Prior to joining Care Capital, Dr. Pellegrini was a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Cell Biology at Yale University, where he investigated the molecular basis of neuronal signaling and receptor internalization. During his ten-year tenure as an academic research scientist, Dr. Pellegrini published original research in several leading peer-reviewed scientific journals, including Nature, Cell and Neuron among others, and was awarded a number of awards, including EMBO and Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowships.

Dr. Pellegrini holds a Laurea in Chemistry, summa cum laude, from the University of Padova, Italy, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and an M.B.A. with Honors from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.