EDUCATION AND TRAINING
November 2021 - present: PhD Course in Cultural and Environmental Heritage (Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna)
Project title: Spectroscopic, proteomic and geochemical methodologies for the study of human skeletal remains that have been affected by fire
Supervisor: Prof. Stefano Benazzi; co-supervisor: Dr. Eugenio Bortolini, Dr. Federico Lugli
2018 - 2020: Master's degree in Science of Nature and Man, Anthropological Sciences curriculum (University of Florence), with a mark of 110/110 cum laude
Title of thesis: Evidence of intentional body modification in Prehistory: study of a cranium from the site of Arene Candide (Liguria), Epigravettian levels
Supervisor: Prof. Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi, co-supervisor: Dr. Alessandro Riga
2015 - 2018: Bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences (University of Florence), with a mark of 110/110 cum laude
Title of the thesis: Revision of human skeletal material dating back to the Neolithic period from the Marine Cave of Bergeggi (SV) in the Anthropology and Ethnology section of the Natural History Museum of Florence
Supervisor: Prof. Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi
TRAINING AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
October 2022: Visiting at the Bioarchaeology Lab (BB-LAB), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). Short term scientific mission grant funded by iNEAL COST Action. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christophe Snoeck
March 2021 - August 2021: Postgraduate internship funded by the Erasmus+ Traineeship programme at the Department of Palaeoanthropology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany). Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katerina Harvati
November 2020 - February 2021: Postgraduate research activity at the Laboratory of Anthropology (Dept. of Biology), University of Florence, in collaboration with the BUR.P.P.H project (Burial practices at the Pleistocene - Holocene transition: the changing role of pathology, violence, and "exceptional events", PI: Dr. Vitale Sparacello)
November 2019 - January 2020: Master Internship at the Laboratory of Anthropology (Dept. of Biology), University of Florence
March 2018 - May 2018: Bachelor internship at the Museum of Natural History of Florence, section of Geology and Palaeontology (Dept. of Earth Sciences), University of Florence
EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES
January 2024: Archaeological excavation at the site of Halban (Oman) led by the University of Bologna
June - July 2023: Prehistoric excavation at the site of Grotta della Lea (Nardò, Lecce) led by the University of Bologna
January 2023: Archaeological excavation at the site of Halban (Oman) led by the University of Bologna
June - July 2022: Prehistoric excavation at the site of Uluzzo C (Nardò, Lecce) led by the University of Bologna
July 2020: Archaeological excavation at the medieval site of Castel di Mura (San Marcello Piteglio, Pistoia) led by the Valle Lune Association
July 2020: Prehistoric excavation at the Artofago Cave (Ravi, Grosseto) led by the University of Florence
August 2019 - September 2019: Field-work of geo-paleontological research at Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) led by the University of Perugia (Project THOR, Tanzania Human Origins Research)
CONGRESS
08/11/2023 - 11/11/2023: 58th Riunione Scientifica of Istituto Italiano di Preistoria e Protostoria, Perugia
07/10/2023 - 08/10/2023: Conference "Abissi nel tempo" - La Grotta di Lamalunga, L'Uomo di Neanderthal, Altamura, Apulia
21/09/2023 - 24/09/2023: 13th annual ESHE meeting (European Society for the Study of Human Evolution), Aarhus, Denmark
06/09/2023 - 08/09/2023: XXV Conference of the Italian Anthropological Association (AAI) "Essere Umani", Turin
07/09/2022 - 10/09/2022: XXIV Conference of the Italian Anthropological Association (AAI) "The next man. Natural history of genes, forms and functions between humanity's past and future" at the G. d'Annunzio University Museum in Chieti
07/03/2022 - 08/03/2022: 2nd Virtual Conference for Women, Archaeologists and Paleontologists
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Italian - Mother tongue
English - Level C1
German - Elementary
