February 2023 - present: Research Fellow at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna. Topic “Determination of the intestinal microbiome structure of farmed sea bream subjected to different diets or aquaculture conditions”, funded on the EU project H2020-SFS-2018-2020 “Bioconversion of underutilized resources into next generation proteins for food and feed (NextGenProteins)” , GA: 862704
February 2022 - January 2023: Research Fellow at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna. Topic "Determination of the intestinal microbiome structure of farmed seabream subjected to different diets or aquaculture conditions", funded on the EU project H2020-SFS-2018-2020 "New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture ( NewTechAqua)”, GA: 862658
November 2018 - June 2022: PhD student at the Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBiT), University of Bologna. Supervisor Prof. Marco Candela.
September 2018: Degree in Marine Biotechnology at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. Supervisor Associated Professor Detmer Sipkema, co-supervisor phD student Johanna Gutleben. Thesis title "Detection and visualisation of sponge associated microorganisms".
May - September 2018: internship for the master degree at Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney. Supervisor Professor Torsten Thomas.
July 2016: degree in Biotechnology at Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna, with final mark 110/110 cum laude. Supervisor Professor Giampaolo Zuccheri, co-supervisor Chiara Barattini. Thesis performed at AcZon S.r.l., Bologna; thesis title "Evaluation of localisation and toxicity of fluorescent silica nanoparticles on human tumor cell lines".
July 2013: Scientific High School Diploma at Liceo Scientifico A. Righi, Bologna, with final mark 92/100.