Profile: Infectious Diseases Specialist and first-year PhD candidate with a strong focus on invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised and critically ill patients.

Education:

• PhD in Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa, Italy (2024–present);

• Specialty Training in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, University of Genoa, Italy (2021-2025);

• Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Siena, Italy (2018).

Research & Clinical Experience:

• Internship in Infectious Disease, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain (2024);

• Professional Exchange Programme IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations), Evangelisches Krankenhaus Köln‑Weyertal, Cologne, Germany (2015).

Additional Training:

• Medical Mycology Course, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (2025);

• CAMPUS Transplantation in Infected Patients, Varese, Italy (2025);

• 25th IDWP Educational Course (EBMT), Florence, Italy (2022);

• Multiple workshops and seminars on invasive fungal infections, infections of critically-ill and immunocompromised patients and antimicrobial resistance.

Scientific Publications: 21 peer‑reviewed papers (2023–2025): 6 first‑author; 2 corresponding author; 2 equal first/last author. List of 10 selected papers provided in the application package.

Conference Presentations:

• Oral presentation (n=1): ICAR 2024 (Italian Conference on AIDS and Antiviral Research);

• Posters (n=7): ECCMID 2023 (international, n=4); ICAR 2023 and CISAI 2023 (national, n=3);

• Invited talks (n=7): La Mano Maligna (Genoa); 10 HOT Topics in Infectious Diseases (Genoa); Infections in ICU – Young Forum (Pisa); Peer‑to‑Peer Difficult‑to‑Treat Infections (Palermo); Peer‑to‑Peer HIV Academy (Palermo); Longitude Maps HIV Conference (Turin); Next Steps in HIV (Bergamo).

Peer Reviews: Reviewer for 14 journals, including The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, Chest, Microbiology Spectrum, Annals of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Therapy, Infection and Drug Resistance, Journal of Intensive Medicine, Journal of Chemotherapy, Mediterranean Journal of Haematology and Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology & Infection, Pathogens and Global Health, Mycopathologia, Molecular Aspects of Medicine.

Co-author of Book Chapters: Infección en el paciente inmunodeprimido. Nuestro día a día (2025); Online Update Oxford Textbook of Respiratory Critical Care (in press, expected 2025).

Memberships: Young Member of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (YECMM); Member of European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and ESGICH, EFISG and ESGCIP Study Groups; Member of SITA (Societ