Honors and Awards
June 1976, June 1977: Junior Scholarships from the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs
July 1983: Top marks (60/60) High School Diploma (Humanities)
July 1990: Summa cum laude B.S. in Biological Sciences
June-July 1994: Arthur Klorfein Fellowship for the Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
September-November 1996: Short-term Fellowship from the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
November 2003: Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award Grant from the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (No. 5-FY03-153)
January 2006: Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award
