Professional Experience
University of Bologna, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences Italy
- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Oct 2024‑ current
- MAIN PROJECT: ECOMEMO (ERC STARTiNG GRANT)
- General role: Conducting research on drought effects on soil microbial community and activity; teaching and mentoring
University of Vienna, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science Austria
- UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT (POST DOC LEVEL) Nov 2022‑ May 2024
- SUPERVISOR: PROFESSOR ANDREAS RICHTER
- General role: Supervising and developing projects for students on drought effects on soil microbial activity and metabolism
Kyoto University, Center for Ecological Research Japan
- JSPS POST‑DOC FELLOW Sep 2020‑ Oct 2022
- COLLABORATORS:ASS. PROF. HIROKAZU TOJU and PROF. TOBY KIERS
- General role: Conducting research on plant‑microbe interactions affecting plant nutrient acquisition (project funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and Human Frontier Science Program)
University of Vienna, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science Austria
- UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT (POST DOC LEVEL) Oct 2018‑ Sep 2020
University of Vienna, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science Austria
- POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER Mar 2017‑ Sep 2018
- SUPERViSOR: PROF. ANDREAS RiCHTER
- General role: Coordinating a team and conducting own experiments during the field campaign and laboratory analysis of a climate change
manipulation experiment
The University of Sydney, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment Australia
- POSTGRADUATE STUDENT Mar 2013‑ Feb 2017
- SUPERViSOR: ASSOCiATE PROFESSOR FEiKE DiJKSTRA
- Project: “Drought effects on soil carbon stability mediated by rhizodeposition and microbes
Queen Mary University of London, Faculty of Science and Engineering England
- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Oct 2010‑ Apr 2011
- SUPERVISOR: DR. JENNY SCHMID‑ARAYA
- Project: “Effects of invertebrate feeding strategies on aquatic bacterial abundance and activity
USDA‑ARS, Arid Land Agricultural Research Center USA
- UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Mar ‑ May 2009
- SUPERVISOR: DR. MICHAEL SALVUCCI AND DR. CSENGELE BARTA
- Project: “Effects of environmental constraints on photosynthesis and assimilate partitioning between carbohydrates and isoprenoid products in guayule.”
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