December 2021 - ongoing
University of Bologna
Assistant professor
in the department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (3 year contract) Research project (funded by PON):"Product and process sustainability of ceramic tile production".
November 2017 - December 2021
University of Bologna
Postdoctoral Research Associate
in the department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (2 year fellowship)
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Chiara Bignozzi
Research project: “Study of corrosion resistance and development of protective methods for metallic alloys for industrial and cultural heritage application”.
November 2014 - November 2017 (Date of Doctoral degree: 07 May 2018)
University of Bologna, Italy
Ph.D student with Grant
in the department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering
XXX cycle, A.Y. 2017-2018
Curriculum: Materials Engineering and Industrial Biotechnologies | Disciplinary Sector: ING-IND/22 Materials Science and Technology
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Chiara Bignozzi | Co-supervisors: Dr. Cristina Chiavari, Dr. Elena Bernardi, Prof. Carla Martini, Dr. Luc Robbiola
PhD thesis: “Atmospheric corrosion of outdoor bronze: mechanism of decay and conservation strategies”, within the European Project B-IMPACT (Bronze-IMproved non-hazardous PAtina CoaTings), for cultural heritage applications (in the frame of M.ERA.Net Transnational Call 2013).
The research aimed at investigating innovative and eco-friendly organic coatings for the corrosion protection of outdoor bronzes in the fields of Cultural Heritage.
January 2017 - April 2017
Université de Toulouse II - Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France
“Marco Polo” Scholarship (II Session, 2016)
for a visiting period funded by the University of Bologna, as Visiting Student Research Collaborator to the Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608).
Supervisor: Dr. Luc Robbiola
February 2016 - May 2016
Université de Toulouse II - Le Mirail, Toulouse, France
Visiting Student research Collaborator
at the Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608).
Supervisor: Dr. Luc Robbiola
January 2015
University of Bologna, Italy
Professional Engineering License in Civil and Environmenal Engineering
School of Engineering and Architecture (II Session, 2014).
September 2007 - March 2014
University of Bologna, Italy
Master Degree in Building Engineering/Architecture
School of Engineering and Architecture
Master Degree Thesis (defended the 18th March 2014) in “Chemistry and Technology for Building Materials” entitled “The influence of short fibres and foaming agents on the physical and thermal behaviour of geopolymer composites for building engineering”, in collaboration with the Geopolymer Centre Group at the Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia).
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Chiara Bignozzi | Co-supervisors: Dr. Stefania Manzi, Prof. Arie van Riessen, Dr. William Rickard
March 2013 - October 2013
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
Study grant FOR FINAL Dissertation and RESEARCH ABROAD (II Session, 2012),
funded by the School of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Bologna, Italy
for a Visiting period (7 months) to the Geopolymer Centre Group.
Supervisor: Prof. Arie van Riessen | Co-Supervisor: Dr. William Rickard
September 2002 - June 2007
Liceo Scientifico Enrico Fermi, Bologna, Italy
Scientific High school Degree
