Chiara has a background in Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine in Bari, Italy. In her Erasmus + traineeship at Ulm University, Germany, during the Master-Degree, she focused on understanding the role of the zinc transporters in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Chiara is a first year PhD student working in the BioMaterials group with Dr. Andreas Grabrucker. In her PhD project she investigates the influence of prenatal zinc deficiency on Autism and the role of zinc transporters in ASD.
