Professional experience and education
1989 DDS, Faculty of Medicine , School of Dentistry, University of Ferrara, Italy
1993-1996 PhD in preventive orthodontics, department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Florence, Italy
1996-1999 PhD in Odontology, Section of Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark
1999-2002 Post-graduate degree in Orthodontics, Section of Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark
2002-2012 Associate Professor, Section of Orthodontics, Institute of Dentistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark
January 2013 - Professor and Head Clinic for Pediatric Oral Health and Orthodontics, University Center for Dental Medicine, UZB, University of Basel, Switzerland
Honors and Awards
Alice L. Jee Memorial Award for junior investigators. International Sun Valley Workshop on Hard Tissues, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA, 1998
W.H.B. Houston research award European Orthodontic Society, 1999
W.J.B. Houston scholarship from the European Orthodontic Society 2000-2003 Beni Solow award European Journal of Orthodontics 2004
Italian Orthodontic Society for the best scientific paper in 2006
Houston award for the best poster presentation European Orthodontic Society, 2006
Beni Solow award European Journal of Orthodontics 2009
Research interests
Biology of tooth movement, biomechanics, craniofacial anomalies