Education
2017-2021: PhD (MSCA-ITN-EID) INTERFUTURE in Plant-Microbial Interactions, University of Nottingham
2015-2017: MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology (LM-6), University of Bologna
2012-2015: BSc in Biological Sciences, University of Bologna
Research activity
May 2024 to present: Post-doctoral Researcher on the project “LIFE NatuReef”, University of Bologna.
October 2022 to April 2024: Post-doctoral Researcher on the project “Green microalgae for polyhydroxybutirrate (PHB) production (BIOpolGREEN)”, University of Bologna.
Prizes and Awards
Awarded “BBSRC Seeding Award_Transforming Food Production” Funding for PhD Research, October 2018.
International research activity
February 2022-October 2022: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on Gene-drive system application for efficient chloroplast transformation, University of Nottingham.
December 2021-February 2022: Senior Technician on Tropic Safe Project for detection of Phytoplasmas in coconut
April 2021-October 2021: Post-Doctoral Research Associate on Gene-drive system application for efficient chloroplast transformation, University of Nottingham.
April 2017-July 2017: Erasmus Plus Traineeship in Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Biotechnology (BEEB) Laboratory on characterisation of marine bacterial communities of plastic degraders, Polytechnical University of Crete.