Education and training
2023: Achievement of PhD in Veterinary Sciences (Curriculum Animal Production and Food Safety, Cycle XXXV) at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Dissertation title: Stayability in Italian Simmental dual-purpose cows: phenotypic and genetic associations. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Formigoni. Co-Supervisor: Prof. Giulio Visentin; Prof. Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos. PhD coordinator: Prof. Carolina Castagnetti.
2018: Achievement of the Master's Degree in Safety and Quality of Animal Production at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Thesis title: Application of FT-NIR spectroscopy for the qualitative evaluation of raw materials used in the Italian poultry sector. Supervisor: Prof. Federico Sirri. Co-Supervisor: Dott. Marco Zampiga. Final evaluation: 110/110 cum laude.
2016: Achievement of the Bachelor's Degree in Animal Production and Wildlife Control at Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Thesis title: Effect of Solanum glaucophyllum in laying hens diets: effects on productive performance and egg quality. Supervisor: Prof.ssa Adele Meluzzi. Co-supervisor: Prof. Federico Sirri. Final evaluation: 102/110.
Research activities (Italian and foreign institutions)
01/02/2023 - present: Research fellow at the Department of Veterinary Medical Science (DIMEVET), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Supervisor: Prof. Andrea Formigoni. Research grant title: "Study of precision feeding strategies to improve sustainability of ruminants farming and the resilience of animals to climate change".
04/07/2022 - 07/10/2022: Visiting PhD student at "School of Agriculture and Environment" - Massey University (NZ). Supervisor: Prof. Nicolas Lopez-Villalobos. Main research activity: Development of predictive models for estimating the effect of genetic and non-genetic factors (such as body conformation or muscularity) that influence the stayability of dairy cattle.
01/01/2019 - 31/10/2019: Research fellow at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. Supervisor: Prof.ssa Adele Meluzzi. Research grant title: "Use of feed additives in poultry feeding to improve the environmental sustainability of poultry production".
Training activities (Italian and foreign institutions)
20/07/2020 - 27/07/2020 – Participation in Summer School “Animal-Centered Computing” at the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University LETI (ETU). St. Petersburg, Russia.
18/11/2019 - 22/11/2019 – Participation in Winter School “The road from reviewer to editor in food science and agriculture journals” at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
Scientific production (last update 17/06/2024; Source Scopus - https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57224204755)
- H-index or Hirsch index = 11
- 21 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals with Impact Factor
- > 20 contributions in the form of abstracts for national and international conferences and symposiums
Speaker at international and national congresses and conferences
Invited speaker
- Technical seminar organised by the Italian Scientific Aviculture Association (WPSA - Italian Branch) titled 'Updates in poultry feeding: new insights on fibre functions and innovative NIR applications' (Bologna, Italy, 14 September, 2019). Presentation title: Italian raw material evaluation.
- Vistamilk monthly meeting (online event, 29 March 2022). Presentation title: Application of Near Infrared Spectroscopy to predict detailed composition of Total Mixed Ration and rumen fluid.
- Agrifood Innovation Festival (online event, 10 October 2023). Presentation title: Sustainable innovation in the livestock sector: the automatic milking system.
Oral/poster communications
LXIX International Congress of Meat Science and Technology - ICOMST (Padova, Italy, 20-25 August 2023).
XXV Congress of the Association for Animal Science and Production - ASPA (Monopoli, Italy, 13-16 June 2023).
I° IEEE International Workshop on Measurements and Applications in Veterinary and Animal Sciences (Naples, Italy, 26 – 28 April 2023).
LXXIII Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science - EAAP (Porto, Portugal, 5 – 9 September 2022).
LXXV Congress of the Federation of Scientific Societies of Veterinary Medicine (Lodi, Italy, 15 – 18 June 2022).
XXIV Congress of the Association for Animal Science and Production - ASPA (Padua, Italy, 21-24 September 2021).
XXIX International Symposium Animal Science Days (Gödöllő, Hungary, 15 – 17 September 2021).
XXV Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (Vila Real, Portugal, 9 – 11 September 2021).
Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association (online, 14 - 17 July 2021).
XXIV Congress of the European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (online, 17 – 19 September 2020).
Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association (online, 22 – 24 June 2020).
Peer review activity (from 2021 onwards)
- Tropical Animal Health and Production
- Animals
- Genes
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Frontiers in Animal Science
- Veterinary Sciences
- Poultry
- AgriEngineering
- Open Chemistry
- Journal of Spectroscopy
- Foods
Awards and acknowledgments
2024 - Best PhD thesis from the Italian Association of the Agricultural Science Societies - AISSA (Firenze, Italy, 15 February 2024)
2022 - Best Poster Award at the Annual Meeting dell'European Federation of Animal Science - EAAP 2022 (Porto, Portugal, 5 – 9 September 2022).
2019 - Best Master's thesis from the Italian Association of Livestock Feed Manufacturers - ASSALZOO (Verona, Italy, 30 January 2019).
Teaching/didactic activities
A.A. 2023/2024 - Lecturer of Lab. of Quality Traits in Animal Production at the Career Oriented Degree in Quality and Procurement of Raw materials for Agri-Food, University of Parma.
A.A. 2023/2024 - Lecturer of Animal Production B at the Master's Degree in Veterinary Medicine, University of Parma.
Co-supervisor of n. 11 Master's theses and n. 2 Bachelor's theses.
Lecturer of different theoretical/practical seminars in Single cycle degree in Veterinary Medicine (University of Bologna and Turin, Italy), as well as in Food Animal Metabolism and Management in the Circular Economy, Safety and Quality of Animal Production, and Food Science and Technology courses (second cycle degree) at University of Bologna.
Scientific societies
- Aug 2023 – present: Affiliated to the American Meat Science Association (AMSA).
