Education
15/06/2023: PhD in Earth, Life, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bologna.
16/02/2018: Master's Degree in Environmental Assessment and Management at the University of Bologna - Ravenna Campus.
23/07/2015: Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of Palermo.
Research Experience
07/2023 - present: Research grant within the PNRR project "Occurrence of emerging pollutants in the target Mediterranean sea area and interaction with marine organisms in a climate change scenario."
11/2019 - 01/2023: PhD in Earth, Life, and Environmental Sciences (STVA, 35th Cycle) at the Laboratory of Animal and Environmental Physiology, Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna - Ravenna Campus. Research project: "Bisphenol A (BPA) in drinking water: assessment of removal efficacy by water treatment processes and potential risks to human health," commissioned by Romagna Acque Società delle Fonti. Supervisor: Prof. Elena Fabbri.
04/2022 - 06/2022: Research mobility period (3 months) at the Department of Evolutionary Ecology Environmental Toxicology (E3T), Goethe University - Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Application of new analytical tools for the biological assessment of drinking water quality. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Henner Hollert.
Conferences
03/05/2021 – 06/05/2021 – Poster presentation. SETAC Europe 2021 Congress, Online. BPA occurrence and cumulative genotoxic or estrogenic potential in samples from a drinking water treatment plant.
10–13/09/2019 – Poster presentation. Congress of the European Federation of Physiology, FEPS-SIF2019, Bologna. Bisphenol A inhibits migration of first trimester trophoblast cells through the ERK1/2 signaling pathway by binding with estrogen receptors.
