CURRICULUM VITAE 

Education:

  1. Graduated from Scientific High School in 1982
  2. Student Internship(1986-1988) : Institute of Pharmacology, II School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Napoli Federico II
  3. Medical School Degree (28 July 1988): Magna cum Laude 
  4. Residency in Clinical Pharmacology (released Magna cum Laude) (1988-1992)
  5. Ph.D. in Neuropsychopharmacology and Toxicology (1993-1995)

  6. Visiting Associate Laboratory of Adaptive Systems, National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke, National Institutes of Health (1996 to date)  

Fellowships:

  1. Fellowship from Italian Red Cross 1982-1988 (medical school meritance)
  2. Fellowship from SIGMA-TAU 1989-90 (development of a research project)
  3. Fellowship from the Italian Association for Cancer Research (1990-92) (development of a research project)
  4. Fellowship from the Italian Red Cross (1988-1992) (residency support)
  5. Fellowship from Italian Ministry of Scientific Research during the residency in Clinical Pharmacology (1988-1992)
  6. Ph.D. Fellowship (1992-1995)
  7. Fellowship from C.N.R. (1996)
  8. Post-Doc Fellowship from Universita' Di Napoli "Federico II" (1998-1999)

Patents:

  1. US Patent # 6,107,050: "Diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s Disease" ....................1998
  2. Pending US Patent: "Cannabinoids as neuroprotectants"........................................1998 
  3. Pending US patent: "Novel antineurodegenerative agent".......................................1999
  4. Pending US patent: "Novel antineurodegenerative agent".......................................1999

Additional training experience:

  1. Research Internship Department of Human Metabolism and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, Professor Barry L. Brown 
  2. Research Internship National Institutes for Environmental and Health Sciences, North Carolina Dr. Martin Rodbell
  3. Research Internship National Institutes for Environmental and Health Sciences, North Carolina Dr. James W. Putney 
  4. Research Interneship National Institute for Environmental and Health Sciences, North Carolina Dr. John Hong, Dr. Mike MacMillan
  5. Research Interneship National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences, North Carolina Dr. Andres Negro-Vilar 
  6. Research Internship National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland Dr. Daniel L. Alkon

International Societies:

  1. International society for Neurochemistry (to date)
  2. Society for Neuroscience (to date)