Master degree in Biology (LM-6), Behaviour curriculum, at University of Florence, with the score of 105/110. Working at the CNR-IRBIM of Ancona since 2017 under an independent contractor agreement, and as research fellow since 2019. She contributes to several research programmes investigaating the environmental impacts of aritificial structures (offshore platforms and artificial reefs) on macrozoobenthic communities. Multi-year expertise in marine sampling of macrozoobenthic communities by Van-Veen grab and sediments by box-corer. She conducts laboratory analysis consisting in taxonomic classification of hard- and soft-bottom macrozoobenthic communities and data elaboration.
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.
