Medical activity: Learning assistant at the Institute of Respiratory Diseases of the University of Milan (1987-1991); Pulmonologist assistant and then Chief-Assistant at the Respiratory Department of the Salvatore Maugeri Foundation IRCCS-Gussago-BS (1991-2001); Head Pulmonologist of the Respiratory Department and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of the Villa Pineta Hospital and Foundation – Gaiato-MO (2001-2016); Director of the Pneumology Unit at the University Hospital of Modena-Policlinico (2016-to date). Teaching activity and academy: Full Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Modena Reggio Emilia (2020-to date); former Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Modena Reggio Emilia (2005-to 2019). Director of the Specialty School in Respiratory Diseases at the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia (2011-2021); Director of School of Physiotherapy at the University of Modena-Reggio Emilia (2018-to date). Member of the Board of Professors at the PhD Course on “Fisiopatologia Sperimentale e diagnostica funzionale e per immagini del sistema cardio-polmonare“ at the University of Parma (2013); Member of the Board of Professors at the PhD Course on “Clinical and Experimental Medicine“ at the University of Modena (2015-to date). Funding: AIPO-Associazione Italiana Pneumologic Ospedalieri, Project n°21 Research program 2005/2006), PRIN Project 2007TFYZKF-002 Research funding program 2007), FAR Grant (Research Funding program 2015 at the University of Modena Reggio Emilia), Grant Finanziamento delle Attività Base di Ricerca (FFABR) (Research Funding program at the Italian Ministry of University and Research 2017). Awards: National award "DOMPE' in PNEUMOLOGIA" (1990), National award "BOHERINGER INGELHEIM" for the best research "ex-aequo" in the Speciality degree (1990), National award "Giovani Ricercatori" of the SIMeR Scientific Society (1996), International European Respiratory Society “COPD Research Local (Italy) Award” (2001), International “Fellow of the ERS-European Respiratory Society” (2015). Scientific activity: List of relevant publications is visible at the following link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=clini+e&sort=date BIBLIOMETRY (updated December 2021) - ISI - Web of Knowledge H-index 42; SciVerse - Scopus H-index 48