- Born in Bologna 16.08.1942
 - M.D. degree 1966, University of Bologna
 - Postgraduate degree in Hematology, 1969, University of Modena
 - Research fellow, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, 1970
 - Fellow, resident and senior resident at the Institute of Hematology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", S. Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, 1971-1980
 - Professor of Cancer Chemotherapy, University of Chieti, 1980
 - Professor of Hematology, University of Trieste, 1981-1986
 - Professor of Hematology, University of Udine, from 1987 to 2000
 - "Head, Division of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Udine University Hospital, from 1989 to 2000
 - Professor of Hematology, University of Bologna, from 2000
 - Head, Institute of Hematology and Medical Oncology "L. and A. Seràgnoli", S.Orsola University Hospital, Bologna, from 2000 to 2007, and Department of Hematology and Oncology "L. and A. Seràgnoli" from 2008 .
 - President, Italian Society of Experimental Hematology, 1994-1995
 - President, Italian Society of Hematology, 2002-2003
 - Chairman, GIMEMA CML Working Party (formerly Italian Coop. Study Group on Chronic Myeloid Leukemia), from 1989
 - Member, Working Package 4 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, European LeukemiaNet
 - Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Bologna, from 2001 to 2007
 - Clinical interest: chronic myeloid leukemia, acute leukemia, chemotherapy, stem cell transplantation
 - Research interest: cell kinetics, stem cells, multidrug resistance, molecular pathogenesis of leukemia
 











