Since 2020, I have specialized in environmental sampling and chemical analysis, with a strong background in environmental sciences and instrumental analytical chemistry. I graduated in Environmental Risk and Civil Protection (LM-75) from the Polytechnic University of Marche in 2020. After completing my studies, I was awarded a Research Fellowship at the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory for Environment and Food at DISVA-UNIVPM, as part of the inter-regional AdSWiM project, aimed at assessing the impact of wastewater treatment plants on the coastal waters of the Adriatic Sea. In November 2021, I began a PhD at the same laboratory titled “Biogeochemical Cycles of Contaminants in Marine Waters,” focused on the chemical analysis of sediments, seawater, and atmospheric deposits sampled over more than two years along the Ancona coastline. I am currently in the final stages of my PhD and, since November 2024, a Research Fellow at CNR-IRBIM.
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.
