Education/Qualifications. 1990. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Messina, Italy. 1991-94. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Department of Pathology and Darwin College, University of Cambridge. 2017. Doctor of Science (ScD), University of Cambridge. Professional history. 1992-96. Ricercatore Universitario in Malattie Infettive (tenured Lectureship in Infectious Diseases), University of Messina, Italy. 1997. Research Associate at the University of Newcastle, Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 1997-1999. Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK. 1999-2004. University Lecturer in Microbiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. 2004-2008. University Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Appointments/affiliations Member of the British Society for Immunology (BSI). Member of the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK. Member of the BSI Vaccine Affinity Group. Honorary researcher at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Since May 2006. Honorary member of The Cuban Society for Immunology. Since 2002 Professional/scientific bodies Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB) since April 2018.