Education:
November 2020 – present: PhD student in Earth, Life and Environmental Science; University of Bologna; Bologna (Italy). Supervisor: prof. Fabrizio Ghiselli. Topic: Comparative genomics in Bivalves Mollusks.
September – November 2020: Graduate student at MoZoo lab. University of Bologna. Bologna (Italy). Supervisor: prof. Andrea Luchetti.
March 2020: MSc in Biodiversity ed Evolution; University of Bologna; Bologna (Italy). 110/110 cum laude. Supervisor: prof. Andrea Luchetti. Thesis title: Molecular Phylogenetics, Divergence time and Evolution of Phasmida (Insecta).
October 2017: BSc in Natural Science; University of Bologna; Bologna (Italy); 103/110. Supervisor: prof. Andrea Luchetti. Thesis title: Analisi della sex ratio e caratterizzazione molecolare di colonie di termiti della specie Reticulitermes lucifugus (Blattodea, Termitoidae, Rhinotermitidae)
Research experience:
September 2020 – present: PhD project: My PhD research line is focused on the study of mollusks evolutionary dynamics in a comparative genomics framework with a focus on repetitive and non - coding regions.
November 2018 – March 2020: MSc thesis: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of wings across Phasmatoda
Teaching activity:
- Teaching assistantship for the "Molecular Phylogenetics" classes of the Master in Bioinformatics at the University of Bologna for the years 2021 - 2022 -2023.
- Teaching assistantship for the "Comparative Genomic" class of the master in Biodiversity and Evolution for the years 2022 - 2023.
- Co-organizer of the ITA*PHY 2023 workshop in phylogenomics; Trento.
Additional courses:
06-10 February 2023: The Genomics of Transposable Elements Unmasking their Complex Contribution to Genome Function and Evolution; Chairman of the scientific Committee: Vincent Colot; ENS, Department of Biology, Paris
21-25 June 2021: Physalia workshop in "Analysis of transposable elements"; University of Berlin.
21 – 25 September 2020: Physalia workshop in "Comparative Genomics"; University of Berlin.
22 - 24 March 2021: "First Step with Python in Life Science"; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
