Research

Main research fields:

-Infectious disease of animals, focusing on zoonosis such as brucellosis and tuberculosis

-Genetic markers of antimicrobial resistance, in bacterial isolates from wild animals and zoonotic pathogens

-Molecular diagnostics, surveillance of pathogens from  ruminants and pets. 

Main Research projects

-One Health Basic and Translational Research Actions addressing Unmet Needs on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Missione 4, “Istruzione e Ricerca” –“Dalla ricerca all’impresa” del Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) – Linea di investimento  “Partenariati Estesi”, finanziato dall’Unione europea – NextGenerationEU. Componente gruppo di ricerca Spoke n. 3 – Antimicrobial resistance  (2022-2026)

-Research unit Progetto di ricerca corrente 2022 "STUdio Pilota sull’utilizzo degli ORganoidi come alternativa al modello ANIMAle", leading partner  Istituto Zooprofilattico sperimentale del Mezzogiorno

-Principal Investigator of the Project: “Alla scoperta del Micromondo” ( The discovery of the microworld”), of Italian Ministry of University and Research  

-Key person of the SSD 07 area of the project Horizon Seeds "Il ruolo dell' università nelle politiche di inclusione delle differenze di genere"

- Member of the project Interreg V-A Greece italy 2014-2020 MOBILAB: “Strengthening innovation and competitiveness of dairy enterprises through Mobile Laboratories of quality control”.

Other

-Editorial Member Board of Acta Tropica (Elsevier)

-Guest Editor for Pathogens  Special Issue “Novel Insights into Pathogenesis and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonellae”.