Cinzia Montinaro is a Ph.D. student of the University of Salento in Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Arnesano, LE).
She received her bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences at the University of Salento, after developing her thesis work in Comparative Anatomy " Organ transplantation and immunosuppressive therapy: Ciclosporin e Tacrolimus in comparison" at the Clinical Pathology Laboratory (ASL Lecce).
Cinzia received the master's degree in Biology from the University of Salento with a thesis entitled " Study of the adaptive responses of cardiac tissue of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to treatments with angiotensin II in vivo ", working at the Human Physiology Laboratory (University of Salento, Lecce).
After her graduation, she obtained Professional Biology Qualification (Public certified exam at the University of Salento, Lecce) and is enrolled at the italian professional order ONB – Ordine Nazionale dei Biologi (Section A).