- 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