Dr. med. Federica Montagnese qualified as MD and Neurologist at the University of Messina, Italy. Since 2017, she has worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Friedrich-Baur Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Germany. Here, she obtained certification as a neurophysiologist and works in the neuromuscular outpatient clinic. Her main research interests focus on the clinical and pathological aspects of metabolic myopathies, myotonic syndromes and muscular dystrophies. She is responsible for the maintenance of the National Registries for myotonic dystrophies and facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy. She is a member of the EAN Subspecialty Panels of “Neurogenetics” and “Muscle disorders”.