Graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in 2009 with full marks and honors. Board certified in Internal Medicine at the University of Parma, Italy, in 2015, with full marks and honors. Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at the University of Parma, Italy, in 2017. Fixed-term Researcher (type A, Law 240/2010) in Internal Medicine at the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Parma from 2015 to 2018, with care activities at the Geriatric-Rehabilitation Department of Parma University-Hospital. Consultant in Geriatrics at the Geriatric-Rehabilitation Department of Parma University-Hospital from 2018 to 2021. Habilitated as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine by the Italian Ministry of University and Research since 2019. Tenure-Track Researcher (type B, Law 240/2010) in Internal Medicine at the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Parma since 2021, with care activities at the Geriatric-Rehabilitation Department of Parma University-Hospital. Main research themes: pathophysiological aspects of gut microbiota composition and function in aging and chronic diseases, multimorbidity and clinical complexity of geriatric patients, COVID-19, point-of-care clinical ultrasound, pathophysiological and metabolic aspects of kidney stone disease. Author of more than 130 papers published on peer-reviewed journals and indexed in Scopus (overall impact factor >500), with >4900 citations received.