Dr Marconato obtained her degree in Veterinary Medicine (School of Veterinary Medicine, Milan) in 1999 and is a Diplomate of ECVIM-CA (Oncology) since 2008. In 2000-2003 she trained in medical oncology at the Veterinary Oncology Service and Research Center (West Chester) and at the Veterinary Oncology Services’ Radiation Center, Chalfont, PA, USA. In 2009-2011 she worked as co-head of medical oncology at the Animal Oncology and Imaging Center, Hünenberg (Switzerland), before returning to Italy as head of medical oncology at the Centro Oncologico Veterinario from 2011to 2019.

She is currently the Head of Medical Oncology and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna (Italy). She has been speaker at numerous scientific meetings, nationally and internationally, and author of >130 peer-reviewed papers. In 2011-2015 she became President of the Italian Veterinary Oncology Society (SIONCOV). Since 2014 she is the Chair of Workgroup 2 (Therapy) of the European Network of Canine Lymphoma. She is also member of VCS, ESVIM, SIONCOV.

Her research interest focuses on the dog as a spontaneous model of cancer. She is involved in many projects related to translational oncology, including active immunotherapy for the treatment of canine lymphoma, osteosarcoma, hemangiosarcoma and melanoma, in collaboration with national and international research centres.