Degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Urbino in 1994. She has worked at CNR-ISMAR (formerly IRPEM and currently IRBIM) in Ancona since 1994, participating in numerous Ministerial projects and funded by the European Commission, dealing in particular with the biology and ecology of fisheries resources in the Adriatic, with particular regard to reproductive biology and the study of growth within population dynamics. She has carried out teaching activities, playing the role of co-supervisor and co-tutor in dissertations and PhD and dissemination activities, playing the role of Organizational Manager and teacher in dissemination events and collaborations with Institutions and Companies. She’s been a member of the National Order of Biologists since 1995 and the Italian Society of Marine Biology since 2004.
The research activities of the Institute are carried out in the context of research, development and innovation projects, both national and international, based on regional funding programs (POR FEAMPA - Regional Operational Program of the European Maritime Affairs Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and POR FESR - Regional Operational Program of the European Regional Development Fund) or ministerial (PRIN - Projects of relevant national interest, PNRA - National Research Program in Antarctica, PO FEAMPA - National Operational Program European Maritime Affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund) , programs for European Territorial Cooperation (Interreg), direct funding programs of the European Commission (Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe, Life, JPI - Joint Programming Initiatives, ERA-NET Cofund) and thematic collaboration initiatives managed by international organizations such as, for example , the FAO - GFCM (General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean). The Institute also develops funded projects in the context of collaborations with private companies in the sectors of the blue economy as well as technology transfer and research results. Research projects, mainly of a collaborative nature, are developed through a wide network of partners that include major Italian and foreign research institutions and universities.
