He spent his early years in Udine and Florence before attending the University of Padova and earning his Laurea (PhD) in Mathematics in 1985.
[14] Ferrari resigned in 7 April 2020, citing his disappointment at the lack of coordinated EU action to address the COVID-19 pandemic and expressing frustration over opposition to his efforts to launch a scientific program to combat the virus.
Ferrari writes that 'the expected burden of death, suffering, societal transformation, and economic devastation' of the pandemic justifies breaking this rule.
They cited poor conduct in office, exploiting the position to further his own projects, and for consistently failing to represent the interests of the ERC.
The research of this center focuses on understanding the physical and biomechanical biological barriers that reduce the efficacy of cancer therapeutics.
In June 2020, Ferrari and his lab colleagues had a publication retracted from Science Advances Journal due to various image duplications suggesting possible scientific misconduct.