2019 “COST Action CA18217 – European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment” ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS AND COLLEGIATE BODIES • PhD Course in Veterinary and Animal Science, UNIMI: (a) Member of the Governing Council, (b) tutor