Child Neurologist, Child Neurology Unit, Carlo Besta Neurological Institute, Milan, Italy

She works in the Child Neurology Unit of the Carlo Besta Neurological Institute in Milan. Her field of clinical and research activities are Neurometabolic and Neurodegenerative disorders.

She is a consolidated expert in clinical practice and research on Mitochondrial disorders, Lysosomal diseases and Leukodystrophies. She guarantees clinical assistance for in and out patients service, she is scientific responsible and Principal investigator in numerous research projects and interventional trials,  coauthor of more than 90 papers on Neurometabolic and neurodegenerative disorders in childhood.

Member of numerous international networks, including European Rare Neurological Diseases (ERN RND), Rare Neuromuscular Disorders (ERN NMD), Mitochondrial Diseases Gene Curation Expert Panel, GENOMIT (International Network of Mitochondrial Diseases Study), of the Italian Advisory Board on Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, of the international task force of the European Academy of Neurology "Diagnosis and treatment of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy: guideline within ERN-RND"

Adjunct Professor at Postgraduate School of Child Neurology and Psychiatry-University of Milan.