Born in Milano, Italy, 1954.  MD degree in 1979. Postgraduate specializations in Nephrology and in Allergology and Clinical Immunology. Master in Business Administration for hospital directors.
1979-2003: Clinical and immunological monitoring laboratory of organ transplantation at the Niguarda-Ca' Granda Hospital, Milano.
2004-present time: Director of the Haematology Laboratory and Transfusion Center at the Legnano hospital (Milano).
Professor of Clinical Flow Cytometry, at the University of Milano Medical School from 1998 on. Professor of Clinical Flow Cytometry at the European Master in Cytometry at the University of Urbino from 2000 on. Professor of Clinical Pathology and Clinical Cell Analysis at the University of Milan from 2004 on.
Practice and teaching of Clinical Cell Analysis, with continuous translation of research applications into clinical diagnostics: cell phenotyping and counting, stem cell transplantation, hematological oncology, cytometric analysis of sepsis, feto-maternal hemorrhage, PNH, DNA analysis.

From 1994 in the editorial board of Clinical Cytometry journal. From 1995 to 2001 in the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC) Committee for standardization of flow cytometry testings. From 1995 to 1998 president of the Italian Society for Cytometry (G.I.C.). From 1996 core member of the European Working Group on Clinical Cell Analysis (EWGCCA). From 2000 to 2003 partner of EC-funded EuroStandards consortium. From 2006 on, founder member and secretary of the ESCCA (European Society for Clinical Cell Analysis). Observer at the  UK-NEQAS  steering committee for Leucocyte Immunophenotyping. Regular reviewer for many scientific journals.

Programme as an elected ESCCA Board Member:
Dissemination of cytometric knowledge and skills at any level. Promotion of standardisation and quality assurance of flow cytometric analysis of clinical relevance. Strict cooperation with National Cytometric Societies and CCS. Full integration of Clinical Cell Analysis in the clinical general laboratory.