Education
- 2018 Ph.D. cum laude, in Models and Methods for Material and Environmental Sciences (Geochemistry), Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
- 2014 M. Sc. cum laude, in Quaternary, Prehistory and Archaeology (major in Biological Anthropology), University of Ferrara, Italy.
- 2012 B. Sc. cum laude, in Sciences for Natural, Environmental and Cultural Resources (major in Conservation of Cultural Heritage), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Current Position
- Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus. Research project: “Proteomic and isotopic analyses of human and faunal remains from Italian Middle-Upper Palaeolithic contexts” ‒ part of the MIUR-FARE project SAPIENS "Using paleoproteomics to identify human remains in Italian archaeological sites with Middle-to-Upper Paleolithic deposits" (prof. Stefano Benazzi).
Previous Positions
- Sept-Oct 2020. Guest Scientist at the Institute of Geosciences (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany) within the framework of the ERC Consolidator project “Vertebrate Herbivory” (P.I. prof. Thomas Tütken).
- April 2018–June 2020. ERC postdoc at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus. Research project: “Provenance and human adaptation in Archaeological Sciences: isotope geochemistry of animal and human remains from Italian Middle-Upper Palaeolithic transition contexts” ‒ part of the ERC project SUCCESS n.724046 (prof. Stefano Benazzi).
- Nov-Dec 2017. Research fellow at the Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia “PRIN 2015 ‒ Geochemical and Isotopic budget of highly metasomatized sub-continental mantle in the Africa and Europe geodynamic systems: modern and fossil analogues”.
- May 2017. Visiting scientist at the Inorganic Gas Isotope Geochemistry, tutor: dr. Hubert Vonhof, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
- Sept-Oct 2016. Visiting scientist at the Paleoclimate Research Group, tutor: dr. Klaus Peter Jochum, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Hahn-Meitner-Weg 1, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Awards
- 2023 Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie-IF. Project: AROUSE - Assessing the impact of climate fluctuations on hibernation phenology using novel dental biomarkers. Score: 91.80 %.
- 2022 Italian National Scientific Qualification (art.16 of the law 30 December 2010, n.240) as Associate Professor - 04/A2 (Structural geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology)
- 2022 Italian National Scientific Qualification (art.16 of the law 30 December 2010, n.240) as Associate Professor - 05/B1 (Zoology and anthropology)
- 2021 Italian National Scientific Qualification (art.16 of the law 30 December 2010, n.240) as Associate Professor - 04/A1 (Geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology, volcanology, georesources and applications)
- 2019 Poster prize ‒ Italian Anthropological Association Congress (AAI 2019 – Padua, Italy)
- 2019 Young researcher award ‒ Italian Chemical Society, Division of Mass Spectrometry
- 2017 European Association of Geochemistry travel grant for the International Course “Application of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to Earth Sciences” (University of Perugia, Italy)
- 2016 UNIMORE Mobility Grant (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry)
- 2014 Cassa di Risparmio Carpi Foundation, Master's Degree Merit Scholarship
- 2012 Cassa di Risparmio Carpi Foundation, Bachelor's Degree Merit Scholarship
Affiliations and other academic activities
- Reviewer for the following journals: Journal of Chromatography A (x1), Bioarchaeology International (x1), Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research (x1), Earth System Science Data (1x), Scientific Reports (x2), Earth System Science Data (x1), PLOS ONE (x15), Minerals (x1), Molecules (x1), Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (x1), Quaternary International (x1), Heritage Science (x2), Forensic Sciences Research (x1), Environmental Archaeology (x1).
- Grant referee for the European Research Council (H2020 ERC 2018 Evaluations) – Earth System Science Panel.
- Grant referee for the French National Research Agency (AAPG 2021, Generic Call) – Panel “CE27 - Culture, création, patrimoine”.
- Scientific societies: IsoArcH; Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario (AIQUA); European Association of Geochemistry (EAG); European Society for the study of Human Evolution (ESHE).
- Co-supervisor of several graduate and undergraduate students (geochemistry; anthropology; archaeological sciences).
- Co-supervisor of 3 PhD students.
- Teaching assistant for several graduate and undergraduate courses dealing with geochemistry, physical anthropology and archaeological sciences.
