Daniela graduated cum laude and honours at the University of Bologna in 2001. At the same University, she achieved her PhD degree in critical care of small animals in 2005. After 5 years as clinical instructor and research fellow, she moved to University of Pennsylvania in 2010 and then to University of Berne in 2011, where she completed her residency program in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia and her post-doc in experimental chronic pain. She continued her academic career in University of Helsinki as a clinical lecturer in anaesthesia, analgesia and critical care (2016-2017). Daniela returned to Bern in January 2018 as head of Experimental Surgery Facility, Faculty of Medicine. Her current work is mainly focused on granting high standard of care to animals undergoing experimental surgeries. Her scientific contribution is focused in evaluating intraoperative nociception and peri-operative pain in animal models. She is member of FELASA group for implementing guidelines regarding large animals’ anaesthesia and analgesia and consulting anaesthesiologist for researchers at the University of Bern and Zürich, as well as member of the AVA Ethical commission.