With a background in environmental analytical chemistry, I am currently a Research Fellow at CNR-IRBIM, working on marine biogeochemistry, which was also the focus of my PhD (awarded in March 2025 at DISVA – Università Politecnica delle Marche). My research activities, initially started during a research fellowship (2020–2021, UNIVPM), then continued throughout my PhD (2021–2024) and subsequently during a postdoctoral research grant (November 2024–November 2025), are primarily focused on anthropogenic impacts in the marine environment and the fate of contaminants. In this context, I investigate source identification, bioavailability, and accumulation in both abiotic and biotic matrices, with an extended interest in aspects related to food safety of products intended for human consumption and in the valorization of waste biomasses.
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.
