Trained as a condensed matter physicist, with expertise in scanning probe microscopy and electron spectroscopy applied to molecular organic thin films, I’ve decided after the PhD to take the chance to integrate my expertise with new techniques, and possibly to explore novel fields of research. In the twelve years spent at Elettra Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Trieste in the NanoInnovation Laboratory under the supervision of dr. Loredana Casalis (https://www.elettra.eu/labs/nanostructure), I’ve been more and more involved in the application of nanotechnology to biophysics, biology and medicine. This transition has brought him in 2017 to the coordination of an Interreg Italia-Austria project (https://www.elettra.eu/Prj/EXOTHERA/En/HomePage) for the study of extracellular vesicles (EVs) for therapy in collaboration with the groups of dr. Daniela Cesselli in Udine and prof. Mario Gimona in Salzburg, and to obtain the seal of excellence for a MSCA fellowship for a project concerning the interaction of EVs with model membranes and cells, leading to a two year position financed by ARSS (Slovenia) to carry out the project. Before starting this position I’ve been selected thorugh a national selection in Biophysics, Soft Matter, Plasma Physics and Complex Systems for a permanent position at the CNR and since July 2020 I’ve been employed at the Istituto Officina dei Materiali. Here I’m working to reinforce mynetworking and internationalization capabilities, setting new brinks in fulfilling my long term goal to apply advanced nanotechnological and biophysical tools to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved in EVs uptake, and possibly to transfer these findings “from bench to bedside”, to impact on cancer therapies and diagnostics. In January 2023 I’ve been promoted to senior researcher in Biophysics and Soft Matter and at the end of 2025 I’ve been appointed as board member of the Italian Society of Extracellular Vesicles.